Show Notes
Tim Stafford joins Playback Sessions for a powerful, honest conversation about the real cost of touring, lessons from legends like Tony Rice and Doc Watson, and what it takes to stay grounded in music after decades on the road.
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๐ Chapters: 0:00 โ Intro 0:41 โ Live Performance: "The Blue Grays" 5:55 โ Welcome โ One of Bluegrass's Most Prolific Songwriters 6:15 โ How It Started: Got Bumped on Banjo, Picked Up Guitar 8:55 โ The PhD He Almost Finished Instead 9:35 โ Writing 300 Songs With One Co-Writer 11:00 โ Inside a Co-Write: The Actual Process 18:51 โ Do You Know When You're Writing a Hit? 20:41 โ What He Learned in Alison Krauss's Band 23:11 โ How Blue Highway Started โ "I Had No Intention of Starting a Band" 26:47 โ His Son Didn't Recognize Him at the Airport 30:16 โ Tony Rice's Rhythm Changed All of Bluegrass 39:21 โ Writing the Tony Rice Biography โ 10 Years 42:07 โ Roy Orbison Stopped the Bus for Tony Rice 49:53 โ Who Actually Coined the Word "Bluegrass"?
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๐ Filmed live at Carter Vintage Guitars in Nashville, Tennessee. ๐ฅ Host: Spencer Handley ๐ฅ Guest: Tim Stafford Editor: Carl Reeverts, Clayton Hopkins, Evan Bowser Executive Producer: Spencer Handley Camera/Sound: Mitch Goudy
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