{"id":675,"date":"2013-07-24T15:05:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T15:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=675"},"modified":"2013-08-01T15:07:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T15:07:53","slug":"stewart-eastham-to-release-new-album-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/stewart-eastham-to-release-new-album-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart Eastham to release new album in September"},"content":{"rendered":"
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STEWART EASTHAM TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM IN SEPTEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Man I Once Was<\/em><\/strong> Explores The Many Facets Of Americana<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Singer-songwriter Stewart Eastham is set to release his debut solo album, The Man I Once Was<\/em>, on September 24, 2013 via Long Bar Music.\u00a0 Eastham\u2019s first record since fronting country-rock band Day of the Outlaw captures some of his most honest and personal lyricism to date, especially moments like \u201cIdyllwild, CA,\u201d \u201cCrawl Up In Your Bottle,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s Understood,\u201d and \u201cThe Lights of Tennessee.\u201d Since The Man I Once Was<\/em> is so deeply rooted in his own first-hand experience, the songs often take on the feel of a diary spanning an incredibly transformative time in his life.<\/p>\n

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After a lifetime on the West Coast, Eastham recently found himself at both a personal and artistic crossroads. \u00a0He found respite from the darkness of his final L.A. years in the change of pace and peace of mind he discovered in Nashville. \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s my \u2018L.A. to Nashville\u2019 album,\u201d explains Eastham. \u201cAs the song \u2018Born In California\u2019 exemplifies, my life has always been based around a series of dichotomies:\u00a0 city vs. country, intellectualism vs. street smarts, freedom vs. security. \u00a0With the move to Nashville, that dichotomy became literal, snaking its way through many of my songs as well as determining the album\u2019s title and cover art.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For The Man I Once Was<\/em>, Eastham teamed up with producer (and former bandmate) Burke Ericson.\u00a0 Ironically, he traveled back to Los Angeles to record this album using a group of incredibly talented musicians he\u2019d met during his tenure there, including bassist Ted Russell Kamp and pedal steel player extraordinaire John McClung.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThrough the course of production, Burke ended up building a studio in his house which afforded us the opportunity to really hone the specific sound we wanted for this album,\u201d says Eastham.\u00a0 \u201cWe talked a lot about the early Neil Young records where he had big, funky drums over country-tinged songs.\u00a0 Burke has such a great ear and I really trust him.\u00a0\u00a0 He understands me as a songwriter and always made my ideas better.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Eastham\u2019s songs span the breadth of the Americana realm:\u00a0 from the old school country sounds of \u201cThe Lights of Tennessee\u201d and \u201cLivin\u2019 With Bad Decisions,\u201d to the funky southern rock of \u201cBroken Hearted Lovers\u201d and \u201cCrawl Up In Your Bottle,\u201d to the lush, layered arrangements of \u201cIt\u2019s Understood\u201d and title track \u201cThe Man I Once Was.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Eastham is both a prolific and poetic writer with a deep love of storytelling, honed not only through music but also via a deep passion for literature and art films (and their less \u201cnoble\u201d counterparts: genre fiction and genre movies.)<\/p>\n

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Eastham was born and raised in the Butte County region of rural Northern California. \u00a0He grew up on the sounds of classic country, outlaw country, and California country.\u00a0 (Merle Haggard is a constant inspiration.) \u00a0This was supplemented with a love of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, as well as appreciation for hip-hop and heavy metal.\u00a0 During his first year at UC Davis, Eastham answered a music store ad place by a satirical thrash metal band looking for a drummer. \u00a0After graduating with a degree in Computer Engineering, Eastham switched gears and moved to Los Angeles to attend film school. \u00a0There he developed his skills as a storyteller through writing, directing, and acting in films, while continuing to play music as a drummer. \u00a0He also became an acolyte of country music\u2014starting back with guys like Hank Sr., Jimmie Rodgers, and Lefty Frizzell, and then working his way up to the country-flavored singer\/songwriters of the \u201970s like John Prine, Townes Van Zandt, Mickey Newbury, and Terry Allen.\u00a0 After playing drums for a few years in the Los Angeles outfit Minibike, the band morphed to the point where Eastham was the frontman. \u00a0 Minibike transformed into Day of the Outlaw, which released two albums: 2009\u2019s Black Mountain Majesty <\/em>and 2012\u2019s The Retribution Waltz<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Eastham plans to tour soon in support of The Man I Once Was<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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www.stewarteastham.com<\/a><\/p>\n

www.facebook.com\/StewartEastham<\/a><\/p>\n

www.twitter.com\/SEasthamMusic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 24, 2013 \u00a0 STEWART EASTHAM TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM IN SEPTEMBER \u00a0 The Man I Once Was Explores The Many Facets Of Americana Singer-songwriter Stewart Eastham is set to release his debut solo album, The Man I Once Was, on September 24, 2013 via Long Bar Music.\u00a0 Eastham\u2019s first record since … <\/p>\n

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