b'B orn in the rich music bedmandolin players through camps, of East Tennessee, Wyattworkshops, and individual lessons.Ellis has quickly becomeHis debut single, Grassy Cove, one of the most-watchedwent to No. 1 on the Bluegrass young musicians in bluegrass music.Today charts, and Wyatt received a Wyatts first recollection of hearingstanding ovation while making his the mandolin was Bobby Osbornesdebut on the Grand Ole Opry. Wyatt iconic solo on the Osborne Brothershas studied with mandolin masters, bluegrass classic Rocky Top. Hearingcomposed original instrumentals, and the Tennessee bluegrass anthem echotransitioned from playing alone in his throughout the early years of hisliving room to performing seamlessly childhood is what led Wyatt to set hisalongside bluegrass legends and Hall sights on learning to play mandolin. of Famers. In his short time on the When he was almost 10 yearsscene, Ellis has morphed into a multi-old, Wyatt talked his dad into buyinginstrumentalist and has been invited him a used mandolin so he could learnto perform on stage with some of to play it just like Bobby. Soon, hethe most iconic musicians of this era, began weekly mandolin lessons in hisincluding Billy Strings, Dierks Bentley, hometown and quickly developed aPeter Rowan, Sam Bush, Dailey & strong desire to attend local bluegrassVincent and Marty Stuart.jams. With more time at home during 2020, many of his favorite mandolin players started teaching or simply spending more time connecting within the community online.With the music world suddenly at his fingertips, his passion for the instrument grew. As word circulated in the bluegrass community about his accelerated abilities, WyattListen to Happy Valley and follow befriended many of the genres topWyatts latest news at wyattellis.com44|smokymountains.org'