Tim May (3)

Flatpicker Tim May has been working in the Nashville area for over 20 years as a sideman, session player, band member and performer. Higher profile projects have included touring with Patty Loveless and John Cowan, and working as a regular on the Grand Ole Opry with Mike Snider. Tim was the solo guitarist on Charlie Daniels’ recording of I’ll Fly Away, which was nominated for the Best Country Instrumental Performance Grammy in 2005, the same year he was session leader on the critically acclaimed Moody Bluegrass album (he later played on Moody Bluegrass II as well). For fifteen years May was a member of Crucial Smith, a bluegrass act that put out two CDs (produced by New Grass Revival’s original flatpicker Pat Flynn) before disbanding in 2003. Flynn has a Tim May tune (King of Babylon) on his album, plus Father Time, a tune Flynn co-wrote with Tim. May also plays “AmeriCeltic” – a mix of Irish, Scottish, Old Time and Bluegrass tunes – with his band Plaidgrass. The group released their first CD in January 2008. He's also on the roster of Radiola and performs in a hot-picking ensemble on tour with Brad Davis and Dan Miller called Davis Miller May. His vocals can be heard on his first solo album, Find My Way Back and on A Bluegrass Tribute to Neil Young, a CD Tim’s produced for CMH Records, released in January 2008. Also in 2008, he combined forces with Fred Carpenter to form Carpenter & May. In 2010, their debut CD was released on Violin Shop Records. In 2011, Davis Miller May released their debut CD, Doves, Crows & Buzzards on FGM Records. In 2014, May formed a duo with Steve Smith.