To celebrate the release of his second album, , Bones Owens hit the open road for an intimate tour around his native Midwest, travelling from show to show on his Harley-Davidson with his guitar strapped to his back. “Honestly, that was dual purpose,” Owens says, laughing. “It looked cool but it also gave me something to lean back on.
” The tour, which was called Goin’ Back Where I Came From, was named after the second single from . “It was a little over two thousand miles a week, six shows in eight days. It was nostalgic in a lot of ways – we stopped by my grandfather’s farm, hung out with family, friends, old classmates,” Owens says.
“The song is about being over city life, the anonymity, the lack of connection. It’s about going back to a simpler time.” With its blend of classic rock groove and alt.
rock edge, feels like the perfect summer soundtrack. There’s a sense of nostalgia in tracks like , while rockier numbers like are heavy on the riffs. Although he’s been based in Nashville for 20 years now, Caleb ‘Bones’ Owens (his nickname was initially coined by his grandad, because he was such a gangly kid) grew up in a small rural town in Missouri.
He started playing guitar at the age of 10, and by 13 he was writing his own songs. Music was all around him. Country was in the air, while at home his parents had their own favourites; his mother loved bands like the Carpenters, his father loved classic rock.
“A lot of the records from his collection.