Tim Stafford (July 2006)
Gene Watson's peers within the country music industry believe in the sheer talent of this unassuming man from east
Texas, so much so that Gene is regarded by many of them as
'the singer's singer' - and rightly so!
All of Gene's Peers who were contacted in 2006 were most gracious with
their time & words. It is here, within this special
part of gene-watson.com, that you have an opportunity to
read
Tim Stafford's quote, which he submitted to this site on Wednesday 26 July 2006.
I (Sean Brady)
would like to take this opportunity to say 'thank you' to
Tim Stafford who has made a special contribution to a unique part
of this online 'celebration of a Lone Star Hero'.
 Tim
Stafford
This quote was submitted on Wednesday 26 July 2006
'Sure,
we'd be glad to provide a quote.
We (The Blue Highway Band) did a gig
with Gene & Eddie Lee, his piano player,
in Japan a few years back. I had
always admired his singing, which was
flawlessly consistent & reminiscent of
Merle Haggard
& Lefty Frizzell at their best.
Gene can sell a song better than anybody
I know. But I was actually bowled
over by the guy in Japan as a human
being. He's just a super fellow,
very funny & personable. It's
great when people you admire end up
being nice people!'
About Tim Stafford...
Tim Stafford,
who is from
Kingsport, Tennessee began
playing guitar seriously at the age of 18
after starting out on the banjo four years
earlier. He played with various groups in
the Tri-Cities area of East Tennessee as a
teenager, including Mountain Memories.
As a
member of Kingsport's Boys in the Band, he
was a judge at the 1980 National Flat-picking
Championship in Winfield, Kansas. He
also helped to found the band Dusty Miller, which
was named International Bluegrass
Band champions in 1990.
It was also in 1990 that Tim joined Alison Krauss
& Union Station,
along with Adam Steffey & Barry Bales.
Union Station was named IBMA Entertainer of the Year
in 1991. Tim Stafford left Union
Station in May 1992
in order to spend more time with his son
Daniel, who was born in January of that
year. Tim won a Grammy Award in January 1993 for
his work on the Alison Krauss & Union
Station album 'Every Time You Say Goodbye',
which was released on Rounder Records in 1992.
In 1994, Tim organized the group Blue
Highway, whose first project, 'It’s a Long,
Long Road', spent six months at the top of
the Bluegrass Unlimited charts & went on
to win IBMA’s Album of the Year Award
in 1996. Blue Highway were also awarded
the Emerging Artist of the Year Award in 1996
&
Gospel Recording of the Year in 1997.
The band’s project on Ricky Skaggs' Ceili Music
label, 'Blue Highway', spent 2 months at
No.1 on the Bluegrass Now charts. Blue
Highway's gospel recording, 'Wondrous Love'
in 2003 was nominated for a Grammy Award in
the Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass
Gospel Album category, while the album also
won
the Dove Award in 2004 for Best Bluegrass
Recording.
Tim Stafford’s songs have been
recorded by Ronnie Bowman, Claire Lynch,
Dan Tyminski, The Lonesome
River Band, in addition to Blue Highway.
Visit Tim Stafford's Official Website
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