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“A sturdy cross between Tom Petty and Band Of Horses, these songs sound like they’ve been circling around in the ethos indefinitely, Bowe and co. lasso them down to earth. In a word…. outstanding” 
- No Depression

The Okemah Prophets (Oh-kee-mah) are a band out of Minneapolis, led by singer/songwriter Kevin Bowe. Bowe has a long history as a guitarist/writer/producer, landing 3 platinums and songs on 2 Grammy winning albums working with Paul Westerberg, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Etta James and others. The Okemah Prophets are what happens when he’s singing and playing his own songs….their live shows are a reminder that American rock and roll will always be cool, no indie rock posturing needed here, just soul, songs and a 3 piece band to play them.

After a long break spent touring/recording with other artists the new album “Natchez Trace” has put the band front and center; the record is getting raves from Rolling Stone to No Depression. Featuring contributions from Westerberg, Nels Cline (Wilco), Chuck Prophet, Freedy Johnston, Scarlet Rivera (Dylan), Tim O’Reagan (Jayhawks) and Meat Puppets, these songs transcend Americana, singer-songwriter, or any other label and take classic Minneapolis garage rock to a whole new level. Live shows behind this record are proving that the Prophets time has come, beyond being a “wrecking crew” backing up great artists like Alison Scott, Freedy Johnston and Gary Louris, this band has a thing of their own. Peter Anderson on drums (Polara, Honeydogs) and Steve Price (Rex Daisy) on bass round out the trio. Both the St. Cloud and Duluth papers have already called it the best CD of the year and dozens of US and European radio stations have put it in rotation.

A SXSW show and East Coast tour are booked for spring ’13, and Europe awaits after that. Kevin and Peter just played on the Replacements session (with Westerberg and Tommy Stinson) to benefit the Mats ailing guitarist Slim Dunlap.

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