Jared Tyler's "Dirt on Your Hands" Bio - written by Kim Grant: Tulsa native and respected multi-instrumentalist Jared Tyler’s third album, Dirt on Your Hands, celebrates romance, to be sure, but also the grounded love of family and unforgettable friends. It expands on 2010’s Here With You, which was informed by Tyler’s mounting dismay over the country’s direction. “I felt like, ‘Hey, y’all, wake up, it’s all about love,’” he recalls. Dirt on Your Hands is a rootsier, more focused Americana set bookended by devoted paeans to his partner, and livened by sparkling romps (“Lucky I Am,” the pedal steel-washed “Fort Gibson Lake,” the Dobro-grooving title track) that dispense homegrown wisdom passed down by Tyler’s grandparents. At times he sounds like Darrell Scott’s kid brother, vividly evoking cherished people and places with his soulful tenor and nimble fretwork. The longtime Malcolm Holcombe sideman also warmly interprets two of his boss’ songs, with gravelly harmonies from Holcombe. Any childhood misfit can relate to the hard-won triumph of “A Little Tonight,” while the galloping “Heart Wide Open” offers an antidote to today’s uncivil political climate... “I like to juxtapose the super sad with the hopeful. If I’m going to spend my time writing a song and sharing it, I’d like it to be something people can relate to that’s going to leave them a little better.”