I was born in the prairies in Regina, Saskatchewan and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. My family was like any other family, we weren't rich or anything, but it was a loving home. My Dad gave me a guitar when I was ten years old and taught me three or four chords. I took it from there and for the next four years I took guitar lessons, the first song I ever learned was "King of the Road" the old country standard by Roger Miller. I used to sit in my room singing and playing country songs for hours everyday, and dreaming that someday, just maybe...
By Fifteen, I was in my Dad's band doing gigs as a special guest, and playing in other bands as well all thru high school. After Graduation, I was with a band for the summer travelling thru BC. Then I took a few years off and went to College, but the itch to perform hit again and I joined a travelling road show which played all over Canada for 18 months, from there I fronted the Noteables showband from time to time, finally joining a surf band called The Bowery Boys.Next I was with Frank McCormack and the Country Macs. We were the house band for the Arlington Cabaret in Vancouver for nearly two years. This all led to recording an album in Nashville, TN. Then I did two live dinner theatre productions, and finally I front a band called "Curtis Cowan & Texas Moon".
As far as being a musician and song writer, I play guitar and piano and have written over 400 songs. My influences are, The Eagles, The Beatles, Paul McCartney and Wings, John Lennon, Ronnie Milsap, Steve Earl, KD Lang, Neil young, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Toby Keith and many more...
My Grandparents, Ray and Betty Gauthier were in the Music industry for close to fifty years. Their band "The Golden Valley Playboys" was the opening act for such names as George Jones, Johnny Cash and Little Jimmy Dickens. Grandpa played fiddle, guitar, mandolin and a little bit of banjo, while my Grandma sang and played guitar. My Step Father, Gordon Cowan was a professional piano player in the Vancouver Rock and Roll scene, with a band called "The Originals". He was also a regular on a TV show called "Circle Seven Ranch" in the 60's,that was fronted by Evan Kemp. My Great Aunt was affectinately known as "My pet Juliette" and had her own radio show on CBC for many years. Also my second cousin is International star Robert Goulet. My first cousins are Billy McConnell, who is a Country artist and songwriter who has who has done very well in the Nashville scene, and the most famous relative is my first cousin, the Canadian Country singer Terri Clark.
My favorite clothes are jeans. t.shirts, cowboy boots and leather jackets. I love 60's convertables and 70's muscle cars. I have a 1978 Camaro with a V8 350 which is my baby. Three of my favorite places are Hawaii, Las Vegas, and of course Nashville,TN. When I have time, I love to do Photography. I also like Football, Karate, swimming, boating and waterskiing, as well as Camping, Fishing, Horses, Motorcycles, playing pool, and going to Classic Car shows, Country or Rock concerts, and of course, the Rodeo.
Being in the biz, I've met a lot of Celebrities such as, Chuck Berry, The Coasters, Lou Christie, The Platters, Brenda Lee, Jerry Reed, Tanya Tucker, Don Ho, Larry Gatlin, Bobby Hull, Wayne Gretzski, Buddy Knox, The Stylistics, John Travolta, Kristy McNickol, Ed Harris, Max Von Sydow, John Candy, BB king, Anne Murray, Ronnie McDowell, Jim Byrnes, Colin James, Billy Cowsill, Jerry Schilling, Red Robinson, Joe Esposito, and DJ Fontana, J.D. Sumner & the Stamps.
My most valuable assett is my great family and my great, great friends.
