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'Honarary Kentucky Colonel' joins Eagle Music Shop ...

Tim Howard 'Honorary Kentucky Colonel'  ... Joins the 'Eagle Music Shop' team ...

We are delighted to announce that top rated Bluegrass Banjo player and multi instrumentalist Tim Howard has joined the 'Eagle Music Shop' team.

and we declare that ...Thursday will be 'Bluegrass Day' at Eagle Music Shop  ...and other days as you please!

More details on Tim Howard …

Tim brings to Eagle Music Shop a 'mine' of professional quality experience in country, American and bluegrass music covering the past twenty years or so as a pro musician...please read on.

Tim Howard …is a highly talented musician and one of the most respected bluegrass banjo and pedal steel players in the UK, he also plays mandolin, guitar and dobro to a high standard. Over the past twenty years, Tim has gained enviable respect in traditional music circles playing bluegrass, American folk and country music whilst working both as a performer and session artist. He has also toured extensively in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and Israel.

In 1988 he was asked to join the award winning country outfit ‘The Stu Page Band’. He has worked with the cream of the UK’s country acts and also with several US performers including Kinky Friedman, Linda Cassidy with British Country music Veterans “West Virginia” he has supported the likes of Jim Glaser, Dan Seals, Billy Joe Spears, and Joe Ely. By 1994 Tim had worked with and supported other world class artists including Albert Lee, Bill Keith, and the legendary Charlie Louvin. He also performed for four years playing 5-string banjo with the infamous Hillbilly Cabaret Band “The Muldoon Brothers”.

In 2002 Tim was commissioned an ‘Honorary Kentucky Colonel’ In recognition of his knowledge of the ‘Bluegrass State’ and it’s music. Diana Stevie, secretary to the state governor recommended him for this award on the grounds

February 28, 2007