Tim May

Tim May is a Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and music producer who is also a favorite instructor at music camps across the country. He’s the co-author of the eight-volume series Flatpicking Essentials: The Guitar Player’s Practical Guide to Scales and Arpeggios, and the flatpicker’s guides to both Irish and Old Time. Tim currently tours with Kathy Mattea, Steve Smith, and fiddler Gretchen Priest-May. He performed for many years on the Grand Ole Opry with Mike Snider, and has toured as a sideman with Patty Loveless, John Cowan, Eddie Rabbitt, and Rodney Dillard. As a guitarist on Charlie Daniels’ 2005 recording of “I’ll Fly Away,” Tim received a Grammy nomination for Best Country Instrumental Performance.