Life Outside the Law
Honorable David B. Tyack by: heather g. sowald
Judge David Tyack has music in his blood, with the ability to both follow print music sheets or to improvise and play various instruments by ear. David’s father, a ceramic tile-setter who played the old standards of the 1930s and 1940s in weekend bands, did not read music, playing by ear only. Growing up in Bexley, David and his younger brother, a drummer, often joined their father’s bands. David played bass in his father’s bands, and played bass, keyboard, and trumpet in rock and funk bands with classmates.
David has continued to perform in bands through to the current day, albeit less so in more recent years. David started out as a music major at Capital University, ultimately switching and graduating with a degree in economics from The Ohio State University. During his college and law school years (J.D. Capital Law School, 1982), he supported himself by singing and playing bass, keyboard or organ in bands at private parties, weddings and bars. He related that he would haul his 450-pound mechanical organ from venue-tovenue in a trailer and with the aid of a moving dolly. He occasionally, for his own personal enjoyment, still plays his second-hand 68-year-old Hammond organ, which currently resides in his garage. Over the years, he has performed with different
David started out as a music major at Capital University, ultimately switching and graduating with a degree in economics from The Ohio State University. 68 | Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly Fall 2020
