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Typhoon
- Released
- September 27, 2026
- Style
- Traditional Bluegrass
- Record label
- Hedge Drive Records
- Year
- 2026
- Featured
- feat. Dudley Connell
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Credits
- Songwriter
- Tim Stafford, Bill Whyte
- Lead Vocals
- Dudley Connell
- Banjo
- -Ron Stewart
- Fiddle
- -Ron Stewart
- Guitar
- -Tim Stafford
- Bass
- Kam Keller
- Mandolin
- -Nick Keen
Tim Stafford
Bluegrass veteran, Blue Highway member, 2014, 2017, 2023 IBMA Songwriter of the year
From Kingsport, Tennessee, Tim won a Grammy with Alison Krauss and Union Station in 1993. In 1994, he co-founded the group Blue Highway, which is still going strong—26 IBMA Awards, 3 Grammy nominations and a Dove Award later.
Tim is a prolific songwriter with over 450 cuts and several #1 Bluegrass songs. He was named the IBMA Songwriter of the Year 2014, 2017 and 2023. He has released five solo albums and six duet records. Tim teaches at East Tennessee State University's famed Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Program, where he was Artist in Residence from 2023 to 2025.
In 2010, he co-wrote the highly-acclaimed authorized biography Still Inside: The Tony Rice Story.