Traveling early and often, Tim learned the ways of the road and rails and spent 7 years as a bonafide troubadour, making his way around Europe, playing the streets and clubs, living in Paris, London, Madrid, Prague, Dublin, and wherever he laid his hat. It was this period of time when he developed his songwriting style – folk based storytelling and personal traveling tales, often peppered with bold confessions or “tell it as it is” reality. Rolling Stone Magazine praised him as “having a novelist’s sense of humanity.” Tim signed with New West Records and released five critically acclaimed solo albums starting with 2001’s “The Truth About Us,” which featured three fourths of WILCO as the backing band. He toured with mentors Lucinda Williams and John Hiatt. Easton settled in the burgeoning art and music scene of Joshua Tree, California, and has performed more than a dozen times at the Joshua Tree Music Festival. After becoming a Father and relocating to Nashville, Easton released “Not Cool” (2013) and “American Fork” (2016). His most recent album, “Paco & The Melodic Polaroids,” is a fully stripped down, solo-acoustic album celebrating 30 years of companionship with “Paco,” his trusty Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar. Recently, Easton reached the milestone of having 100 Published original songs which he celebrated by releasing 100 solo performance videos on 100 consecutive days, all posted on his personal YouTube channel.
Says Steve: “Tim is a modern day troubadour who’s hitchhiked around the world. He’s been everywhere, man. He’s been everywhere ! I love him so much. Wonderful guitarist. Most excellent songwriter. One day he’s in Alaska and the next he’s in Ohio. We are lucky to have him in Joshua Tree, a town he used to call home.”
Website: www.timeaston.com