Jun 17
Tyminski makes hay while boss is out of town
The Dan Tyminski Band releases their much anticipated CD, “Wheels,” on the Rounder Label today, June 17.So, what do you do when you have a great job and the boss lady hangs it up?
If you’re Dan Tyminski, you start back at Square One — in a way. Not that his boss lady — that would be Alison Krauss — hung it up by any stretch of the imagination. She’s out and about these days with Robert Plant, touring on behalf of their smash CD. She told her band — the famed Union Station — that it would be on a year’s hiatus.
This evidentally gave Tyminksi an opening to spread his wings with a new incarnation of the Dan Tyminski Band. The group didn’t take long to head into the studio. Its new CD, “Wheels,” will be released on the Rounder label today, June 17.
This new edition includes longtime Union Station associate Barry Bales (bass), former Union Station and Mountain Heart member Adam Steffey (mandolin), sideman extraordinaire Ron Stewart (banjo, fiddle), and newcomer Justin Moses (fiddle, dobro).
It’s difficult to not like the warmth of Tyminski’s vocals and the Southern drawl he serves with them — and for cryin’ out loud, where did that Dixie diction come from? This guy grew up in Vermont, not Appalachia.
“Wheels” provides several great vehicles for Tyminski’s style — from the straight ahead bluegrass of “I Ain’t Taking You Back No More” and “How Many times” to great insightful, contemporary ballads like “How Long Is This Train?” and “Making Hay.”
“Wheels” provides several great vehicles for Tyminski’s style from straight ahead bluegrass to great insightful, contemporary ballads
And yes, one kickin’ instrumental, “Knock Knock,” which truly showcases the generous amount of talent that’s assembled around Tyminski. I’ve been a big admirer of Ron Stewart’s fiddle work with J.D.Crowe the past few years. He seemed to become the master of the fill lick with the New South. The advance copy of the CD didn’t specify who was playing fiddle on specific tracks, but there’s a fair share of Stewart-like sounds in the fiddle work here. Steffey turns in some dazzling licks as does Moses with some outstanding dobro work.
Alison Krauss, undoubtedly, will return to the bluegrass fold and once again summon her Union Station sidemen back into action. In the meantime, Tyminski and company aren’t wasting time. They’ve created a fine piece of work with “Wheels.”
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