Mandolin Cafe Blog

Great blog...and a great band well worth going out of your way to see.

Just an fyi...the Time Jumpers are not playing Monday nights at the Station Inn any more. It looks like they moved to 3rd and Lindsley. I went down there to see them one Monday at the Station Inn, and Vince Gill was with them and he was playing electric mandolin on a few songs...right when he started joining them regularly. I think Dawn Sears is his back up singer...and she is amazing.

Not sure the reason they left the Station Inn (I think they played there for over 20 years), but it is so cool to see talent like this playing for fun. It is also a chance to see the real talent in Nashville, the guys that make the music happen in the studio and on the stage for country superstars. Plus, any chance to see Ranger Doug is totally worth it...legend in of himself!

Man, now I gotta spend more money on music. Thanks a lot, Scott. Jeez.

Love these musicians. First time I heard them at the Station Inn I was hooked. That was long enough ago that Doug Green wasn't a member yet, although (of course) he got invited up on stage to play that night.
Remember watching the DVD with Dick Barrett. As he put it "They've got it." When Larry Franklin joined up, Dick made sure to give me a history lesson about Larry, Louis and Major Franklin since he had played music with all those fiddlers. Great musicians, wonderful people !! You will definitely enjoy seeing and hearing them in person.

The Time Jumpers. Yes, yes.

A personal fave... and the reason all trips to Nashville include a monday night stay!

How hard is it to get into a show? I could call them I suppose but if anyone has been to one be nice to hear the experience. The 3rd and Lindsley location is bigger than the Station Inn I hear but they still sell out every show. So, how early should one show up (and do they have food?) in case I'm sitting for a long time.

Scott

New location does have food and my experience was good. Since they have moved to the new location you can get tickets in advance - just checked the venue's web site as well as the Time Jumpers' site and that appears to still be true. Show up plenty early because the band occasionally wanders around before the show. Have a good time. I am envious !!!

Well, I've got a story. The Mrs. and I went to Nashville about 2 or 3 years ago on vacation. I had been checking on live music at The Station Inn, because I have heard many good artists play there. Well, once I saw the Time Jumpers were there on Monday, I wasn't very excited because I had never heard of them, and you couldn't order tickets for the show. So I all but forgot about it. We took the bus tour around Nashville and the guide mentioned the Monday night show at the Station Inn with the Time Jumpers. Then mentioned from time to time, Vince Gill sits in with the band. That's all I needed to hear, and told my wife to plan on going.
Well when the doors open we get our tickets and sit down about the middle of the stage about 10 feet away. The murmurs and speculation of Mr. Gill's arrival continued to grow. I looked to the side of the stage after awhile and saw, not Vince, but Ranger Doug standing by the stage by himself. My jaw hit the ground. "Deb, that's Ranger Doug from, Rider's in the Sky, I must go meet him. I got several pictures with him and had a great conversation with him also. A real Gentleman. I knew we were in for a good yodel or two during the show. When I get seated again, in walks Vince Gill. This is almost becoming a surreal fever dream. He is pulling out his guitar just 10 feet from me and setting up shop.

The rest of the band starts milling about and they get the show underway. The tight playing of the 3 fiddler's cannot be oversold. Mr. and Mrs. Sears are pros, pros. Dawn Sears sings like an angel. The steel guitar is epic, we are having the time of our lives. Mr. Gill has no ego, here at all. He is just a member of this band and plays his part like a pro. Each piece of this band gets featured including the accordian and no one disappoints. They played for 2 and a half hours. Had I known what I was in store for I would have gladly paid 100 bucks a ticket for that show. Vince took a pic with everyone who asked him and was a real gentleman. I've got a great one of him and the wife. I sat and watched a living legend and some of the finest musicians on the planet from 10 feet away for twenty bucks a head. Yeah, I got a story. I had to make 2 posts to complete my story. Hope that was ok?

OK by me.