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Ty Myers on Going 'Heavy on the Soul' With His New Album, and Bringing John Mayer and Stevie Ray Vaughan Influences to Country Music as an Old Soul of 18

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Ty Myers on Going ‘Heavy on the Soul’ With His New Album, and Bringing John Mayer and Stevie Ray Vaughan Influences to Country Music as an Old Soul of 18

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Libby Danforth

You could say that 18-year-old country music upstart Ty Myers seems like a perfect example of the Old Soul, with his love for and knowledge of the blues and classic songwriters, and with prodigious singing and guitar chops that have had him writing, recording and touring for pretty much all of his teen years. But the word “old” feels wrong here, even in a rhetorical context. Certainly the girls screaming in his audiences aren’t there because Myers seems particularly ancient to them. He’s fresh-faced, to say the least, even as his musical prowess and reverence for classic sounds may draw in listeners who usually prefer something a little more grizzled.

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