You can tell a lot about Jake Owen from the situations his songs find him in—he might be in a honky-tonk where the band's banging out Merle Haggard tunes, or sipping margaritas in a reggae bar. He could be belting it out over sizzling Southern rock riffs, crooning an emotion-soaked power ballad or even showing he can go with the hip-hop flow as the moment demands. But wherever Owen roams, country is the loudly beating heart in everything he does. And it's the combination of his eclectic ways and all-American feel that make him one of Music City's most captivating crossover stars.