Coffee Shop Songs | Dawson Cowals

Coming soon to a couch near you! We’ve been booking some intimate home shows in the Portland area this summer and are looking for some more homes to invade. So if you would like to host an Acoustic Living Room Concert please let us know!
“Cowals’ tunes are full and captivating whether he is playing solo acoustic guitar or accompanied by a handful of other talented musicians. The multi-talented artist’s flute work and lackadaisical vocal octave jumps throughout certain songs also give these Biblical verse driven tunes a Dave Matthews feel.” —Kelly O’Neil

0 In Their Place (Official Lyric Video)

Here is the official lyric video for my Easter song “In Their Place” off my 2008 Coffee Shop Songs CD. This is my 3rd official lyric video that I have produced myself so I hope you enjoy it!
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0 Without Love (Live at Exchange Church)

Here is a live and shaky version of a song off my 2007 Coffee Shop Songs CD. “Without Love” is my original mashup of 1 Corinthians 13 and the 1931 swing classic “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” by Duke Ellington & Irving Mills. I got hooked on swing music and ballroom dancing while attending Oregon State University, so this is a little tip of the hat and shuffle of the feet to my swing habit.
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