Meet The Most Famous Linden Hills Resident You Never Heard Of

Southwest Minneapolis has many famous people. We can count computer security genius Bruce Schneier and members of the Minnesota Twins-owning Pohlad family as our neighbors. 

According to the Southwest Journal, you can add another person to the long list of famous local residents: Kevin Bowe.

Starting as a young musician playing amateur music in bars and clubs, Bowe's songwriting and recording career was launched when mega-star Prince's producer heard the Linden Hills resident performing. One of his songs soon wound up on Kenny Wayne Shepherd's first album, which went platinum.

“That was when I quit my day job," he told the Journal.

Since then, he's performed with or written songs for everyone from Etta James, to The Replacements, to Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Read the full—and fascinating—story of Bowe's career here.