[5] In addition to his collaborations with Bridgers, Hutson is known for co-writing and performing songs with Samia,[6] Marshall Vore,[7] Whitmer Thomas,[8] Conor Oberst and Ethan Gruska.

[3] The Driftwood Singers were described as having “an affinity and talent for the traditional country folk sound” in a 2011 Amarillo Globe-News profile.

[12] Hutson has since co-written numerous songs on three projects featuring Bridgers – boygenius (2018), Better Oblivion Community Center (2019) and Punisher (2020).

[11] Hutson performed as a touring guitarist for Jenny Lewis during this time,[20] in addition to supporting musical acts like Julia Jacklin and Okkervil River.

[21] Maeri Ferguson describes the album as “a spare and quiet collection of songs about the tenderness of adolescence, first love, heartbreak and the value of having a little perspective”.

[10] The final version of Beginners features contributions from Lucy Dacus, Conor Oberst and Meg Duffy of Hand Habits.

[24] The three volumes feature contributions from musicians like Shamir, Fenne Lily and Julia Jacklin, and involve a combination of humorous and sincere covers.

[24] Liz Phair’s ‘Why Can’t I?’, Taylor Swift’s ‘betty’ and The Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven’ rank amongst the songs that Hutson has covered.

[24] In 2021, Huston was featured on the compilation Saving for a Custom Van, which was a tribute to the works of the late songwriter Adam Schlesinger.

[13] His early recordings possess a DIY or lo-fi quality;[10] Bridgers attempted to preserve the “homespun” nature of Hutson’s original Voice Memo demos when producing Beginners.

[34] Hutson also enjoys the prose of George Saunders, Haruki Murakami, Sally Rooney[20] and Raymond Carver,[21] and claims that all four authors have informed his songwriting.

[35][36] Hutson has also been diagnosed with Pure OCD;[37] he describes writing the Quitters song ‘OCDemon’ as a “therapeutic exercise”.

[37] In 2020, Hutson gave free guitar lessons over Zoom to support the Black Lives Matter movement.