associated_acts years_active label article_title name background birth_date instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
mel tillis 1991 -- 1994 ; 2002 -- present capitol nashville , arista nashville dude mowrey
 dan `` the dude '' mowrey solo_singer 10 february 1972 vocals country fort lauderdale , florida , usa daniel mowrey singer
dude mowrey

daniel `` dude '' mowrey -lrb- born february 10 , 1972 in fort lauderdale , florida -rrb- is an american country music artist .
between 1991 and 1993 , mowrey recorded two studio albums , both on major labels : 1991 's `` honky tonk '' on capitol records nashville , and 1993 's `` dude mowrey '' on arista nashville .
these albums produced four singles for mowrey on the hot country songs charts .
the first of these , `` cowboys do n't cry '' , was later a top 40 hit when daron norwood recorded it for his debut album three years after mowrey 's version .
another cut , `` fallin ' never felt so good '' , was later recorded by both shawn camp and mark chesnutt .
in the uk , `` i 'll never listen to that fool again '' was mowrey 's most popular song after it received extensive airplay on bbc radio 2 's country programs .
country singer mel tillis discovered mowrey in the mid-1980s while mowrey was still in his mid-teens ; tillis also served as mowrey 's manager , and helped the singer sign to capitol in 1991 .
mowrey 's debut album , `` honky tonk '' , was released in 1991 .
included on it was the single `` cowboys do n't cry '' , as well as `` honky tonk song '' , a song which tillis initially wrote for webb pierce .
by 1993 , mowrey had transferred to arista nashville , releasing a self-titled album that year , as well as three more singles .
following his country music career , dan `` the dude '' mowrey attended florida coastal school of law .
he currently resides in st. augustine with his wife -lrb- who can be seen playing the guitar and numerous other instruments in the dude 's music video for `` maybe you were the one . '' -rrb-
and daughters where he practices law at mowrey , shoemaker & beardsley .
