BOWEN, JIMMY
(*1937)
BOWEN, JIMMY (b. James Albert B., Santa Rita, N.Mex., November 30, 1937) Onetime ROCKABILLY star Bowen has become one of Nashville's most successful producers, molding the career of REBA MCENTIRE and discovering and shaping GARTH BROOKS . Bowen started out as a musician, working with famed guitarist Buddy Knox in a group known as The Rhythm Orchids , which they formed in 1955, while still in college at West Texas State. They made some recordings for Norman Petty (the same fellow who recorded…