Jonathan Tyler

Jonathan Tyler & the North Lighting formed in January 2007, taking cues from Southern rock and roll veterans like Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Dark Crowes, and Led Zeppelin. However the band’s namesake frontman was created in Birmingham, AL, he afterwards relocated to Dallas, TX, in which a camaraderie with an area rhythm guitarist called Kansas allowed Tyler the opportunity to workout his songwriting skills. Then recruited extra bandmates from cathedral, adding Nick Jay on bass and Jordan Cain on drums. Within four a few months, that they had amassed more than enough materials to record an record, as well as the quartet captured its swaggering, muscled audio with 2007’s Sizzling hot Trottin’. Many high-profile tour schedules implemented — including starting slots for Center, the Dark Crowes, and Erykah Badu — as well as the brewing buzz prompted Atlantic Information to indication the music group in August 2008.