In this week’s spotlight, we highlighted an artist that is truly carving his own path in the genre. Eddie of Eddie And The Getaway joined us to chat about his latest project, Tumbleweeds and Nicotine, his path to country music, and everything in between. Keep reading to learn more about his incredible story.

“I was born in Michigan, and I grew up in Arizona, and then I kind of started playing drums when I was about five, and then my parents kind of realized it was like the worst instrument to give a kid ’cause it’s loud as hell,” began Eddie. “So, I started playing guitar, and then kind of singing and doing all that stuff. As I got into middle school, started even playing in bands in Arizona.”

From an early age, music was the thing that captivated Eddie’s interest. He recalls having a lot of energy as a kid, always wanting to jam out on the guitar or the drums, as he constantly absorbed music. At around seven or eight years old, he attended a Coldplay concert, and it was in that moment that his future seemed clear to him. That dream was later confirmed again, when he attended a U2 concert.

“I just remember seeing that, and then a couple of years later, seeing U2 and my sister actually got pulled up on stage. Bono pulled her up on stage and they couldn’t pull me up because I was a chubby little fucker,” shared Eddie. “I just remember that moment and being like, I want to be the one pulling somebody up on stage, and I just know, like, what music did for me and my soul and the times, it kind of felt kind of, you know, you feel lost to different times, as you grow up and stuff. “

The Turning Point:

Armed with a deep love for music and appreciation for the late 90s and early 00s era with artists like Nickelback and Third Eye Blind ruling the airwaves, Eddie knew music was his calling. “I started playing in bands in Arizona, and touring and playing in Mexico and, you know, Las Vegas and California, that region.”

Eventually, during pandemic times, Eddie made the move to Nashville, Tennessee. “When I was 19, so it was right before COVID hit, so I left Arizona State, finished up online, in Nashville and, yeah, just kind of just stumbled down. I knew I wanted it to do music from a super young age, but, like, how it all kind of happened was really random just meeting people on TikTok and, you know, writing and producing stuff for them and then having some of my own songs kind of take off.”

For Eddie, music was always his outlet. He recalls writing songs as early as in seventh grade. “I just remember listening to certain songs and kind of feeling like I wasn’t the only one that was going through what I was going through, and I feel like I owe that. […] I think when it comes to like, why I love music, it’s because of that, like being able to help people and almost talk about the things that are hard to talk about in real life, but you can say it in a song and people can relate to it. I think it’s the coolest thing ever.”

Despite knowing music was his path, Eddie shared feeling lost and certain times, when he first moved to Nashville, admitting that his mental health declined a bit before a friend helped him reconnect with his purpose.

“I was talking to a buddy of mine one day and nothing was really working for me as an artist, I’ve been writing and producing for other artists and their songs were popping off on TikTok. I was like, ‘why isn’t my stuff working’ and a buddy of mine was just like, ‘dude, like, you don’t write about actually like what you’ve told me and like what you talk about. Write something that’s real.”

Today:

Flash forward to today, Eddie And The Getaway is absolutely releasing music that is as real as it can be! The singers-songwriter recently released his six-song EP, Tumbleweeds & Nicotine, featuring songs that speak to both the artist’s musical influences and his uniqueness.

“I just kind of wanted to have a group of six songs that some leaned more country, which, you know, I grown up in Arizona like even though it wasn’t the South, it was still very country out there. […] So having that kind of background, that like Western kind of, you know, country kind of thing, and then also just like the rock influence. When you listen to my music, you’re going to get stuff that is over on the country side, stuff that’s over on the full rock side, and everything in between. So that was one of the kind of angles that I wanted to do as I was writing these.”

There are songs on the project that lean more rock and feel radio-ready, while other songs connect to the more vulnerable side. For example, the title track speaks to the latter. “I think storytelling wise, having songs about, you know, just absolutely partying like shot for shot, just like going ham and having, you know, a crazy experience. And all my songs are always firsthand experiences of stuff that I’ve gone through. And I always like, try to keep that authenticity when it comes to my songwriting,” he shared, adding, “ I guess the other kind of thing that’s on that topic is like “Tumbleweeds & Nicotine”, which is just going through life. It’s kind of a metaphor on constantly moving, trying to move forward, but also like having bad habits and things that kind of stick with you and trying to shake them. So it’s kind of just wanted to kind of cover a lot of the things that I’ve gone through in the last year.”

Tumbleweeds & Nicotine is just the beginning for Eddie. He is already hard at work in the studio, working on more new music, and currently on the road. “We’re getting right back into putting out music every month, putting out a new single every four weeks, and we’re gonna keep that going and we have our headline to our first headline tour coming up. at the beginning of October and going through the end of November. And then, yeah, just lots of new music, lots of playing shows.”

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