Matt Westin Continues Hot Streak With "Thin Blue Line"

Matt Westin (http://www.mattwestin.com) is unapologetically country. He makes the sort of anthems which would suit a stadium singalong and appears to have a good time doing so.

Yet, it’s almost all down to his late father that he started in music in the first place. Westin was never supposed to become a musician, and taught himself to sing while at college. He trained as an engineer but decided that acting was more his line and moved to Los Angeles. Then, when his father became ill, he moved back home to Pittsburgh to care for him. Legacy, the debut album Westin recorded after his father’s death in April 2016 from leukemia, is dedicated to his memory. His dad had always been a music fan, and Westin picked up his influences when he started singing. Producer, engineer and musician Bryan Cole helped him work on the songs which Westin recorded to bring himself out of the dark place he fell into after his father’s death, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Westin may not have been a natural-born musician, but he has had chart success since his first single. He has been receiving international airplay and finding fans all over the world ever since. He has twice won the award for International Music and Entertainment Association Male Country Artist of the Year since making the decision to concentrate on music rather than engineering. In an additional tribute to Westin's father, Legacy was named the IMEA Country Album of the Year for 2018.

Seeing as he can combine both music and acting, it has been confirmed that Westin will star as Johnny Cash in an upcoming film, 116 MacDougal, which will also star Donna D’Errico, whose credits include Baywatch.

Matt Westin’s latest single is named Thin Blue Line, and deals with the practicalities of being a cop. Timely, given all the coverage, good and bad, that cops have received during the last year. The lyrics mention how many officers are proud to serve, considering it a calling, while the chorus is about the brotherhood between the officers, and that the survivors honor those killed in the line of duty. After the bridge, the next verse moves on to the challenging nature of life on the front line, the expectation of danger, but also the satisfaction of keeping the neighbors safe or finding a lost child.

Given his current success, when asked about whether he would return to engineering, Westin’s reply is best summed up by a quote from his song Good Time:

“...with all due respect honey, you can kiss my ass!”

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