Dan Tyminski was born in 1967 in Rutland, Vermont. He was exposed todown-home country and traditional bluegrass music at an early age.His first instrument was a mandolin that belonged to his big brother,and over the years Tyminski also mastered the banjo and learned tohold his own as a vocalist.The Green Mountain Bluegrass Band wasTyminski's first step into the professional music world. He was animpressionable teenager at the time and performed all over the EastCoast with the group as banjo player. In 1988, he became a member ofthe Lonesome River Band. Helent his banjo, mandolin, and vocal skillsin performance and on albums like Looking for Yourself and Carryingthe Tradition, the second of which landed on the bluegrass charts andwon the group the International Bluegrass Music Association's Albumof the Year Award.