Country singer-songwriter Becca Bowen’s South Carolina home is composed of tributes to her biggest musical inspirations: her grandfather and Dolly Parton.
Both influential figures are honored in the home decor Bowen has on display inside the 1995-built Palmetto State abode that she bought in 2017.
Though Bowen’s pursuit of a career in country music led her to also secure an apartment in Nashville, TN, she tells Realtor.com® in the latest Celebrity Sanctuary that the South Carolina property keeps her connected to the place where her passion began.
“I started singing when I was 5 years old at my little home church in South Carolina, and from there, I knew I wanted to sing,” says Bowen.
Between touring with a gospel group and being cast in musicals in New York City when she was just 8, Bowen honed her craft alongside her adoring grandfather during weekends spent at his South Carolina home.
“We would go fishing and then he would cook me some chicken and rice, and we would sit in the kitchen and he would play the guitar and hum beautiful country music, and it just gave me this love for the feeling of home and family,” Bowen explains.
“He taught me a lot of life lessons, and he made the tomboy side of me come out. People started saying, ‘Oh, she’s like a country Barbie. One minute she’s dressed up in rhinestones and singing, and the next minute she’s out there with her grandpa, running around in overalls.’”
Bowen, who just released a single titled “If Grandpa Could See Me Now,” initially found fame for her fishing skills rather than her singing ability.
After a video of Bowen catching a catfish barehanded went viral, she competed on and won Season 5 of “For Love or Likes,” the Outdoor Channel’s “all-girls hunting competition” show, in 2021.
Bowen followed up her reality TV show success with the release of her debut album, “Like You’ve Never Been Loved,” in 2022 and started realizing even more of her music dreams—most notably, performing twice at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena and meeting Parton, her recording industry role model.
“Dolly was an incredible person that gave me multiple opportunities when I got to Nashville,” shares Bowen, while recalling her first encounter with the late country…
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