About Tyson Leamon

If you are a fan of Chris Stapleton or Jamie Johnson, get ready for music presented in that same style of vocal grit by new artist Tyson Leamon. Tyson’s voice and his first release will be something you will not soon forget after hearing.

Tyson grew up as a preacher’s kid.  He started singing at age three, and was singing in his uncle’s church by five, got a guitar at age twelve, and started playing it.  He transitioned to singing in Southern Gospel quartets, and then to playing in Contemporary Christian bands, still without a realknowledge of God or what he was singing about.  

Though it sounds like a straight and narrow path for Tyson, it was far from it.  

“Without the real relationship I needed with Jesus, I veered off into trouble.  I was a bit of a rebel.  I started playing in a hard rock band, where I began a life of drinking, drugs, and promiscuity.  I even landed in jail a couple of times for misdemeanors of public intoxication.  I tried to get ‘right’ a couple of times but realized I didn’t need to be right.  I needed to be set free! 

Tyson continues, "You can find Jesus anywhere, even in a bar, when you’re ready.  He left the ninety-nine to search for that one who was lost.  I was that one!  I went to jail in front of my young daughter.   She asked my parents where I was going, and it broke me!” Tyson continues.  “I was in jail for three days drying out and got under conviction.  I prayed for help in my jail cell and thought I was O.K. Later, at a label party in Nashville while singing Country music, I was trying hard not to do what I did before, but also trying to fit in.

“That’s when God spoke to me, and said, ‘You need to leave!’  I didn’t want to drive after drinking a little.  I looked up and saw a church called Restoring Hope.  I had alcohol on my breath, but they all accepted me.  I told them I needed to be set free. They prayed with me at the altar.  I have been clean and sober for eight years by the grace of God.  Some people never make it out of addiction.  I didn’t go through any programs.  I got desperate with God and asked Him to help me, and He did,” Tyson said.

It was in that moment Tyson wrote what has become his signature song, “Who I Am,” and God has blessed it.  It has over five million views on TikTok.  He has even sung it in “The Singing Barber,” Noah Peters’ chair on social media.

Tyson says, “The first person to contact me after posting the song was a military vet on TikTok.  He was on the verge of suicide, but said it stopped him.  He didn’t kill himself, because the song gave him hope.  He said, ‘You saved my life, man!’  Veterans, especially on the verge of suicide, have connected with the song.   I have received over ten thousand messages from people hearing ‘Who I Am.’  Other people are even covering it now, because it touched them.” 

To have Tyson do an interview, station liners,  or come  sing, you may reach him at 423-920-5357 or tysonleamonmusic85@gmail.com. 

You may also contact New South Artists Agency at 615-830-4351 or newsouthartistsagency@gmail.com.