The Oly Mountain Boys are a South Puget Sound bluegrass institution, picking and singing around Olympia, Washington since 2008. They bring a Pacific Northwest sensibility to the bluegrass sound through traditional tunes and original compositions, and showcase the power of the American bluegrass music tradition.

Tye was born in Southern California but likes to point out, for bluegrass credibility, that his parents and entire family are from Western Kentucky. Tye learned to play bluegrass in Fairbanks, Alaska starting in 2004, studying the bands of Carl Hoffman, the Father of Alaska Bluegrass, and the hard-driving style of his banjo disciples.  

Josh Grice was raised near Milwaukee, Wisconsin and moved to Olympia to work and stare at the mountains. He stumbled into a bluegrass jam in early 2009 and soon wound up a member of the Oly Mountain Boys. He also performs original and classic newgrass with Briarfinch, “whiskey stomp” country with Montgomery Brown and the Cowboy Apocalypse, and occasional "violin" with the Olympia Symphony Orchestra.

Derek McSwain - Mandolin

Derek McSwain picks the mandolin with drive and passion. 

Tom Pell is holds it down on bass. While new to playing with the Oly Mountain Boys, he engineered the band's latest release “Diamonds and Flowers.”