A native of Mount Airy, North Carolina, Bowman sang gospel music from age three until his late-teens. He sang in his family band with his four sisters, playing churches in North Carolina and Virginia.\n', '

Bowman joined bluegrass band The Lost and Found in 1988 and performed with them for two years.\n', '

From 1990 until 2001, Bowman then was vocalist and bass player in the Lonesome River Band, with bandmates Sammy Shelor, Dan Tyminski, and Tim Austin. Their 1991 album Carrying the Tradition was named the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) 1991 Album of the Year.\n', '

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