Dan Tyminski's Wheels CD, photo courtesy of Rounder Records.
As a member of Union Station for the past fourteen years, Dan has participated in a string of acclaimed and commercially successful albums, including So Long So Wrong (1997), New Favorite (2001), Live (2001), and Lonely Runs Both Ways (2004). He also appears on the Krauss solo album Forget About It (1999) and on her multi-platinum 1995 compilation Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection, as well as 2007’s A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection. The band has been showered in Grammy®, Country Music Association (CMA), and International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards, among others, and Dan has been named Male Vocalist of the Year by the IBMA three times and was recognized as 2004’s Male Vocalist of the Year by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA).
In 2000, Dan stepped further into the popular conscience as the singing voice of George Clooney in the Coen Brothers’ Odyssean farce O Brother, Where Art Thou? In addition to being a pivotal element in the plot of the film, his powerful rendition of the Stanley Brothers’ version of "Man of Constant Sorrow" became a surprise hit single – firing off a popular renaissance in bluegrass in the process. The song was given the CMA Single of the Year award, an IBMA award for Song of the Year (the album was also named the Album of the Year), and a Grammy award for Country Collaboration with Vocals. The album received the Grammy for Album of the Year – a rare achievement for a soundtrack project.
Dan Tyminski photo by Jimmy Abegg, courtesy of Rounder Records.
That year also marked the release of Dan’s first solo album, the confident and soul-stirring Carry Me Across the Mountain, and some of the first dates performed by the Dan Tyminski Band. He has also toured as part of Vince Gill’s band and with Jerry Douglas. He was invited by Eric Clapton to participate in Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2004 and as a part of Union Station in 2007. Dan has been featured in Rolling Stone, Country Weekly, CNN.com, and by the Associated Press, and has performed on "The Late Show with David Letterman," "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" "Late Night with Conan O’Brien," "The Grammy® Awards," "Good Morning America," "The CMA Awards," "The ACM Awards," and "Sesame Street." He is also a highly regarded session musician and vocalist, having contributed to projects for Leann Rimes, Brad Paisley, Joan Osborne, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, and Alan Jackson.
2008 will find the Dan Tyminski Band touring extensively in support of Wheels. When not on the road, Dan lives in the Nashville area. Dan is an avid golfer and has participated in a number of celebrity golf tournaments.
Official website: dantyminski.com
