As he plays ‘Come Together’ on his acoustic guitar, Justin Hewitt recalls how he first learned to play songs by The Beatles as a way of connecting with his Fab Four loving father.
“Dad loved that,” Hewitt smiles, remembering how they would play and sing together when he was young. “He was always saying keep doing it. Don’t give up on it.”
The experiences inspired Hewitt to eventually write his own songs and release two independent albums but, after a decade of baring his soul in local bars, the artist was burning out.
“You don’t lose your love for it,” Hewitt says. “But you kind of need to take a break.”
Hewitt stopped making music for years, until he lost four friends and family members during the pandemic, including his dad.
“And after all that death,” Hewitt says. “I needed something that made me feel alive again.”
Committing to living …