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Jason Lytle ( ; born March 26, 1969) is an American musician best known for his work in the
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group
Grandaddy Grandaddy is an American indie rock band from Modesto, California. The group was formed in 1992, and featured Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Jim Fairchild, Kevin Garcia and Tim Dryden, until Garcia's death in 2017 following a stroke. After several ...
. The group split in 2005, and Lytle continued to release music as a solo artist and in collaboration with other musicians. Grandaddy reformed in 2012 and stopped recording and touring again in 2017 following the death of one of the members.


Biography


Early life and Grandaddy

Lytle was born in
Modesto Modesto () is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States. With a population of 218,464 at the 2020 census, it is the 19th largest city in the state of California and forms part of the Sacramento-Stockton- ...
, California and has an older sister, one older brother, a sister (deceased) and a stepsister. His father was in the grocery business, and his mother a housewife; they divorced when Lytle was aged seven. A fan of music at an early age, he played drums as a child.
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captured his interest in his teens, and by his late teens Lytle was a sponsored amateur. While laid up with a career-ending
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, he started to play music again, writing songs and eventually setting up a home studio. Grandaddy came together gradually, signed to
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, put out albums, and toured the world. After spending years on the road, Lytle grew tired of the rock and roll lifestyle and recorded much of the band's final album, '' Just Like the Fambly Cat'', on his own. In December 2005, six months prior to the release of ''Just Like the Fambly Cat'', the band decided to break up: the reasons included elusive mainstream success, despite widespread critical acclaim, and lack of money. Early in 2006, Lytle moved to
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from Modesto, where he had lived his whole life. Mid-2006 saw Lytle briefly touring the U.S. in support of ''The Fambly Cat'', playing new arrangements of Grandaddy songs as a duo with Rusty Miller of the band Jackpot. The tour was brokered as part of a deal to get V2 to agree to release a Grandaddy DVD that Lytle had in the works. In December 2008, Lytle appeared in the music video for "I Am Lost (And the Moment Cannot Last)", which later was released on his debut album, '' Yours Truly, the Commuter''. The video was shot in Sylmar, CA and directed by The General Assembly. In 2013 Lytle moved from Montana to Portland, Oregon. As of March 2015 Lytle was producing an LP for
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, and has stated that he will follow it with work on another Grandaddy album. Lytle moved back to his hometown of Modesto, California in the summer of 2016. Grandaddy toured during 2016 and released its fifth studio album, '' Last Place'', in March 2017.


Solo career

Lytle's debut solo album, '' Yours Truly, the Commuter'', was released on May 19, 2009 on the
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label. On December 7, 2009, Lytle independently released an EP of seven improvised piano recordings as a "Merry X-mas" gift to fans through his website on
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. He also announced that he was working on a new album. Lytle later joined with Aaron Burtch, a former Grandaddy bandmate, and Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray, of the band Earlimart, to form a new band called
Admiral Radley Admiral Radley is an American indie rock band based in California, formed in late 2009 by members from the bands Grandaddy (Jason Lytle and Aaron Burtch) and Earlimart (Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray). Admiral Radley released their debut album, ...
. Their debut CD, entitled ''
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'', was released in the USA on July 13, 2010, on Espinoza's The Ship label. Lytle's solo studio album '' Dept. of Disappearance'' was released October 16, 2012. He released the live album ''House Show'' in December 2014, on Bandcamp. In May 2015 Jason teamed up with
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's Troy Von Balthazar on French radio station France Musique under the name "Jason Lytle, Troy Von Balthazar & The Color Bars Experience" to cover and perform
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's
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with a chamber orchestra.


Personal life

Lytle married his longtime girlfriend around 2011, but were divorced by around 2016. He credits the breakup of their relationship with inspiring 2017's '' Last Place''.''Loud and Quiet'' article:
Tell Me About It: Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle on the good times, the not so good times, the skint times and the future times
"


Discography


with Grandaddy

* '' A Pretty Mess by This One Band'' (1996) * ''
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'' (1997) * ''
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'' (2000) * '' Sumday'' (2003) * '' Just Like the Fambly Cat'' (2006) * '' Last Place'' (2017)


with Admiral Radley

* ''
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'' (2010) * ''ADRAD Radio'' (2020)


with BNQT

* ''
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'' (2017)


Solo albums

* '' Yours Truly, the Commuter'' (2009) * ''Merry X-Mas 2009 '' (2009) * ''Music Meant to Accompany the Art of Ron Cameron'' (2010) * '' Dept. of Disappearance'' (2012) * ''House Show'' (2014) * ''Arthur King Presents Jason Lytle: NYLONANDJUNO'' (2019) EPs * ''Prepare to Bawl'' (1992) * ''Complex Party Come Along Theories'' (1994) * ''Signal to Snow Ratio'' (1999) * ''Through a Frosty Plate Glass'' (2001) * ''Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla'' (2005)


Compilation appearances

* ''All Together Now'' (2006, Little Monster/ V2) (song: "All You Need Is Love") * '' I Am the Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey'' (2006, Vanguard) (song: "Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Phillip XIV of Spain") * ''Real Fun: Polaroids from the Independent Music Landscape'' (2007, PictureBox) (song: "Thee Everything") * ''Kat Vox: A CD To Celebrate 20 Years of timmi-kat ReCoRDS'' (2011 timmi-kat ReCoRDS) (song: "Stereo Labrador")


Guest appearances

* The Band of Blacky Ranchette — ''
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'' (2003,
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) (drums, keyboards, vocals) *
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'' (2009, Tiny E) (vocals on "Slipstream") * Danger Mouse and
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'' — (2009) (vocals on "Jaykub" and "Everytime I'm with You") * Donovan's Brain — ''Fires Which Burnt Brightly'' (2009, Career Records) (keyboards and vocals, "I Saw Your Light") * Jackpot — ''Moonbreath'' (2007, Jackpine Social Club) (backing vocals) *
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– ''The Wooden Heart'' EP (producer, synths "Sea Otter Cottage" "Clocks Were All Broken") *
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— '' Hold Time'' (2009,
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'' (music, "Little Houdini") *
Kramies Kramies (pronounced Kraim-iss) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his work with producers Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, Jerry Becker of Train, and Todd Tobias of Guided by Voices. He has also performed ...
– ''Of All The Places Been & Everything the End'' EP (producer)


Production

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– (2016, Produced album ''
Why Are You OK ''Why Are You OK'' is the fifth studio album by indie rock band Band of Horses, released on June 10, 2016, on Interscope Records. Produced by Jason Lytle, of the band Grandaddy, the album was preceded by the singles " Casual Party", "In A Drawer" ...
'')


References


External links

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Jason Lytle
on
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Jason Lytle's live music
on Grandaddy.live * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lytle, Jason Living people 1969 births American indie rock musicians Musicians from Modesto, California BNQT members Anti- (record label) artists