Tim May began playing guitar and banjo at age 11, and by thirteen he was performing at the Bluegrass Festival of the United State in Louisville, Kentucky. • In 1989, Tim became a member of Eddie Rabbit’s Hare Trigger Band. • That same year, Tim founded Crucial Smith, a progressive acoustic bluegrass band based in Nashville, which produced three well-received albums and performed regularly at high-profile festivals including Telluride, The Walnut Valley Festival, and Winterhawk. • In 2002 and 2003, Tim toured with recording artist Patty Loveless promoting her smash hit bluegrass albums Mountain Soul and White Snow: A Mountain Christmas. • Tim recorded Songs From The Long Leaf Pines with Charlie Daniels in 2005. He was the solo guitarist on I’ll Fly Away, nominated for the 2006 Country Instrumental of the Year Grammy Award. • In 2006, Tim toured Japan with the John Cowan Band. • Tim saw a lot of the Grand Ole Opry in 2006/2007, performing with Mike Snider’s Old Time String Band. • Tim performs regularly with his wife, fiddler Gretchen Priest, and their band Plaidgrass, playing a high-energy instrumental mix of Celtic tunes and traditional Bluegrass. • Tim is respected nationwide as a teacher and clinician. He’s taught at the Nashville Guitar College, South Plains College, and at Nashcamp. In addition, he periodically travels the country as a clinician for Oregon-based Breedlove Guitars. • Elixer Strings and Breedlove endorse Tim May. Tim May 615.812.2193 Nashville, Tennessee — email: [email protected] BOOKING INFORMATION Contact Jared Ingersol — [email protected] PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS www.timmaymusic.net/press.html.