William Owsley III (March 6, 1966-April 30, 2010), better known by the stage name Owsley, was a power pop singer-songwriter from Anniston, Alabama. Owsley released two albums - "Owsley" (1999) and "The Hard Way" (2004) before his death in 2010. He was also the lead singer for the power pop group The Semantics and was the guitarist for Amy Grant's band from 1994 to 2010. It seems like such a phony platitude that doing things the hard way is the most rewarding.