The same voice that sang Man of Constant Sorrow for the Soggy Bottom Boys in the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou? later anchored Avicii's Hey Brother at the 2013 Ultra Music Festival, a track that passed one billion Spotify streams in May 2024. This episode explores the career of Dan Tyminski, born June 20, 1960 in Rutland, Vermont, the son of an auto mechanic nicknamed Stosh, and how a mechanical mindset of reverse-engineering records let a New Englander become a defining voice of Appalachian bluegrass and a 14-time Grammy winner.

The hosts cover his years in Alison Krauss and Union Station, the CMA and Grammy wins for the O Brother recording shared with Harley Allen and Pat Enright, and why being the unseen voice behind George Clooney built respect inside the industry. They break down why a high lonesome vocal works over a mathematica ...