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Ralston Bowles is an American poet, songwriter, producer, musician and singer from Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Ralston Bowles was born on August 31, 1952 to parents, Buel Bowles of Green Sulphur Springs, West Virginia and May Jean Morgan of Vincennes, Indiana .

Bowles' song "Fragile", has been recorded by Peter Mulvey, Rachael Davis and Caroline Aiken. His song "Grace", based on a book by author Philip Yancey, What's So Amazing About Grace?. Which he worte after reading a pre-publication galley of the book. After the book was published, singer Bono of U2 wrote and released a similar song of the same title, based on the same book; the song appeared on their album All That You Can't Leave Behind.

Bowles has served the western Michigan music scene since 1970, helping the Grand Rapids music scene to flourish while encouraging national artists to make Grand Rapids a tour stop on their schedules. He is the originator and host of the Frederik Meijer Gardens Tuesday Evening Music Club and a supporter of numerous charities through benefit concerts, he has performed alongside many songwriters of note including Arlo Guthrie, the Hothouse Flowers, T-Bone Burnett, Shawn Colvin and the Del McCoury Band.

On August 30, 2009, Bowles was featured in The Grand Rapids Press, in the paper's weekly "Sunday Profile" under the headline "SOUL MAN." Wikipedia  

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Famous Ralston Bowles Quotes

“I am but a draper in a room of wool, looking at the patterns, feeling like a fool. I'm going to take my fabric, stretch it to the seams, I want to find what's woven underneath these tailored dreams”

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From the song "Draper" on the album Carwreck Conversations (2004)

“When I go let it be like James Dean, I don't want to die slow.”

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From the song "James Dean" on the album Carwreck Conversations (2004)

“If heaven is the reason and dieing is the door, than why aren't we all leaving what's the drama for?”

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From the song "Draper" on the album Carwreck Conversations (2004)

“These carwreck conversations always seem to end this way, with me knocked out on the gurney and you serenely pull away.”

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From the song "You Already Knew That" on the album Carwreck Conversations (2004)

“When did he cross that line from a person to a textile shrine?”

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From the song "Velvet Elvis" on the album The Grand Rapids Collection (2005)

“I just believe that life is more than rehearsing how to die.”

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From the song "Draper" on the album Carwreck Conversations (2004)

“I am not who I would like to be, It's just who I am right now.”

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From the song "Fragile" on the album Carwreck Conversations (2004)

“We are Fragile, everyone. We all long for something more. Things are said and things are done and the pieces hit the floor. See how fragile.”

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From the song "Fragile" on the album Carwreck Conversations (2004)

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