Owen Campbell was a finalist in the sixth season of the reality TV quest, Australia's Got Talent, broadcast from April to July 2012.
[1][2] He followed with his second studio album, The Pilgrim (7 June 2013), which was recorded in Brunswick with Mark Opitz producing.
[4] Richard MacDougall of Blues Rock Review rated it at seven-out-of-ten and explained, "If you're familiar with Campbell's brand of folk-infused blues played with a shot-glass slide on an old acoustic guitar, don't attach yourself too much to the image – on Sunshine Road's follow-up and Campbell's stateside debut [album], things are a little bit grittier, dirtier, and less acoustic.
"[5] Workin' Man's Blues' Ross Carlson felt, "[its] downright nasty electric tones that sound like a sputtering dimed out 50's fender combo.
While the album touches on a variety of genres, tunes like 'Remember to Breathe', 'Wreckin' Ball', 'Leave It Alone' are big full band mid-tempo blues rockers with huge drums, and screaming organ, and Campbell's nearly shouted vocals.