Catch Of The Week: James Hewitt
Meet James Hewitt, from Upton and Uxbridge
You’ve heard that the family who plays together, stays together. In the Hewitt family, there was a lot of playing…karaoke. All that singing in the living room burned a fire in the belly of James Hewitt. He wanted a bigger stage, his own songs and an actual audience. But had it not been for those karaoke moments with his parents, singing Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, and Dierks Bentley, there may not have been, “What Mothers Do.” That is the name of James’ new song, a tribute to his mom, and all mothers.
Winning karaoke contests inspired James to reach higher. Before long he was joining friends, like Tim Buono, on stage. Tim is another Local Catch spotlight artist. Once Hewitt started putting his own feelings and thoughts to his own music, there was no stopping him. You can catch James out and about doing his songs and covers this summer.
James Hewitt’s robust vocals ebb and flow with the mood of his songs. This singer/songwriter is clearly attached to his songs, and is able to passionately deliver them. Whether he is rocking out or tenderly conveying his message, James has learned to establish a deep connection with his audience through his own music.
James’ New Jam
“What Mother’s Do”
A Bit of Hewitt
- From: Uxbridge MA
- Grew up in: Upton MA
- Now lives in: Uxbridge
- Current single: “What Mothers Do”
- What lead you to music: Karaoke!
- How old when you started: about 16/17First country song you learned: First karaoke song i ever sang was Bullets in the Gun by Toby Keith
- Instruments played: Mainly just a vocalist but i can decently play guitar and bass and a little harmonica.
- How would you describe your sound: ive had some people compare some of my last songs to Brantley Gilbert, Jason Aldean
- Who inspires you: Id say a lot of my sound inspiration comes from guys like Toby Keith or Brantley Gilbert but performance wise, would be Freddie Mercury, best frontman the world has ever scene regardless of music genre!
- If you are a band, how did you get your name: I am in a Rock Band called The 45 but my country music is just a self passion project for me! Grew up on country music!
- Awards/accolades: Pinz Karaoke champ 2015 thank ya very much!
- Dream duet partner: TIM BUONO!!!!
- All- time favorite country song: (or songs if you can’t name just one): “way out here” by Josh Thompson “Red Dirt Road” Brooks & Dunn “its a great day to be alive” Travis Tritt. That’s just a few but so many more
- First country concert: Kenny Chesney county fest
- What songs do you like now on Country 102.5: anything Kenny Chesney or Brothers Osbourne gets me to crank it up
- If you weren’t a musician, what would you be doing: probably just construction!!
- Day Job (if applicable): construction worker
- Most proud moment: i have a lot to choose from, this time would probably be just getting my name and music on the radio! Not something i ever imagined to be possible growing up
- Crazy thing that happened in your music career: old band of mine was playing to loud in a restaurant we were hired to play at so they canceled our show after 2 songs. (Just poor communication on booking process, it is what it is) but we still wanted to play , so we set up on the sidewalk outside and played for the whole city of Worcester for about 4 hours. A lot of the crowd were homeless and they had a great time!!
- Other things you like to do: if im not playing a show im usually attending a show
- Fun facts: I’m an unapologetic super nerd when it comes to anything Star Wars/Marvel/DC or LOTR
James Live
8/19: Off The Rails in Worcester
8/26: Uno’s in Bellingham
8/27: Pepperoncini’s in Milford
All gigs are with Tim Buono as out “Tim & Jim” Duo
Hewitt on the Net
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