Jake Owen, who is now reckoned as the most influential musical personality, had started his career in a completely different arena. In his childhood, he dreamt to be a professional golf player but his dream was nipped in the bud when had to face a serious injury that incapacitated him from pursuing his career in the golf. This sudden change forced him to lift up a guitar instead of golf club and marked the turning point of his career. It was his hard work and assiduousness, which helped Jack Owen to attain mastery over this musical instrument within brief span of time. This was not an easy task as it sounded but it was the unyielding attitude of Owen, which made it possible for him to learn various facets of guitar within a few months.
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At the initial stage, Jack started performing before a small crowd but as his fame began to spread, more and more people began to attend in his shows. Jake Owen ultimately decided to form a band to increase his popularity. He named the band “Yee Haw Junction”. After the formation of this band, Owen composed some brilliant tracks. Some of his brilliant singles are: 8 Second Ride, It’s Been A While etc. These singles helped him to arrest the attention of the critics as well as the media.
The decisive stage of his career came when the SonyBMG Nashville offered him a contract. He released his debut album titled “Startin' with Me” in the 2006. In this debut album, he had shown a good deal of maturity. Some of the singles of this album became immensely popular and Owen got rave reviews for his outstanding performance in this album. A good number of copies of this album were sold worldwide and this helped him to come to the forefront of music industry. Energized by the success of this album, Jake Owen began to further his musical career with a new vigor and new enthusiasm.
Owen’s incessant experiment with his musical compositions helped him to create a new musical style. This new style helped him to differentiate himself from the rest of the other singers and musicians. Though he had contributed in the country musical genre, his songs used to swing freely in various musical genres. By incorporating various features of several musical genres in his songs, he had impressed the audiences immensely. He continued his musical career by releasing his next single “Something About a Woman” in 2007. This single grabbed 15th position in the US county chart and this also clutched 104th position in the US Hot 100. This single got rave reviews from the critics.
In the year 2008, Owen had released another single titled “Life in a Northern Town”. This was one of the memorable single ever produced by Owen in his far-famous musical career. This single grabbed 28th position in the US county chart.
Discography:
Startin' with Me (2006)
Yee Haw (2006)
Something About a Woman (2007)
Life in a Northern Town (2008)