Career
Bowers became very popular with the audience of the comedy radio program The Doctor Demento Show with his 1980 recording of Mike Cross" song "The Scotsman". In 1993, Bowers was inducted into the Autoharp Hall of Fame whose membership includes Mother Maybelle Carter, Kilby Snow, and Sara Carter. In two consecutive years, 2006 and 2007, he released new recordings: Bristlecone Pine and September in Alaska.
"Although such guests as Tim O"Brien, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, and Enright and O"Bryant play and sing on a number of cuts, this is a Bryan Bowers disc all the way, with his exquisite autoharp flavoring many of the tunes," wrote a November 2006 Bluegrass Unlimited reviewer of Bristlecone Pine.
"Bowers selects thematically diverse and lyrically strong material. He nicely avoids the hackneyed stuff of so many folk/bluegrass/country performers." He maintains an active performance and teaching schedule.
