Hometown: Kalispell
Members: Luke Dowler
Current Release: West (2013)
Luke Dowler has been on the Montana scene since 2007, and within those six years, he has crafted songs that channel everyone from Tom Petty to The Killers. He gets spiritual on Firewater Revelation, desperate on Good Enough, frustrated on Gun and whimsical on Umbrella. The Kalispell-based singer/songwriter came this close to scoring a major label deal in 2013, but that didn’t materialize, so now he’s pushing forward with an independent album, West, and a series of performances—he’ll be playing with Rick Springfield later this month.