Dan Tyminski has filled some popular roles in the bluegrass field as a member of the Lonesome River Band and a longtime member of Alison Krauss’s bluegrass backing band Union Station. But since albums for the latter band have become more and more spread out, Tyminski has kept busy helping out other artists on projects, lending instrumental, vocal, and even engineering help.\u00a0 Movie lovers also probably know his voice without realizing it because he was the lead singer on the recording of “Man Of Constant Sorrow” for the fictitious Soggy Bottom Boys in the movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou<\/i>.\u00a0 His first solo disc from 2000, Carry Me Across The Mountain<\/i>, was a solid album released on the Doobie Shea label (which was started and run by fellow Lonesome River Band alum Tim Austin).\u00a0 His 2008 effort Wheels<\/i> is true bluegrass with some deep songwriting blended in. <\/p>\n
Tyminski did receive a little help from his friends for Wheels<\/i>.\u00a0 Fellow Union Station members Adam Steffey, Barry Bales, and Ron Block pitched in their talents, with Block turning in two songs for the project, Blue Highway and former Union Station member Tim Stafford contributing one song, and country artist Vince Gill doing some backing vocals.\u00a0 But it is Tyminski\u2019s talent that really carries the album.\u00a0 Boasting nine original tunes with solid instrumentation and powerful vocals, this album holds its own.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Wheels<\/i> is stocked with several great songs, including the title track, which rose to number one on the bluegrass charts.\u00a0 \u201cI Ain’t Taking You Back No More\u201d is a solid original from Tyminski, and Ron Block\u2019s \u201cThe One You Lean On\u201d and \u201cIt All Comes Down To You\u201d (which is also well done on the Alison Krauss and Union Station disc So Long So Wrong<\/i>) are both great driving bluegrass tunes.\u00a0 This disc also has some great story songs that draw the listener into the lyrical tales.\u00a0 \u201cMaking Hay\u201d is a farm boy\u2019s lament that he ever left the homestead for city life, and \u201cSome Early Morning\u201d is a great spin on the classic murder ballad with a beautiful melody and harmonies.\u00a0 Blue Highway\u2019s Tim Stafford offers \u201cHow Long Is This Train\u201d which at first seems long, but it is a song that sticks in your head in both story and tune.<\/p>\n
Tyminski\u2019s solo outings have proven that he is just as excellent stepping out into the spotlight as he is when he is backing another artist.\u00a0 Wheels<\/i> makes bluegrass fans wish he would produce solo albums more often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":31092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8923],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-42777","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-dan-tyminski","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42777"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}