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Tim Easton- Break Your Mother's Heart
About Break Your Mother's Heart
Product Description Produced by John Hanlon (Neil Young, Grandaddy, Beach Boys), Break Your Mothers Heart has the warmth and feel of the past. Nearly all of the ten songs were cut in one or two takes, with Tim Playing guitar and singing live in the same room as the band. The CD features Tim on acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, mandolin, keyboards and percussion. He was accompanied by a close-knit trio of skilled session players led by master drummer Jim Keltner (John Lennon, Randy Newman), bassist Hutch Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt) and keyboardist Jai Winding (Jackson Browne). The well-traveled Athens, GA resident has made a name for himself on the road, having played with the likes of John Hiatt, Cowboy Junkies, The Flatlanders and The Jayhawks among others. Break Your Mothers Heart is firm testimony that Tim Easton is a unique and identifiable song stylist and this is a career record that ought to delight, provoke and engage all who listen. Amazon.com A thousand sad-eyed strummers studied the sacred texts of L.A.'s Class of '72: Neil Young's Harvest and Gram Parsons's GP. Writing and recording 30 years later in the same town, Tim Easton cribbed from that scene too, but his third solo disc echoes a much less commonly cited source: Jackson Browne. Though Easton's easy, affable vocal tone has always been a bit Browne-like, the similarity goes far beyond the superficial this time--not least because Easton enlisted the rich, relaxed backing of a cadre of SoCal session vets, each of whom played with Browne previously. Here, Jai Winding's Hammond organ animates the Eldridge Cleaver-inspired single "Poor, Poor LA," Greg Leisz's Dobro colors the dreamy "Amor Azul," Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell adds depth and jangle to "Black Hearted Ways," and drum giant Jim Keltner and bassist Hutch Hutchinson keep the beats. Of course, none of that would matter if Easton's songs weren't simply so good. Though it loses steam slightly in its second half, this smart, catchy, and carefully detailed disc proves that sometimes, they do make them like they used to. --Anders Smith Lindall About the Artist What the ears have here is the latest album by Tim Easton-Break Your Mother s Heart-which definitively stakes his place in the first rank of contemporary rock troubadours. Tims natural talent is in full view and the songs are expertly played and sung. Sonically, the warmth and feel of the past is evoked. Its the kind of record that just doesnt come along every day. Its all about the songs. Songs so solidly written they could be textbook examples; like the opener, "Poor Poor L.A." for instance, an ode to the city of angels with a rapid-fire lyric that youll want to memorize so you can sing along: "Not too many years ago there were hippies killing people/a mile away from the Marlboro Man/Now theres sandpaper pants/on the gutterpunks/and lowriders with their heads in the trunks/or walking in fours and kicking in doors/cutting it up and filling their cup You dont have to break your mamas heart to change the world"; "Black Hearted Ways" is a classic, catchy folk-rocker; "The Hanging Tree" sports a melody so infectious itll be stuck in your head for days; "Amor Azul" is all dreamy and late night, slurred words sort of spilling out of Tims mouth as if by accident; Then theres "Watching The Lightning," the albums epic with a multi-level lyric, one part dealing with the death of a friend; And on it goes. Certainly Tim's singing has never been better recorded, and a good part of the credit is due his co-producer John Hanlon, a West Coast engineer/producer whose credits include Neil Young, Grandaddy, and the Beach Boys. Nearly all of the ten songs were cut in one or two takes, with Tim playing guitar and singing live in the same room as the band. Break Your Mothers Heart features Tim on acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, mandolin, keyboards, and percussion. He is accompanied by a close-knit trio of skilled session players
