Tim Stafford - Discography

Recordings

Benny Sims and E.C. Miller, Bluegrass on the Mountain, 0089. 1982.
The Boys in the Band, self-produced EP, 1983.
The ETSU Bluegrass Band, East Tennessee, Now and Then Records, 1986.
The Boys in the Band, self-produced cassette, 1987
Dusty Miller, self-produced cassette, Classic C-3178, 1988.
Dusty Miller, Dusty Miller, June Appal, JA0057, 1989.
Butch Baldassari, Old Town, Rebel 1681, 1989.
Kenny Chesney, Good Ole Boy at Heart, Classic Records, 1989.
Butch Baldassari, Evergreen, Cactus, 1990.
Michelle Shocked, Arkansas Traveller, Mercury, 1991.
Alison Krauss and Union Station, Every Time You Say Goodbye, Rounder 0285, 1992.
Various Artists, Blue Ribbon Bluegrass, Rounder, 1993.
Blue Highway, It's a Long, Long Road, Rebel 1719, 1995.
Various Artists, Hand-Picked: 25 Years of Bluegrass on Rounder Records, 1995.
Various Artists, Rounder Records 25th Anniversary, Rounder, 1995.
Blue Highway, Wind to the West, Rebel 1731, 1996.
Rob Ickes, Hard Times, Rounder, 1997.
Alison Krauss, Now That I've Found You: A Collection, Rounder, 1997.
Ronnie Bowman, The Man I'm Trying to Be, 1998.
Curtis Jones, Blue as I, 1998.
Jim Mills, Bound to Ride, Sugar Hill, 1998.
Blue Highway, Midnight Storm, Rebel 1746, 1998.
Various Artists, Bluegrass Breakdown: 14 Instrumentals, Easydisc, 1998.
Various Artists, Bluegrass Essentials, Hip-O Records, 1998.
Blue Highway, Blue Highway, Ceili 2002, 1999.
Smokey Mountain Boys, On Prayer Grounds, 1999.
ALIVE AT TWENTY-FIVE "Telluride Bluegrass Festival 25th Anniversary," (Blue Highway, "Wind to the West"), 1999.
Jack Tottle, Bluegrass Stories, Copper Creek, 1999.
Various Artists, Appalachian Stomp: More Bluegrass Classics, 1999.
Various Artists, Legendary Pickers, Vol. 3, Vanguard Records, 1999.
Various Artists, Rough Guide to Bluegrass, World Music Network Records, 1999.
Various Artists, Generations of Bluegrass, Volume 2, Shoulder to Shoulder, Vanguard Records, 1999.
Don Rigsby, Empty Old Mailbox, 2000.
Alan Bibey, The Blue Room, 2000.
Various Artists, Flatpicking 2000, FGM Records, 2000.
Various Artists, New Standards for Flatpicking Guitar, FGM Records, 2000.
Knee-Deep in Bluegrass: The Acutab Sessions, 1759, 2000.
Various Artists, Choice Picks, Sugar Hill, 2000.
Various Artists, O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection, Rounder, 2001.
Blue Highway, Still Climbing Mountains, Rounder 0489, 2001.
Various Artists, Rebel Records: 35 Years of the Best in Bluegrass (1960-1995), 1996.
Various Artists, Roots Music: An American Journey, Rounder, 2001.
Charles Sawtelle, Music from Rancho DeVille, Acoustic Disc, 2001.
Adam Steffey, Grateful, Mountain Home, 2001.
Julie, If You Only Knew, Soundwave Productions, 2001.
Ronnie Bowman, Starting Over, 2002.
Jim Hurst, Second Son, Pinecastle, 2002.
James Alan Shelton, Song for Greta, Rebel 1785, 2002.
Various Artists, Cool, Blue and Lonesome: Bluegrass for the Broken-Hearted, Sugar Hill, 2002.
Various Artists, Cool, Blue Outlaws: Songs of Rogues, Rascales & Rapscallions, Sugar Hill, 2002.
Various Artists, DocFest, FGM Records, 2002.
Various Artists, Rough Guide to the Music of the Appalachians, World Music Network Records, 2002.
Blue Highway, Wondrous Love, Rounder, 2003.
Merlefest Live: The 15th Anniversary Jam DVD, "Lonesome Pine," 2003.
Shawn Lane, All for Today, Rebel 1779, 2003.
Blu-Grace, Lead Me On, self-produced, 2003.
Joe Isaacs, Dreaming of Home, Music Mill 70039, 2003.
Jimmy Sturr, Let's Polka 'Round, Rounder Select, CD-6106, 2003.
Jim Hurst, Tim Stafford and Bryan Sutton , Hurst, Stafford and Sutton: Live in Nashville , FGM records, 2003 (DVD)
Flatpicking Favorites: Hot & Spicy ! FGM records, 2003
White Dove: The Bluegrass Gospel Collection, Rounder, 2003
Tim Stafford, Endless Line, FGM Records 114, 2004.
Various Artists, Bluegrass Number Ones: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs, Rounder 0531, 2004.
Rob Ickes, Big Time, Rounder 0538, 2004.
Various Artists, Bluegrass Express, Rounder 1159, 2004.
Various Artists, Bluegrass All-Stars: 16 Grand Slams From Sugar Hill Records. Sugar Hill SH 3982, 2004
James Shelton, “Half Moon Bay,” Rebel 1809, 2004
Marty Raybon and Full Circle, The Gospel in Black and White , 2004
Jimmy Sturr, Rock ‘N Polka , Rounder Select, CD-6109, 2004
Various Artists, At This Stage…30 Years at the Wheatland Music Festival , White Pine Music, WCD-201, 2004. (Blue Highway, “Don't Come Out of the Hole” and “Some Day”)
John Lawless, Five and Dime , Copper Creek, 2004
Trey Hensley, Backin' to Birmingham , Copper Creek 231, 2004.
Kort and Beth McCumber, Greetings from McCumberland Gap , Somewhere to Go Music, 2005
Blue Highway, Marbletown , Rounder 0558, 2005
Arienne Young and Little Sadie, The Art of Virtue , Addie Belle Records, 2005
Jim Mills, A Winning Banjo Style (DVD), Acutab Publications, 2005
Larry Sparks, 40 , Rebel 1806, 2005

Original Songs Recorded

"Money in the Bank," (with Dan Tyminski) Lonesome River Band, Carrying the Tradition, Rebel 1690, 1991.
"Farmer's Blues," Blue Highway, It's a Long, Long Road, Rebel 1719, 1995.
"Canadian Bacon," Blue Highway, It's a Long, Long Road, Rebel1719, 1995.
"Horseshoe Bend," Blue Highway, Wind to the West, Rebel 1731, 1996.
"Howling Wind," Blue Highway, Wind to the West, Rebel 1731, 1996.
"Clear Cut," (with Taylor, Lane, Burleson, Ickes) Blue Highway,Wind to the West, Rebel 1731, 1996.
"The Rounder," (with Wayne Taylor) Blue Highway,Wind to the West, Rebel 1731, 1996.
"I Can Stand the Truth," (with Tayor, Burleson) Blue Highway, Wind to the West, Rebel 1731, 1996.
"Find Me Out on a Mountaintop," Blue Highway, Midnight Storm, Rebel 1746, 1998.
"Whither Thou Go," Blue Highway, Midnight Storm, Rebel 1746, 1998.
"Some Day," (with Olive Stockton) Blue Highway, Midnight Storm, Rebel 1746, 1998.
"Midwestern Town," Ronnie Bowman, The Man I'm Trying to Be, Sugar Hill SH-3880, 1998.
"Gambler's Lament," Mountain Heart, Mountain Heart, Doobie Shea, DS-4002, 1999.
"Train," (with Ronnie Bowman) Scottie Sparks, Scottie Sparks, Doobie Shea, DS-4002, 1999.
"Clay and Ottie," Blue Highway, Blue Highway, Ceili Music 2002, 1999.
"Think About You Every Day," Dan Tyminski, Carry Me Across the Mountains, Doobie Shea, 2000.
"It Wasn't You," (with Dan Tyminski) Blue Highway, Blue Highway, Ceili Music 2002, 1999.
"Born with a Hammer in My Hand," (with Shawn Lane) Blue Highway, Blue Highway, Ceili Music 2002, 1999.
"Savannah," (with Bobby Starnes) Claire Lynch, Rounder, 2000.
"Union Man," Blue Highway, Still Climbing Mountains, Rounder Records, 2001.
"Still Climbing Mountains," (with Shawn Lane), Blue Highway, Still Climbing Mountains, Rounder Records, 2001.
"Mountain of the Lord, "Blue Highway, Still Climbing Mountains, Rounder Records, 2001.
"Uncle Fred," Blue Highway, Still Climbing Mountains, Rounder Records, 2001.
"Life Without You," (with Blue Highway), Blue Highway, Still Climbing Mountains, Rounder Records, 2001.
"It Ain't Happened Yet," (with Ronnie Bowman) Mark Newton, Charlie Lawson's Still, Rebel, 2001.
"Bring it On," (with Don and Tina Rigsby) Ronnie Bowman, Starting Over, 2002.
"The Long Road," Jim Hurst, Second Son, Pinecastle, 2002.
"Rambling Heart," Mountain Heart, No Other Way, Skaggs Family Records, 2002.
"Chasing After the Wind," Blue Highway, Wondrous Love, Rounder, 2003.
"The Ground is Level at the Foot of the Cross," Blue Highway, Wondrous Love, Rounder, 2003.
"All She Ever Wants," Kenny and Amanda Smith Band, House Down the
Block, Rebel, 2004.
"Never Win Again," Kenny and Amanda Smith Band, House Down the Block,
Rebel, 2004.
"If Only for a Day," (with Bobby Starnes) Jim Hurst, Tim Stafford and
Bryan Sutton, Live in Nashville, FGM Records, 2003.
"Midwestern Town," Jim Hurst, Tim Stafford and Bryan Sutton, Live in
Nashville, FGM Records, 2003.
"Horseshoe Bend," Jim Hurst, Tim Stafford and Bryan Sutton, Live in
Nashville, FGM Records, 2003.
"Obsession," Jim Hurst, Tim Stafford and Bryan Sutton, Live in
Nashville, FGM Records, 2003.
"Rambling Heart," Jim Hurst, Tim Stafford and Bryan Sutton, Live in
Nashville, FGM Records, 2003.
"When Day is Done," (with Bobby Starnes), Jeff Parker, Lonesome Day
Records, 2004.
"Meet You in Heaven Some Day," Jeff Parker, Lonesome Day Records, 2004.
"Cold Harbor," Tim Stafford, Endless Line, FGM Records 114, 2004.
"Rider on an Endless Line," (with Steve Gulley) Tim Stafford, Endless Line, FGM Records 114, 2004.
"The Kid," Tim Stafford, Endless Line, FGM Records 114, 2004.
"Obsession," Tim Stafford, Endless Line, FGM Records 114, 2004.
"Mamma Llama," Tim Stafford, Endless Line, FGM Records 114, 2004.
"Holiday on Mission Street," Tim Stafford, Endless Line, FGM Records 114, 2004.
"If Only for a Day," (with Bobby Starnes) Tim Stafford, Endless Line, FGM Records 114, 2004.
"Indigo Blue," Tim Stafford, Endless Line, FGM Records 114, 2004.
"The Reason," Tim Stafford, Endless Line, FGM Records 114, 2004.
“Snapshots and Souvenirs,” (with Steve Gulley) Mountain Heart, Force of Nature , Skaggs Family Records, 2004
"Some Day,” (with Olive Stockton) Blue Highway, O Lord, How Great Thou Art!, Daywind Records DS02913, 2004
"Snapshots and Souvenirs," (with Steve Gulley) Mountain Heart, Force of Nature, Skaggs Family Records, 2004
“Nothing but a Whippoorwill,” (with Steve Gulley), Blue Highway, Marbletown , Rounder
“Quarter Moon,” Blue Highway, Marbletown , Rounder
“I Used to Love Parades,” Blue Highway, Marbletown , Rounder
“Wild Bill,” Blue Highway, Marbletown, Rounder
“Pacific Time,” (with Steve Gulley), Kenny and Amanda Smith, Always Never Enough , Rebel 1811, 2005
“Always Never Enough,” (with Steve Gulley), Kenny and Amanda Smith, Always Never Enough , Rebel 1811, 2005
“I'm Just Here to Ride the Train,” (with Steve Gulley), Mountain Heart, 2006
“A Town That Isn't There,” (with Steve Gulley) Mountain Heart, 2006
“Find Me Out on a Mountain Top,” Donna Hughes, Rounder, 2006
“Clear Blue Day,” Newfound Road, Rounder, 2000
“Douglas Graves,” (with Audey Ratliff), Newfound Road, Rounder, 2006

Liner Notes

The Del McCoury Band, "Blue Side of Town," Rounder CD 0292, 1992.
Curtis Jones, "Blue As I," 1998.
The Chapman Family, 1998.
Jim Hurst, "Open Window," 1998.
Appalachian Trail, "The Tracks We Leave," 1999.
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, "Once and for Always/The News is Out" Sugar Hill, 1999.
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, "The Original Band" Sugar Hill 2210, 1999.
One Way Track, "Ice Cold Walls," Amberlyn Records, 1998.
Savannah Road, 2000.
Black Rose, "A Matter of Time," 2002.
The Chapmans, "Follow Me," Pinecastle, 2002.
Blue Moon Rising, "Where Wood Meets Steel," Crosscut Records, 2003.
John Reischman and the Jaybirds, "Field Guide," Corvus Records, 2003.
Kane's River, "Same River Twice," Snake River Records, 2003.

Production

Co-author, booklet for album, "Down Around Bowmantown: A Portrait of a Musical Community in Upper East Tennessee, Then and Now," (Now and Then Records 1001, 1989). This album was placed on the Library of Congress American Folklife Center's Selected List of American Folk Music Recordings for 1989.
Co-producer, album "Dusty Miller" by Dusty Miller (June Appal Recordings, JA057, 1989). This album was also placed on the Selected List for 1989.
Producer, album, "Good Old Boy at Heart," by Kenny Chesney, 1989.
Co-producer and host, "Bluegrass Heartland" radio series broadcast on WETS-FM in Johnson City on Tuesdays from 4-5 p.m. and Saturdays from 8-9 p.m. December 5, 1989--1990, 1993--1994.
Producer of a one-hour weekly bluegrass music program on WETS-FM March 1, 1990--June 1991.
Producer, CD "Spell of a Freight Train" by Boone, North Carolina band Ric-o-chet, released May 1994 on Rebel Records.
Co-producer, CD "It's a Long, Long Road" by Blue Highway, released June 1995 on Rebel Records.
Co-producer, CD "Wind to the West" by Blue Highway, released June 1996 on Rebel Records.
Co-producer, CD "Midnight Storm" by Blue Highway, released January 1998 on Rebel Records.
Co-producer, CD "Hard Times" by Rob Ickes, released 1997 on Rounder Records.
Producer, CD "No One But You" by Chris Jones, released in 1997 on Rebel Records.
Co-producer, CD "Blue Highway" by Blue Highway, released May 1999 on Ceili Music.
Co-producer, CD "The Bluegrass Sound and Other Stories" by Jack Tottle, released October 1999 on Copper Creek Records.
Producer, CD "The Acutab Sessions," released 2000 on Rebel Records. Winner of IBMA's "Instrumental Recording of the Year" in 2001.