Tyler Ramsey is an American singer-songwriter from

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Career

Ramsey's eponymous debut album was released in 2005. His second album, ''A Long Dream About Swimming Across the Sea'', was released on January 15, 2008, on Echo Mountain Records. In November 2007,

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singled him out for their "Artist to Watch" series, describing his sound as reminiscent of both

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and

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. Summing up his musical style, the blog stated "He's sad, but more outwardly expressive: There's a ragged blues to Ramsey's voice as well as his guitar playing." Ramsey's third album, ''The Valley Wind'', was released on September 27, 2011. In 2012,

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released a 78 rpm record of Ramsey performing "Raven Shadow" and "Black Pines." On February 7, 2019, Ramsey announced his fourth solo album, ''For the Morning'', and released the lead single "A Dream of Home". His first album for

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, ''For the Morning'' was released on April 5, 2019. Ramsey toured throughout North America in 2019 in support of the album, including select dates in the UK and Europe. The tour began on February 19, 2019, in

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, accompanied by indie rock musician Carl Broemel. Performances followed at the 2019

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's Luck Reunion, Mountain Jam, and solo dates with

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. On February 9, 2024, Ramsey released his 5th solo album ''New Lost Ages''.

Band of Horses

Bill Reynolds, bassist for

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, invited Ramsey to visit him and the rest of the band in South Carolina. Tyler quickly hit it off with lead singer Ben Bridwell, who asked him to open for the band on their fall tour of 2007 and come on board as their new guitar player. Commenting on the opportunity to play both his solo material and with

, Ramsey said, "This is going to be an amazing tour. To have the opportunity to play solo, as well as with such a great band, I really couldn't ask for more." Ramsey became an integral member of Band of Horses. For their third album, ''

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'', he wrote the track "Evening Kitchen" on which he and Bridwell share the lead vocals. He also co-wrote three other tracks. Ramsey wrote and shared vocals with Bridwell on the song "Everything's Gonna Be Undone", from the band's fourth album, ''

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'', on which he co-wrote the songs "Shut-In Tourist" and "Heartbreak On the 101". On the band's fifth album '' Why Are You OK'', Ramsey contributed the song "Country Teen". On May 1, 2017, Ramsey announced his departure from the band.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended play

Notes

External links

Official homepage
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