Texas boy Tommy Lewis's debut EP,"Winding" showcases his journey from honky-tonk troubadour into the alt-folk singer-songwriter featured. Produced by award winning singer-songwriter Chad Elliott,"Winding" captures what we've known Tommy has been capable of doing by pushing the lyrics forward and letting the music drive. Nothing is too flashy, very little percussion, and except for the closing track is almost all acoustic. The influence of Radney Foster, Lyle Lovett, Guy Clark, Chad Elliott, and Jason Isbell is all over the album, it's easy to pick out what Tommy has been listening to and what music he loves."Winding" is definitely a solid release from a young, hungry songwriter. About the ArtistTommy was raised in Alvin, Tx, learning jazz trumpet from professionals, including Dick Frerking and Jerry Perkins. He taught himself to play guitar (mostly to impress a cute John Denver fan) after moving to Iowa, became involved in the local scene, and eventually joined Rick Burke's Traveling Music Show and Review in 2012. He and Kevin Lindgren met while both were part of Rick's convoy, and broke out to start Lindgren and Lewis. LnL was named"one of the best new bands on 2013" by music review"The Insider Sessions" and performed in Nashville, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Des Moines, Houston, Dallas, and Oklahoma City. Learning songwriting and performing from craftsmen like F. Charles Persall, Chad Elliott, and Rick Burke, Tommy quit his job as a professor at Graceland University and struck out as a traveling folk singer, playing over 200 shows a year, sometimes over 250. When asked by the Anamosa Journal what he called his music he replied,"It's folk music I think. If it makes people dig a little deeper into themselves, or feel like someone else knows their life and their struggle, then I guess it is folk music."