From a working class family in rural Arkansas, Tom Yankton started playing music in a Pentecostal Church at just seven years old. He learned to jam out on multiple instruments with the local players of country, gospel, and bluegrass, while also dabbling in pop, rock and roll, and even hip hop. Covering everything from guitar, keyboards, bass, drums percussion, harmonica, pedalsteel, fiddle, programming, songwriting, and vocals. Yankton attended Lee University where he studied classical vocals, covering all genres.

As a musician, he has performed on Jimmy Kimmell Live, TheToday Show, The Grand Ole Opry, and The Academy Of Country Music Awards. He has played alongside Rascal Flatts, Christina Aguilera, RaeLynn, Collin Raye, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame members, Chicago, and many others. For the last few years, Tom has been performing with his own band, Yankton. Recently, he has been featured on Spotify’s 'Country Rocks' play list with the band's music logging over half a million streams on the platform with even more new music on the way set to release later this year.