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Country music artist Easton Corbin in Redding

By The Intermountain News staff
The Intermountain News of Burney, California
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Easton Corbin knew he wanted to be a country singer well before he learned how to play guitar. While no one in his family played a musical instrument, music was a big part of his upbringing.

"My grandparents liked to watch the Opry, " Easton remembers. "We'd start Saturday night off with 'Hee Haw' and then 'Opry Backstage' and then 'Opry Live'."

Corbin is scheduled to perform at Redding's Cascade Theatre on Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are priced from $29 to $38 and are available online at www.cascadetheatre.org, by calling 243-8877, or at the Cascade Theatre box office.

Easton, whose musical influences include George Jones, Merle Haggard, George Strait and Keith Whitley, found

a kindred spirit in producer Carson Chamberlain.

Like his heroes Strait and Whitley, Easton is unapologetically country. His songs, while rooted in the present, call to mind simpler times when the back porch was where folks gathered to network. Steel guitars and fiddles are as much a part of his sound as his baritone drawl. His first single, "A Little More Country Than That, " paints a picture of rural life that speaks to Easton's small town sensibilities.

"This song identifies who I am, " he says. "It shows character and that's important where I'm from. You learn to say 'yes, ma'am' and 'no, sir, ' and to open the door for the ladies."

Now that his lifelong dream is upon him, Easton says he's ready.



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Original Publication Date: September 1, 2010

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