Gwilym Emyr Owen III


Gwilym "Gwil" Emyr Owen III is an American singer/songwriter of Welsh heritage.

Career

Gwil attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio but did not graduate. He moved to Nashville in 1983 and formed the band The Thieves, which recorded the album Seduced by Money for Bug/Capitol Records in 1988.
Since then, he has performed as a solo singer/songwriter, and his songs have been covered by Toni Price, Irma Thomas and Jack Ingram, among others. His song “Deuce and a Quarter” was recorded by Keith Richards and Levon Helm for the album All The Kings Men. He was an Academy Award nominee in 1999 for the song "A Soft Place to Fall" featured in Robert Redford's movie The Horse Whisperer.
Gwil is also the co-owner of Howlin' Books in Nashville and a noted visual collage artist.

Discography

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