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Playing With Fire

Tyler rose to fame by selling a potent elixir to cowboys and goldrushers in the 
late 1850s.  He told jokes, sang songs, stole women, and carried a 
pearl-handled pistol. 

Not really...

I was born in 1983.  I took piano lessons for a year in 1989.  I hated it. 
In 2003 I decided I wanted to be a singer and write songs.  I don't know why.
I couldn't do either.  But, I decided I would work really hard at it until people
actually wanted to hear me play my songs.  I decided it would be better
to fail in front of strangers than in front of my friends and family.  So in 2005
I moved from Anderson, IN to Charleston, SC - where I knew no one - to make
a run of it.  Shortly after arriving I formed a band with Joe Giant, who had made 
the trek down from Indiana with me, and who probably believed in me more
than I did myself.  We played 5 nights a week in bars and eventually caught a 
break - garnering the attention of a local music manager, Johnny Diamond, and
renowned producer, Rick Beato.  It was then, we formed the band, Crowfield.  
Parker Gins would become the drummer and a host of other talented musicians
filled out the lineup over the years.  And my oh my... what amazing years they were. 
We toured from New York City to San Francisco to Los Angeles and Cozumel.  And 
when we played our final show as a band on March 15th 2013, I looked out at 
a thousand people singing along - the strangers I had moved here to play for had 
become my friends, my fans, my family.  

So, now it's on to a new chapter.  I can't tell you what to expect from me because 
I'm still deciding that for myself.  All I know is I have a lot of material I'm working 
on and hope I will find the kindness and open ears I found when I started out 
on this adventure.

Tyler James Mechem

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