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Tim Lowman: Bass guitar, Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Keyboards

Genre: Blues & Soul, Electro | DJ, Rock

RIYL: Blackout Party, Tape Deck Mountain

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Influences: Eric Clapton, R.L. Burnside, Walter Trout

Background:

Electro-blues band Low Volts is fronted by former Colorado guitarist Tim Lowman, whose great-grandfather J. Warren Lowman was a Missouri gospel singer.

Lowman, who also fronts Blackout Party, says “It’s just me, a kickdrum, an old guitar and a microphone. Kind of a cross between early Elvis and Evel Knievel.” Lowman also plays flute.

The band released Twist Shake Grind Break in May 2011. At the San Diego Music Awards that August, they took home trophies for Best New Artist and Best Blues Album. Lowman’s other band Blackout Party won the Best Americana award.

Early 2012 found Lowman playing a two week residency at the Continental Club in Austin Texas, followed by a weekly solo gig at downtown’s Hard Rock Hotel. In concert, he’s sometimes accompanied by a pair of female dancers known as the Hi-Watts.