fIREHORSE Tim Easton

• 1 River 03:23
• 2 Heaven & Hell 03:32
• 3 Cottonfields 03:45
• 4 615 Heartbreaker 03:17
• 5 Son Of A Tyrant 05:19
• 6 Don't Let Your Mind Grow Dark 04:42
• 7 Another Good Man Down 03:54
• 8 Hallelujah 04:23
• 9 Never Punch The Clock Again 07:22
• 10 Hwy. 62 Love Song 03:40
• Total Runtime 43:17

Info zu fIREHORSE

fIREHORSE is the 14th studio album from acclaimed troubadour Tim Easton, written largely beneath a striking red-horse painting by his sister, visual artist Susan Easton Burns. Created with zero artificial intelligence and released in the Year of the (Fire) Horse—a sign Easton was born under—the album centers on perseverance, devotion to craft, and the stories collected across decades on the road.

Recorded primarily in Nashville, the ten-song collection features production from multi-instrumentalist Kevin Nolan and contributions from the rhythm section of Lainey Wilson’s touring band. Together they push Easton’s sound across country-blues, folk, pop, and classic rock while preserving the intimate storytelling he’s honed since his 1997 debut Special 20.

The songs draw from a near-fatal rafting accident (“River”), long arcs of personal reflection (“Heaven & Hell”), roadside memories (“Cottonfields”), and quick-hit inspirations like a photographer’s tattoo (“615 Heartbreaker”). Easton’s years as a European street musician, his mentorship under legends such as Townes Van Zandt and Willie Nelson, and his lifelong commitment to travel give the album its wandering spirit and lived-in detail.

Side Two ranges from spontaneous uplift (“Don’t Let Your Mind Grow Dark”) to the slide-soaked cautionary tale “Another Good Man Down,” an indictment of cartel violence. “Hallelujah” pairs personal history with the 1989 fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, while the closing tracks—“Never Punch the Clock Again” and “HWY 62 Love Song”—reflect Easton’s own roaming life and longtime affection for Joshua Tree.

With fIREHORSE, Tim Easton delivers another vivid, deeply personal chapter in his ongoing journey—an album about survival, resilience, and the unshakeable pull of the songwriting life.

Tim Easton, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
Tommy Scifres, bass
Matt Nolan, drums, percussion
Dalton Brown, guitar
Kevin Nolan, electric and acoustic guitar, bouzouki, piano, mandolin, synth, organ, harmony vocals
Emma Zinck, backing vocals
Jeremy Lister, backing vocals
Nikki Barber, backing vocals
Rosa Pullman, backing vocals

Engineered by Dylan Murphy
Mastered by Alex McCollough
Mixed by Brad Jones
Produced by Kevin Nolan

Tim Easton
American songwriter Tim Easton was born on the Canadian border in upstate New York and spent his formative years living in Tokyo, Japan and Akron, Ohio. Traveling early and often, he 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."

Returning to his roots in North America, moving to New York City and then Los Angeles, he 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. Invitations to be a support act from mentors Lucinda Williams and John Hiatt arrived. Easton settled in the burgeoning art and music scene of Joshua Tree, California between worldwide tours. After becoming a Father and re-locating to Nashville, Easton recorded an album for THIRTY TIGERS ("NOT COOL" 2013), which accented the stripped down Memphis & Sun Studios sound of the Tennessee Three. His next album 2016's "AMERICAN FORK," was a grand departure from his previous efforts, featuring a fully flushed out backing band with elaborate songs arrangements. Next came "Paco & The Melodic Polaroids," a stripped down, direct to lacquer LP of love songs to his beloved Gibson J-45 named "Paco." That was followed up with 2020's full band recording "You Don't Really Know Me," beginning a new relationship with Oklahoma based Black Mesa Records, which will re-release "Not Cool" and Easton's solo debut "Special 20" on vinyl in 2023. In between composing songs for his next original album and the re-issue projects to be released, a twenty song interim project called "NORTH AMERICAN SONGWRITER" will arrive early in 2023. This double LP--the first two volumes in a series--will feature acoustic recordings of favorite songs from his vast catalog of original material. Worldwide tour dates are a constant addition to the Tour page of TimEaston.com.

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.

He currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dieses Album enthält kein Booklet