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Artist Information
Biography
Scott Harrison Tyler (mandolin/ guitar/ vocals) - Scott began banging on the piano from his dads knee as soon as he could move his arms. At thirteen he broke from the judged Classical recital doldrums for the seductive world of electric guitar. Skipping school to transcribe Iron Maiden guitar solos soon led to a return to Classical music, this time on guitar. At seventeen, he started building guitars and went on to use them during college, performing regularly with the Boise State University Classical and Jazz Guitar Ensembles. After a shocking crash course of Zappa 101 administered by a college roommate, Tyler became fascinated by Jean Luc Point's five string electric violin. Realizing that the rules could be broken, he began to build himself custom multi-string mandolins, violins and bass guitars. These unique axes combined with some pretty quick fingers and improvisational talents soon found Tyler in the bands Farmdog, Nada Brahma, Buckskin Bible Revue and most recently the Black Jack Moonshiners.
Since childhood, Kayleigh Jack has been singing and playing classical violin, fiddle, guitar and mandolin for orchestras and bands that include Americana On Tour, Stonefly Stout, High Desert, Buckskin Bible Revue, Boise State University Orchestra, Blackjack Moonshiners, Eagle Chamber Orchestra, Holy Apostle's Music Ministry, and the Buckshot Country Band. Her accomplishments include being a finalist in VH-1 Song of Year, CMT Music City Madness, and Lions Gate Films National Talent Search. She is also a recipient of Nashville Star Search Songwriter of the Year, Idaho Brightest Star, and numerous awards while representing Idaho in the Miss Teen America Pageant. Amongst Idaho musicians, she is particularly known for a natural ability to step into any song or band for the first time and perform like a finely rehearsed pro. Her versatile voice can melt a sidewalk or rip it apart like a backhoe.
Jason Griesa – Bass Guitar/Random acts of lovely confusion - The universe, I assume, missed and dropped me smack dab in the middle of Flint Michigan where at an early age my Grandmother taught me which bass pedals to press while she jammed church hymnals and the holy gospel on the organ above me. Meanwhile Grandpa was singing opera and gospel down in the family room with such passionate force it almost inadvertantly triggered the Heavenly Rapture. A few years down the road I got my first bass guitar at age 13 and a half and have been completely obssessed since. first it was punk and hardcore, with a little motown and r&b thrown in for a little yang. Then at age 21 I began a journey that has taken me across the nation several times playing Punk and Southern Rock in Arkansas to Bluegrass and Jazz in Colorado to Psychedelic experimentations in mescalidian theory in Eugene and Portland. Now i just mash it all together and smear it all over my fingerboard.
Instrumentation
Scott Harrison Tyler (guitar/mandolin/vocals)
Kayleigh Jack (fiddle/guitar/vocals)
Jason Griesa (bass guitar)
Discography
"Wind Chill", by Scott Harrison Tyler (2009)
http://www.myspace.com/scottharrisontyler
"Stuffed Animals", by Kayleigh Jack (2005)
http://www.kayleighjack.com
Compilation CD: Nashville Star Search: "Stuffed Animals"; Black Night in Memphis"; "Personality" by Kayleigh Jack / JIP RECORDS, Nashville, TN
(2006)
Official Website
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Press
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Second Chance
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"…we went through four organists. There wasn't a single person that could play all the songs. Then g...
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Support Boise Music
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Kayleigh Jack is a rising young fiddler and singer-songwriter from Boise, Idaho. Since childhood, Ka...
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Local Girl Fiddles Her way To Big Time
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How much does it take to make it big? For starters, it requires prestige, excellence, grace, the str...
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CMT Music City Madness
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Take one listen to Eagle's Kayleigh Jack sing and it's clear she's got a gift that she's been fine t...
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Nashville Star Search
Kayleigh Jack is a writer/artist from Idaho who writes with passion and style.
Setlist
The Black Jack Moonshiners has a large volume of numbers to play and are capable of performing most any set length from a 30 minute opening, up to two hours.
ORIGINAL MUSIC:
Hop That Train (Jack)
Burn My Bread (Tyler)
Black Night in Memphis (Jack)
Take The River Home (Tyler)
Stuck in a Bus (Tyler)
This Song (Jack)
Wind Chill (Tyler)
The Slip(Tyler)
Two Bucks(Tyler)
Little Late(Jack)
Plus many more.....
TRADITIONALS:
Swallowtail Jig
Shady Grove
Frieght Train
Dark Hollow
Tell it to Me
Rosalie McFall
Little Sadie
Pig in a Pen
The L and N
Blackberry Blossom
All Around This World
COVERS/STANDARDS:
Orange Blossom Special
Bluegrass in the Backwoods
Hard Hearted
Orphan Girl
Minor Swing
Lonesome Fiddle Blues
Flowers on the Wall
I'm Your's
Black Horse and a Cherry Tree
