The Time Jumpers

Nashville, Tenn. — 650AM, WSM in Nashville, and its primo deejay Eddie Stubbs are holding a special contest for visitors of the radio station’s Web site, WSMOnline.com.

Web surfers will have the chance to win tickets to Stubb’s next show in his monthly “An Intimate Evening With …” series on March 6.

In the spotlight that night will be the Grammy-nominated The Time Jumpers, the 11-piece swing band that holds weekly show’s at Nashville’s famous Bluegrass Mecca, The Station Inn

The evening show takes place inside the newly expanded Museum Store at The Country Music Hall of Fame. Entries can be made at wsmonline.com/contests/contests1.shtml.

The Time Jumpers consists of some of Music City’s top-notch pickers and vocalists. Included are Kenny Sears (fiddle/vocal), Joe Spivey (fiddle), Aubrey Haynie (fiddle), Dennis Crouch (bass), Andy Reiss (guitar), Rick Vanaugh (drums), Jeff Taylor (accordion), Carolyn Martin (vocals), Dawn Sears (vocals), Paul Franklin (Steel Guitar) and “Ranger Doug” Green (rhythm guitarist/vocalist of “Riders in the Sky” fame).

John Hughey, a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, had been a long-time member of the group until his unexpected death in November.

The band states its purpose on its Web site, www.thetimejumpers.com, “The Time Jumpers’ goal is to keep the spirit of Western swing and traditional country alive and well through the performance of timeless music – classic songs and brand new original works – imbued with our own unique creative energy.”

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Ricky Skaggs

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum,’s Ford Theater will host Ricky Skaggs and Randy Scruggs on Tuesday, Oct. 2, for a special interview during the International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual convention in Nashville.

In the program, which will be moderated by 650 WSM and Grand Ole Opry announcer Eddie Stubbs, Skaggs and Scruggs will recall their experiences as bluegrass prodigies and their television appearances (at ages seven and eight, respectively) on the Flatt & Scruggs Grand Ole Opry TV show.

Those appearances can be seen on the new DVDs Best of the Flatt & Scruggs TV Show, Volume Three and Volume Four, which will be released by the Museum and Shanachie Entertainment on Oct.9. Admission to this program, which begins at noon, is included with Museum admission and free to Museum members and IBMA conference registrants with badges. Following the program, Scruggs will autograph copies of the DVDs in the Museum Store. (DVDs are available for advance purchase Oct. 2 - 8 exclusively in the Museum Store and on the Museum’s website.)

More information about this show and other shows at the Hall of Fame are available at http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com

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