EASTHAMPTON — It’s a safe bet that most local musicians you see toiling away in local clubs are doing it largely for the love of their art.

But it’s one thing to see a guy in his 70s perform tunes out of devotion to his music. It’s even more impressive to learn the singer involved just released his first album earlier this year.

But that’s what you have in John Lentz, who will play at Luthier’s Co-op in Easthampton on Nov. 13 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Lentz, who makes his home in Turners Falls, has been a musician his whole adult life, starting out busking on the West Coast in the 1970s. As usual, real life — getting a job and raising a family — took center stage for a lengthy period, but Lentz always kept music on the back burner.

After moving to Massachusetts, he started attending the Ve

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