Dan Tyminski

Born in 1967 in Rutland, Vermont, Dan Tyminski encountered the sounds of down-home country and traditional bluegrass while still a child. A mandolin once owned by his older brother became his introduction to playing music, and he later developed equal command of the banjo while cultivating a confident vocal presence. His earliest professional engagement came with the Green Mountain Bluegrass Band, where, still a teenager, he toured the entire East Coast on banjo. Joining the Lonesome River Band in 1988, he contributed banjo, mandolin, and vocals both onstage and on the recordings Looking for Yourself and Carrying the Tradition; the latter reached the bluegrass charts and earned the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Album of the Year Award.

Between 1992 and 1993 he earned further recognition through his performances with Alison Krauss & Union Station, notably on the hit single “When You Say Nothing at All.” In 1994 the Lonesome River Band released another album, Old Country Town, featuring Tyminski. Throughout the rest of the decade he lent his talents to an array of notable figures that included Billy Dean, Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Clint Black, Sara Evans, Randy Travis, and numerous others. In 2000 he supplied the singing voice for George Clooney’s character Ulysses Everett McGill in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and that same year he issued his solo bluegrass album Carry Me Across the Mountain on the Doobie Shea Records label. Wheels appeared on Rounder Records in 2008.

Tyminski contributed vocals to “Hey Brother,” a 2013 single by EDM artist Avicii. The track became a worldwide hit the following year, broadening the singer’s opportunities and prompting him to pursue fresh sonic directions on the 2017 release Southern Gothic.