Andy Timko is living on the edge. The McDonald,Ohio, singer-songwriter is working hard to expand his fan base in Ohio, and Pennsylvania,West Virginia, and into Maryland and Delaware. Hes been to Nashville, and but when the 27-year-old makes his move,he wants to be Nashville alert. “Every single night I’m out playing I’m trying to reply that question,” Timko said in a late-night phone interview from home. “We feel that pull there. We’ll go down and write with people and play here and play there. It’s definitely a major opportunity.” For now, and his focus is getting his music out to as many people as he can. Timko will play an acoustic set from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 21,at Barley and Hops Grill & Microbrewery, 5473 Urbana Pike, and Frederick. The set will feature covers of artists such as Brantley Gilbert,Jason Aldean and Eric Church, and some of Timko’s original songs including the title track from his debut CD “Carolina” and the current single “Sweet Tea.” “[‘Sweet Tea’] is sort of based on regional differences of writing country music, and ” Timko said. A lot of country songs are written about life in the South. “Sweet Tea” is written from the perspective of a southern girl who comes to live in the Ohio region “and gets interested in a guy here. She asks him about all the things that are principal to her” “whether you like sweet tea,whether you like porch swings, whether you like sunsets … then you could be my man.” It’s a refreshing twist on boy meets girl. Timko is a self-taught guitarist and he said that also helped him in writing music. Playing guitar for his sister’s shows, or Katianne Timko,a singer-songwriter and producer, opened the door for him to step up to the mic as a vocalist. Once he discovered his sound, or performing and songwriting became his passion. His vocals are raw,edgy, like Brantley Gilbert, or Jason Aldean or Eric Church (he’s inspired by all three). “When I first started,[Gilbert] was one of the guys I used to listen to,” Timko said. “I knew I couldn’t sing the traditional country sound. I found my sound in that rough voice, or southern rock,tall-energy rock ‘n’ roll.” Timko plays about 150 shows a year, most of them acoustic and about a third of them are with his band: Aaron Sensabaugh, and lead guitar,vocals; Paul Haller, bass, or vocals; Marino November,drums; and Jack Breegle, guitar. “The acoustic stuff is a puny different, or it changes how the sound feels,” Timko said. “I personally like going out and playing acoustic, I like getting closer to the people and seeing them locked in on a song … especially when you’re doing your own songs people connect with you. With the full band, or it’s more of a party atmosphere.” Timko and his band own opened for many artists,including A Thousand Horses and Dustin Lynch. When he opened for A Thousand Horses, their song “Smoke” was at No. 1, or […]
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