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Jake Owen and Lacey Buchanan exchanged vows at a sunrise ceremony on Monday (May 7) in Owen’s hometown of Vero Beach, Fla. During the ceremony, they were barefoot on the beach because “it’s symbolic of the dawn of a new day and starting our new life together,” Owen told People [...]
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) Twitter gave Jake Owen a way to address what in the world happened Saturday night (May 5) in Vero Beach, Fla., without making fans wait for some kind [...]
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) No wonder Jake Owen proposed. Lacey Buchanan, who Owen met when she played his love interest in his “Eight Second Ride” video, makes him a better man. That’s [...]
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) He’s not just Jake Owen. He is the Nashville Casanova. (Or, he was. Now that Owen is engaged, he’s definitely going to lose a bit of his Casanova [...]
Jake Owen proposed to his girlfriend Lacey Buchanan in his hometown of Vero Beach, Fla., on Saturday night (April 7). Owen invited Buchanan onstage during his performance of “Don’t Think I Can’t Love You,” then asked her to marry him, according to People. However, Owen did not have a ring, [...]
Biography
Jake Owen was raised in Vero Beach, Fla., and grew up with a passion for sports. At age 12, he took up golf and soon realized he had the knack for it. Before long, he had his eye on the professional circuit. When he enrolled at Florida State University (along with fraternal twin Jarrod), Owen became a walk-on member of the golf team, but a serious waterskiing accident quickly ended his professional golf aspirations.
Instead of studying, he spent his downtime learning how to play his neighbor’s guitar. One night, he heard somebody in a campus bar playing songs on stage. The next day, he asked the manager how he could sign up for the same gig. Within a few hours, Owen was onstage singing, too, making $75 a night, drinking free beer and attracting the eyes of college girls.
He formed a band called Yee Haw Junction and started putting original songs in his set of country covers. Although he had only nine credit hours of college until his degree, he left for Nashville. He spent a lot of time writing songs in his apartment. One of his songs, “Ghost,” was almost cut by Kenny Chesney. That close call brought Owen’s music to the attention of RCA Records. Within two years of moving to Nashville, Owen signed to the label and released his debut album, Startin’ With Me, in 2006.