Tim Easton

Tim Easton is best known as a singer-songwriter who has recorded several albums for New West Records.  He's also an artist, which is where we come in.  Tim's new album on New West is titled "Porcupine," and he's done an edition of 500 lps with hand-painted jackets.  The vinyl jacket paintings combine wood stain and spray painted stencil designs of guitars and porcupines, with several different screens used in order to get a multi-colored, layered texture.    Tim's other paintings use found wood, oils and acrylics, chalk and pastels, and mostly feature the guitar as it's main subject.   
   For the sound of Porcupine, Tim went back to Alex The Great and Club Roar studios in Nashville to work with Brad Jones and Robin Eaton who produced his debut album, Special 20.   He wanted to "make some noise and get that jagged, midwestern rock and roll sound again" so he hand-picked the Ohio-based rhythm section - Sam Brown on drums (Gaunt, New Bomb Turks, RJD2) and Matt Surgeson on bass and backing vocals (Matt also played on Special 20). Renowned guitarist Kenny Vaughn, who Tim met playing in Lucinda's band for her Car Wheels tour, played second guitar.