The Time Jumpers find a Companion
Friday, May 10, 2013 – The Time Jumpers will appear live on public radio's "A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor" live from The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Saturday, from 6-8 p.m. estern.
The Time Jumpers includes 11 members: Brad Albin (upright bass), Larry Franklin (fiddle), Paul Franklin (steel guitar), Vince Gill (vocals, electric and acoustic guitars), "Ranger Doug" Green (vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar), Andy Reiss (electric guitar), Dawn Sears (vocals), Kenny Sears (vocals, fiddle), Joe Spivey (fiddle, vocals) Jeff Taylor (accordion, piano) and Billy Thomas (drums, vocals).
The band released an album on Rounder last year.
The show can be heard internationally via public radio, live streaming and Sirius Satellite Radio.
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After more than a decade as perhaps the most wildly successful "pickup band" in the long history of country music, the Time Jumpers released their self-titled first studio effort in 2012 (there had been a couple of previous live discs) to enthusiastic reviews. Their plans for a follow-up release were sidetracked when their sterling lead female vocalist Dawn Sears began a 2-year struggle with cancer that she finally lost in December 2014. As the only woman in the cast of a dozen of ...
Visitors to Nashville who cruising the local clubs looking for "the real thing" the past 15 years often hear the Music City mantra "Check out the Time Jumpers." If you haven't heard the buzz about them, this collection of nearly a dozen A-list session players and backup sidemen (and one extraordinarily talented woman) started hanging out and playing together on Monday nights at the Station Inn (though they're recently outgrown it and moved to a larger venue). ...
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