Johnny Dowd
Johnny Dowd
Top Songs
| 1 | Thomas Dorsey | ||
| 2 | Back End of Spring | ||
| 3 | Little Jimmy | ||
| 4 | Let’s Have a Party | ||
| 5 | Conway Twitty |
Albums
May 2024 • 1 song
Nov 2023 • 9 songs
Mar 2022 • 13 songs
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Biography
Singer/songwriter Johnny Dowd was almost 50 when Wrong Side of Memphis, his debut solo record of wracked country-folk-rock tunes, drew comparisons to Nick Cave in the alternative press. To a degree, that parallel was justified, as Wrong Side of Memphis devoted itself to murder songs and tales of doomed sinners. Dowd had grown up in Texas, Memphis, and Oklahoma before operating a trucking business in upstate New York, and his songs veered close to the source of American creepiness. Yet gallows humor and Dowd's crackly voice tended to undercut any traces of self-importance, whil...