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Charlie Lowell Birth name Charles Daniel Lowell Born October 21, 1973
Rochester, New York, United StatesGenres Alternative rock, Folk, Christian Occupations Musician, Songwriter Instruments Piano, Accordion, Keyboards, Backing vocals Years active 1993 – Present Labels Essential/Silvertone (1995-2007)
Gray Matters/Nettwerk (2007-Present)Associated acts Jars of Clay Charlie Lowell (born Charles Daniel Lowell[1] on October 21, 1973)[2] is an American pianist most known for being the pianist and keyboardist for Christian alternative folk rock group Jars of Clay.
Biography
Lowell attended Greenville College as a musical studies major. While there, Lowell spotted another student wearing a T-shirt for the band Toad the Wet Sprocket. He introduced himself to this man whose name was Dan Haseltine, who was also studying music at Greenville. The two began making music with guitarist Steve Mason and eventually formed the band Jars of Clay.
The group added a fourth member, Matt Bronleewe, after a short while, as an additional guitarist. The group recorded an EP entitled Frail in 1994. As the EP gained momentum, the group decided to leave college without graduating to pursue their musical career. As Bronleewe wanted to complete his education, he left the band. Lowell then recruited his friend Matt Odmark as the new guitarist, who also came from Rochester, New York as Lowell had. While different drummers and bassists have rotated in and out, Haseltine, Lowell, Mason, and Odmark have remained the four members of Jars of Clay.
In 2001, Lowell and the rest of Jars of Clay were awarded honorary graduations from Greenville College due to their demonstrated understanding of their craft.
Also of note, Lowell is a descendant of Mayflower Pilgrims Myles Standish and John Alden.
Personal life
Charlie Lowell married Sonja Grifith just after the release of Jars of Clay's second album Much Afraid. They have three boys; Micah, Asher and Finn.
References
- ^ NSAI Songwriter Achievement Awards. [1] Full name noted. Retrieved 15 August 2007
- ^ Jars World, Jars World: Music: Tim. Date of Birth noted. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
Band members Non-member performers Dan Haseltine · Stephen Mason · Matt Odmark · Charlie Lowell Jake Goss · Gabe Ruschival Former: Matt Bronleewe Former: Scott Savage · Aaron Sands · Joe Porter · Jeremy Lutito · Alex Fragiskatos Discography Studio Albums: Jars of Clay · Much Afraid · If I Left the Zoo · The Eleventh Hour · Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage · Who We Are Instead · Redemption Songs · Good Monsters · Christmas Songs · The Long Fall Back to Earth · The Shelter Compilation Albums: Jar of Gems · The Essential Jars of Clay · Greatest Hits Other releases: Frail · Drummer Boy · Stringtown · The White Elephant Sessions · Front Yard Luge · 11Live: Jars of Clay in Concert · iTunes Originals · Roots & Wings · Mini Monsters · Live Monsters · Closer EP · Live at Gray Matters See also List of awards · Ron Aniello · Adrian Belew · Dennis Herring · Mark Hudson · Stephen Lipson · Greg Wells · "Frail" (song) · City on a Hill · Blood:Water Mission · Essential Records · Gray Matters · Greenville College Categories:- American rock pianists
- Living people
- 1973 births
- People from Rochester, New York
- Jars of Clay members
- American Christians
- Christian religion-related songwriters
- American performers of Christian music
- American pianist stubs
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