death_date background birth_date genre associated_acts death_place notable_instruments instrument image name occupation caption years_active alias birth_place website label article_title birth_name
30 april 2010 solo_singer 6 march 1966 power pop , rock , bluegrass the michael w. smith , shania twain semantics , amy grant , judson spence , franklin , tennessee , u.s. '' ` guitars : '' ' vocals , pedal steel , mellotron , guitar , bass , piano , mandolin will owsley by jay gilbert.jpeg will owsley singer-songwriter , guitarist , record producer , recording engineer owsley recording in 2004 . 1985 -- 2010 owsley anniston , alabama , u.s. -lsb- http://www.owsleymusic.com/ owsleymusic.com -rsb- not , ume digital lame recordings , giant records , lakeview entertainment owsley -lrb- musician -rrb-
 william reese owsley iii
owsley -lrb- musician -rrb-

william reese `` will '' owsley iii -lrb- march 6 , 1966 -- april 30 , 2010 -rrb- , known professionally as owsley , was an american singer-songwriter .
his two solo albums have won critical acclaim , and his debut album was nominated for a grammy award , as was the song `` threaten me with heaven '' -lrb- posthumously -rrb- .
owsley was also a record producer , a recording engineer , and the guitarist in amy grant 's touring band .
