This is the official website for guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and author Tim Stafford. McCarty, Bluegrass Unlimited, February 2018 " Blessed with an exquisite ear, superlative-creating touch and technique, and a nuanced sense of taste, no one in bluegrass has ever made the guitar sound better than Tim Stafford. , December 29, 2020.īill Friskics-Warren, "Tony Rice, Bluegrass Innovator With a Guitar Pick, Dies at 69," New York Times, Dec. Ĭhris Eldridge, "Tony Rice In Memoriam: Punch Brothers’ Chris Eldridge Salutes the Greatest Guitar Hero of Bluegrass," Variety, December 30, 2020.īéla Fleck on the influence and inspiration of the bluegrass legend and guitar giant,"ĭecember 29, 2020. Guitarist and singer who took bluegrass in new directions by experimenting with its traditional repertoire" The Guardian, Mon. Molly Tuttle, Tony Rice Was My Guitar Hero, NPR, December 29, 2020 Rest well, Tony.Īlec Wilkinson, "The Master Guitar Playing of Tony Rice," New Yorker magazine, Jan. He will be greatly missed by all his fans, devotees and admirers, and especially by his legion of friends. Tim was privileged to co-write with Caroline Wright Tony's authorized biography, "Still Inside: The Tony Rice Story" (Word of Mouth Press, Kingsport, TN 2010) and it is available autographed by Tim in the store. Tony's legacy is staggering in this corner of the music world, and his impact was broad, deep and will continue for years to come. The entire Bluegrass community is still mourning the loss of one of the giants in the genre's history, the legendary flapicker/singer Tony Rice in Reidsville, NC on Dec.
NOTE: NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING. His accomplishments would put three of him in the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in Owensboro.a bravura display of storytelling and musicianship that opens the mind as much as the ear."ĭAVID MCCARTY, Bluegrass Unlimited, March 1, 2021 "Stafford’s work and talents need no words of praise. So it seems Tim has harnessed the power of nostalgia for not only places and distant times, but ones within ourselves as well."īAMBI GRINDER, Writer and Editor,, February 5, 2021 Tunes & Ballads will carry you away into nostalgias, perhaps for a place and time you have only imagined and can never experience for yourself. SEVERIN THEINERT for Uncut Grass, December 2020 He makes it all sound so simple and effortless." So subtle and elegant throughout, Tim performs well balanced melodies. "An exquisite collection of original songs. There are both flatpicked and fingerpicked originals-Tim was named the SPBGMA guitar player of the year in 20. There are stories about great ships like the Titanic and Arizona, historical figures as disparate as Buffalo Bill Cody and Jack the Ripper, and tales of the loss of ways of life and old guitars. TUNES & BALLADS features 15 of Tim’s compositions, 10 instrumental and 7 vocals, along with a cover of Bobby’s Hebb’s 1960s anthem “Sunny.” Like the title says, the record is a mix of solo, duet and trio instrumentals-much like those featured on Tim’s critically-acclaimed 2017 release Acoustic Guitar-and story songs, four of which were co-written with Tim’s friends and collaborators Craig Market, Joe Newberry, Jon Weisberger, and the late, great Steve Gulley. Stafford, a former member of Alison Krauss’s Union Station and a founding member of perennial Bluegrass powerhouse Blue Highway, was named IBMA’s Songwriter of the year in 20 and co-wrote IBMA’s 2008 Song of the Year, “Through the Window of a Train.” GRAMMY, DOVE, IBMA and SPBGMA AWARD-winning guitarist, singer and songwriter TIM STAFFORD is proud to release his fourth solo record, TUNES & BALLADS on December 14, 2020. We hope it is a fitting legacy to Steve, because he is definitely "still here" through his music.
This collection of Tim and Steve's songs features Ron Stewart, Barry Bales, Dale Ann Bradley and Thomas Cassell. The title cut of this record, "Still Here," was #1 on the Bluegrass Today Top 30 Airplay chart on September 11, 2020. Their previous record, "Dogwood Winter," (2010) was critically-acclaimed. They co-wrote the 2008 IBMA song of the year, "Through the Window of a Train," as well as a 2020 nominated song, "Both Ends of the Train," both recorded by Blue Highway. Steve Gulley and Tim have enjoyed special acclaim as one of the most creative and successful songwriting teams in bluegrass music, with scores of recorded co-writes to their credit. STILL HERE is the second and final duet record by Tim and the late, great Steve Gulley, who passed away just a few months after this, his last recording, was completed. STILL HERE, TIM AND STEVE GULLEY'S FINAL DUET RECORDING, AVAILABLE NOW.
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