Meanwhile, Hinson, the youngest son of a devoutly Christian household, found his way into an errant lifestyle of addiction, bankruptcy, homelessness, trouble with the law over prescription forgery and, eventually, intense songwriting. Now, Hinson, still young at just 24, is making a name for himself as a Leonard Cohen-esque singer-songwriter. He’s toured the US and Europe and earned favorable reviews for his 2005 Sketchbook release, Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress. His gritty, emotionally bare folk sound is a marked contrast to the Earlies’ crashing, playful, mysterious rock, but, if anything, Lights from the Wheelhouse proves that inspiration always trumps differences.