Dan Tyminski is famous for his bluegrass composing. Born on June 20th 1967 he is also a well known vocalist and an excellent instrumentalist. One of his famous songs was “Man of Constant Sorrow”. This song was also featured in the movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”.
Dan Tyminski is from Rutland, Vermont and learnt the traditional bluegrass with a pop mixture. His first instrument was a banjo and then a mandolin and was playing in a Band called the “Lonesome River”. He was the one who inspired and thought his brother Stan the guitar and mandolin. Stan learnt the instruments at a tender age of 6.
Dan Tyminski and his brother started a band in high school where Tyminski played the banjo. This band was called Green Mountain Bluegrass. Dan Tyminski was playing the banjo from the age of twelve till his early twenties. It was in the age 21 that Dan was hired by Lonesome River Band to play the mandolin.