Dan Tyminski Band
About this event
To hear what comes next from Dan Tyminski, be sure to like https://www.facebook.com/tyminskimusic/. And get a taste of the upcoming album SOUTHERN GOTHIC now at http://tyminskimusic.com. Dynamic on stage, down to earth off stage, Dan Tyminski has the voice, instrumental chops, and charisma to be counted among the most recognizable and popular male vocalists on today’s bluegrass and country music scenes. Yet his demeanor – low-key and laconically sly – ensures that all the accolades are the product of his own innate gifts. Since 1994, his ace instrumental skill \(mainly on guitar, but also on mandolin\) and burnished, soulful tenor singing has been a key component of Alison Krauss and Union Station, arguably the most visible and successful bluegrass band in the modern era. Growing up in the unlikely bluegrass state of Vermont, Tyminski very quickly saw there was little difference between the rolling hills of New England and those of East Tennessee, as his parents raised him to a soundtrack of bluegrass and old-time country music. His family took advantage of the fertile festival scene in the northeast, and his mother was unafraid to pick up a guitar and sing a few bars from time to time. She was his first inspiration, proving that music was both within his grasp and something that could set him apart. When barely 21 years old, he was plucked from the ranks of regional bluegrass bands to join the Lonesome River Band, appearing on their 1989 release Looking for Yourself. He carried on \(with one brief respite from 1992 through 1993\) with 1994’s Old Country Town, during which time the Lonesome River Band emerged as one of the most influential acts in modern bluegrass – crafting a sleek sound that still had deeply-felt echoes of bluegrass’ rural roots. Although he was briefly a member of Alison Krauss and Union Station during his break from Lonesome River Band in 1992-1993, Tyminski signed on full-time in 1994 as guitarist, lead and harmony vocalist, and oc...
Source: Egyptian Theatre