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Early Times

Official website: Early Times' Facebook Page

Early Times grew up in Sacramento as he developed as a blues guitarist, attending Sacramento High School. He began playing clubs frequently in the early 1990s and began releasing CD albums in 1992. One of his most memorable shows was a 1998 Concert in the Park at Chavez Park across from City Hall. In the 2000s he relocated to New York City and became a host of a blues show for Sirus Satellite Radio. Over the years he's made a living as studio and live musicians, a guitar teacher and has toured extensively.



Here is a tracklist for the 1992 album Society For The Misunderstood:
  1. Fantasia Dream
  2. Problem Solving Artist
  3. Safer Here Than Home
  4. Papa Died & Left Me
  5. Trouble Gonna Fall
  6. Goin' Down
  7. Over The Years
  8. Sunday Mornin'
Here is a tracklist for the 1993 album Hobo Deluxe:
  1. 916
  2. Propaganda
  3. Methadone Clinic
  4. Hobo Deluxe
  5. Dog Patch Winos
  6. Metamorphisis of The Clown
  7. 3 Deep In The Hood
  8. Red Roses
  9. Redneck, Arkansippi




Here is a tracklist for the 1994 album The Comedown:
  1. No Man At All
  2. When
  3. Who's Gonna Shelter Me
  4. Eleven, Eleven
  5. We Told You So
  6. Hanging By A Thread
  7. Hiding
  8. The Holocaust
Here is a tracklist for the 1995 album Tickle Your Fancy:
  1. Low Down and Freaky
  2. If You Don't Know
  3. Dirty Mind
  4. Doin' The Nasty
  5. Free Box
  6. I Want A Girl
  7. Tragedy
  8. Little Ashley
  9. Tawny
  10. Kalifornia
Here is a tracklist for the 1999 album No Turn Back:
  1. Independent
  2. Your Father
  3. Back Down
  4. What's Right
  5. Die Down
  6. e.a.r.l.y. times
  7. Your Fall
  8. Anna Vanhorn
  9. Cross the Line
  10. Earth Eighteenth
  11. Five Point Nine




Here is a tracklist for the 2003 album The Sacramento Years '92-'97:
  1. Candy Girl
  2. Doin' The Nasty
  3. Methadone Clinic
  4. Just a Gigolo
  5. 916
  6. Smells Like Smoke
  7. Free Box
  8. Turn You On
  9. If You Don't Know
  10. Hobo Deluxe
  11. Orphan
  12. Papa Died
  13. Punk
  14. Over The Years
Here is a tracklist for the 2017 album Hit & Run:
  1. Dogs of Karma
  2. Hyde Park Honey
  3. Lost Heroes
  4. That Thing
  5. Last Stop On This Train
  6. Spoilin' For a Fight
  7. Everyday Beautiful
  8. The a List
  9. I Don't Want To Love Without You




Here is a tracklist for the 2021 album The Corner:
  1. Come On Let's Ride
  2. On The Corner
  3. Do What She Do
  4. She's About To Lose ...
  5. Rosie's Herbs N Ting
  6. He's Got A Jones
  7. Say Man
  8. Charlemagne
  9. Someone Help Mary
  10. Return of the Queen
Here is a tracklist for the 2022 album Electric City:
  1. Aloha, Leilani
  2. Good Soul Music
  3. Orphan Train
  4. Heartbreak Insurance
  5. American Kid
  6. Ching-A-Ling
  7. Tippin' Through The Tulips
  8. Bonnie & Clyde
  9. Tips For The Crew
  10. Dark Chocolate
  11. Succubus




Here is a tracklist for the 2024 album Zodiac Griot:
  1. Sanctified
  2. Hip Calypso
  3. Creative Children
  4. Every Once In a While
  5. Felonious Funk
  6. Pashmina
  7. Dreaming of Your Kiss
  8. Falling For You
Here is a tracklist for the 2025 album Fallen Angels:
  1. Walk Out On Me
  2. Pistol Under My Pillow
  3. Bedroom Eyes
  4. Papa Died & Left Me
  5. Abandoned Child
  6. Manhattan
  7. Candy Girl
  8. Bad Things
  9. Sooner Than Later
  10. Until The World Burns Down




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