Van Hartsell first came to public attention playing guitar and writing in the late 90s group The Horror of Life. Hartsell’s career in music has expanded in the years since, playing guitar as a hired gun on multiple albums and playing live as a member of bands ranging from blues, rock, metal, funk, and even country.

Hartsell is most widely known as the guitarist and vocalist of the rock/psychedelic group Sundrown. Sundrown released four albums in the span of three years while touring the Sou...