On May 22, 2012, he married singer-songwriter and Pistol Annies member Angaleena Presley, for whom he had served as tour manager, in a small ceremony in Jackson Hole, WY.
[3] Powell remained with Lambert until his departure in late 2012, upon which time he acted as personal manager for clients such as Will Hoge, Jamie Lynn Spears and Angaleena Presley.
Since that time, he has also served as tour manager for a variety of acts such as Jewel, Jennifer Nettles, Tony Joe White, and Ben Rector.
[4] While tour managing, Powell also began producing demo sessions in Nashville for then relatively unknown artists like Adam Hood, Charlie Worsham and Chelsea Lankes.
There's not much to suggest this music was made in the past 30 years.”[8] It includes guest appearances by Patty Loveless, Chris Stapleton and Emily Saliers of The Indigo Girls and featured a number of Nashville “A-list” players such as Glenn Worf, Audley Freed and Keith Gattis.