Jonathan Tyler

Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights formed in January 2007, taking cues from Southern rock veterans like Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Black Crowes, and Led Zeppelin. Although the band's namesake frontman was born in Birmingham, AL, he later relocated to Dallas, TX, where a friendship with a local rhythm guitarist named Kansas allowed Tyler the chance to exercise his songwriting abilities. He then recruited additional bandmates from church, adding Nick Jay on bass and Jordan Cain on drums. Within four months, they had amassed enough material to record an album, and the quartet captured...