Rob Quist and Tim Ryan

Two of America's premiere singer/songwriters bring a memorable evening of award-winning original songs to this benefit for the Great Falls Clinic Legacy Foundation. Taken collectively, these “matadors of the metaphor” have had their work featured throughout the entire tapestry of American music.
Tim Ryan has had a successful career as both songwriter and artist, scoring a top-10 hit with his first release, “Dance In Circles.” Ryan’s original songs have been recorded by George Strait, Randy Travis, Ty Herndon, Deana Carter, Red Steagall, Don Edwards, and Phil Vassar, who scored a #1 hit with Tim’s song “The Last Day of My Life.” Another original, "Golden Harvest,” was named Song of the Year by Farm Journal and American Folk. His concert “My Grandpa's Fiddle," recorded live in Missoula at the Dennison Theater with the Missoula Symphony, is screening nationwide on Public Television. Ryan also toured for several years with the Mission Mountain Wood Band.
Quist is the lead singer and songwriter of such seminal groups as the Mission Mountain Wood Band, The Montana Band, and his own crew, Great Northern. His ode to rural living, “Close to the Land,” recorded by Michael Martin Murphey, was awarded Song of the Year at the Texas Music Awards, and is the theme song of the American Public TV show “America’s Heartland.” His composition “America Pass It On” was a finalist at the International Wildlife Film Festival for National Geographic and his songs have also been recorded by Loretta Lynn and Jack Gladstone.