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• Jason Lytle is a singer and songwriter from Modesto, California who fronted the band Grandaddy from 1992 to 2006. His debut solo album entitled Yours Truly, The Commuter will be released on May 18 via Anti- Records.Billboard: Jason Lytle Finding Life After Grandaddy (February 10, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Genre: Alternative rock
  2. Origin: Modesto, California
  3. Currently resides in Montana
  4. Born: March 26, 1969
  5. Years active: 1992 - present
  6. Label: Anti-
  7. Played all the instruments on his solo debutBillboard: Jason Lytle Finding Life After Grandaddy (February 10, 2009)
  8. Appeared on M. Ward's 2009 album Hold Time
  9. Fronted the band Grandaddy 1992 - 2006
  10. Lytle was an amateur skateboarder prior to forming Grandaddy

• Yours Truly, The Commuter

  Yours Truly, The Commuter is Lytle's debut solo album. According to Lytle, the title of the album, "...is making reference to the fascination I've had with travelling from one world to another - not so much physically but mentally...wanting to be a civil bill-paying human being, but having to deal with being an irresponsible idealistic dreamer who's trying to make art".Strangeglue: Former Grandaddy Frontman To Release Debut Solo Album (February 11, 2009)

• Grandaddy

  Jason Lytle along with bassist Kevin Garcia and drummer Aaron Burtch formed the band in 1992. They were later joined by guitarist Jim Fairchild and keyboardist Tim Dryden. In 2006, after fourteen years together, Grandaddy decided to call it quits.The band released their final album, Just Like the Fambly Cat six months after they announced the split. Lytle reportedly recorded most of the album on his own.American Songwriter: Grandaddy's Jason Lytle Ages in Reverse (February 11, 2009)

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  Grandaddy | M. Ward

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