Tyson Swindell

Tyson Swindell (Born July 1, 1980) is an American musician from Austin, Texas who has played in  indie bands including Games and Theory and Pack of Wolves. Swindell is part of the Austin music scene in the Red River District and is currently partner and general manager of Red 7, of one of Austin’s music venues.

Early life
Swindell was born in 1980 in Lubbock, Texas. He attended Alamo Catholic High School in Amarillo as well as Austin Community College and the University of Texas at Austin. He studied violin and viola through the Suzuki program at Amarillo College as well as learning the piano and guitar.

Musician
Swindell has played in several bands. In 1995, Swindell joined four others in forming Burned Blue in order to do one benefit show. Swindell played bass and vocals for the band who played additional shows after their one planned benefit show. Swindell played and toured with the band Games and Theory, a band from Austin Texas.

Swindell played for indie band Pack of Wolves (“POW”). He joined POW in 2006 and toured nationally with the band as their guitarist. During his time with POW, he played on two of their LP releases. The first was “Wall Crusher” which was released in 2008 and the other was “Betrayer” which was released in 2009 under the Archlight Records label. Betrayer was released in conjunction with the band performing at the 2009 SXSW Music Festival. Swindell has also played bass and guitar for local Austin band "The Killing Word."

Red 7
After playing in numerous bands, Tyson began to book bands for clubs around Austin. He later became a partner of Red 7, a bar and concert venue in the City of Austin, where he is still currently general manager. During his time at Red 7, it was chosen by Green Day to do a concert to practice their upcoming album release.

Philanthropy
In April 2010, Swindell took part in “We Are The Lottery League” which was an event where all door proceeds went to benefit the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians. During the event, the names of participating local musicians were drawn and placed into “bands” with other participating musicians. The bands then had one day to come up with and perform a 20 to 25 minute set with only one song being a cover.