Tim Easton has been singing and writing songs since he was 14 years old. He never considered another career. After finishing college, Easton hit the road with his guitar and spent seven years singing and playing on European street corners. When he got back to Ohio, Easton joined the Haynes Boys, a roots-rock outfit that made one album before breaking up. Free again, Easton picked up his guitar and returned to the road, touching down long enough to make nine albums that earned him a loyal following with their blend of gritty roots-rock and heartfelt songwriting. Every LP took a slightly different approach and his latest, Not Cool, shows off his love of rockabilly and early R&B. Easton will be quest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on him.
Easton: If you like your songwriters to be of the Guy Clark/Townes Van Zandt persuasion, you should probably give Andrew Combs a listen. I’ve seen him at work. He’s young and finding himself steadily through the ups and downs of the journey. He’s not afraid to be honest in a song, and that is something that draws a listener in, much like people are drawn to the songs of Lucinda Williams, because you can tell they are telling the truth. “No bullshit means no bullshit,” as Clark would say.
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