“Music is a Journey”

Paul Justin was born in the dusty Nevada desert and plucked his first guitar string at the age of four on a ranch in Sterling, Colorado. From the beginning, music and the Wild West were in his soul.

Justin’s early influences were The Steve Miller Band, The Beatles, Johnny Cash, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Gordon Lightfoot. At 14, he learned to play bass in a band with his two brothers and a cousin, and performed in his hometown of Hawthorne, Nevada. He continued playing in bands until 1996 when he gave up music for love that didn’t last.

The last few years I've been singin' the Blues, I lost a girl, my dog, my trouble comes in two's
(from “Pick a Guitar String”)

But even when love was fleeting, music was always there. Justin penned his first country song, “Aurora,” a ballad of revenge in a rowdy Nevada mining town, and from that day on he was on the path to country music stardom.

In 2005 he debuted at Cook’s Corner in Trabuco Canyon, California, and today he’s a favorite at many California and Nevada venues including Cowboy Country in Long Beach, The Brandin' Iron in San Bernardino, The Crazy Horse Saloon, and Pure Country in Reno. He’s played state fairs and rodeos and alongside other major country talents like Jason Aldean, Josh Gracin, and Jason Meadows. His musical style and personality lets you know you’ve come to the right place for a good time!

"Music is a journey to me," says Justin, "every song I've written was hatched out of real life. Every songwriter feels compelled by their emotions, events, or even just a few words they hear someone say, to craft music and lyrics together. It's the best feeling in the world to finish a song and share it other people. The journey is life as I relate to it with my music."

Justin’s music is in demand – his song “We Love Trucks” was used in radio ads for last year’s new model trucks. His self-distributed album Pole Line Road is selling well online and he is currently working on his second studio album, due for release in early 2010. With all of this going for him and more, Paul Justin is a country star on the rise.

Be a better man cause I'm not beat, the path to a better life is under my feet.
(From “Under My Feet”)