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Member Since: 2/6/2005
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Influences: Woody Guthrie, Neil(Fred and Young), Joni, Muddy, Lightnin', Townes Van Zandt, DOC WATSON, John Cash, Aretha, Gram, Dylan, The Kinks, Velvet Underground, Animals, Yardbirds, MC5, Mr. David Bowie, The Clash, Costello, Kris Kristofferson, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Louis Armstrong, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams(the first one), Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Mississipi John Hurt, Junior Kimborough, Leadbelly, Prince, Louvin Brothers, Elmore James, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Dr. John, T-Rex, The Zombies, RL Burnside, Black Swans, The Pixies, The Feelies, Blues Explosion, Waybald, Vic Chesnutt, Victoria Williams, Sleepy John, Honeyboy, the Duke the Boss the Prince the Queen the Chairman of the Board....the King. The Band, Patti Smith, Nic Drake, Steve Earle, Skip Spence, John Hiatt, Small Faces, Pogues, Chekhov, Kundera, Steinbeck, Miller, Raymond Carver, Pedro Juan Gutierrez, Patrick Kavanagh, Bukowski, and all the traveling I did before I had a car, Prague, Dublin, London, Galway, Amsterdam, northern Spain, western France, Croatia, Slovenia, Moravia, Ceske Krumlov, Norway, Sweden, Alaska, Oaxaca, Mexico, Glasgow, Airdrie, Texas(thanks for all the music), and my most recent home town of Joshua Tree, CA. I had the fortune of living in Japan(where I joined the Kiss Army) for three years when I was a grade schooler-that has to count for something in my head....and really whatever instrument I happen to pick up can be an influence. I also love pasta carbonara.The sounds that hit me most over the last whatever dozen years or more include many plus Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Lucinda Williams, Will Oldham, Elliott Smith, Wilco, M. Ward, Yo La Tengo, Guided By Voices, Sonic Youth, le Snow Patrol, Richard Buckner, Calexico, the Shins, Tegan and Sara, Iron and Wine, Ali Farka Toure, White Stripes,kosher spears, Neutral Milk Hotel, Simple Kid, Rhob Cunningham, Thrift Store All Stars, Annuals, Watson Twins, Bingo Dream Band, Neko Case, Cat Power dude, Frightened Rabbit, Sage Francis, Immortal Technique, Connor Oberst has beautiful lyrics- please bring more... and thanks Lucinda for setting of some sparks in my head. the one and only katie shaw. you are the main influence in my life. Ah....this myspace shit is so old by now my Granny is ragging on me. Sing it shout it fucking have a good time with it. Make some good stuff.
Sounds Like: Dark Watson
Record Label: New West Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

AMSTERDAM SESSIONS

GREETINGS from Joshua Tree. A few years back, I was in the attic of a mansion in Amsterdam, recording songs onto a four track owned and opporated by my friend REMCO. These were the first takes o...
Posted by Tim Easton on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:11:00 PST

EASTON, STAGGER, PHILLIPS

Greetings. I am very proud to announce the completion of the debut album by EASTON, STAGGER, PHILLIPS. We started making it in a cabin in Alaska just last January and we finished it up in March ...
Posted by Tim Easton on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:55:00 PST

new song

about the TWO OF US song...i was in the Integratron outside of Joshua Tree yesterday and I wrote and recorded this demo. It came out of nowhere so I wanted to grab that first rush and send it out to...
Posted by Tim Easton on Thu, 08 May 2008 10:57:00 PST

SXSW and then some

Holy shit. Not enough hours in the day. I’m just going to say something really quick and that’s THE WHIPSAWS saved the day for me at SXSW and I have to send a public shout out to the...
Posted by Tim Easton on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:55:00 PST

NEW MAILING LIST

Hello People...Greetings from Joshua Tree. Things are changing around the home office and it's not exactly clear how this next record will be released. Via a record company or via the internet and m...
Posted by Tim Easton on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:24:00 PST

Alaska/ HEIDI ROSS PICTURE SHOW/SXSW 2008

JOSHUA TREE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 15thAnother great trip to Alaska and this time we nearly got to 40 below. I was looking forward to that temperature in Fairbanks just to be able to experience it. ...
Posted by Tim Easton on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:51:00 PST

2007: I Got Around

...here I am at the Red Arrow Art Gallery watching over the place while kater works out.rough life. Just back from New York and Nashville where I was working on three different albums. Carrie Rod...
Posted by Tim Easton on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:42:00 PST

NEW SONG and HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Greetings from the High Desert.The Joshua Tree Music festival was amazing- even with the huge wind storms Saturday night that just about shut down the show. Props to the bands and crew and volunteers ...
Posted by Tim Easton on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:52:00 PST

ART SHOW PLUS NEW TUNE

Hello people...Just back from the east coast where life is crowded but good. I sang a song with Lucinda Williams at one of her shows at Town Hall in NYC. Played a couple of gigs with Quiet Life ...
Posted by Tim Easton on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:35:00 PST

song for this week.....a new one every week until the end of the year!!!

below is a bulletin i recently sent but i want to post it here to so folk know what i am up to. both TIM EASTON and DARk WATSON http://www.myspace.com/officialdarkwatson pages will have new ...
Posted by Tim Easton on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:40:00 PST