Thursday March 6, 2025

Venue Info Location: 16 W. Beverley Street, Staunton, VA Show Time: Doors - 6:30 PM | Show - 7:00 - 9:00PM Tickets: $25 Presale | $30 day of show Food and Beverage: No food or beverage is offered. Water will be available. Parking: Please note that QCMS has no designated parking. Street parking downtown or parking in the bank parking lot is our best option. Please leave enough time to find parking. Thank you for being a part of our musical community, and we hope you enjoy the show! Artist Info The Tim May and Steve Smith duo brings an evening of original, traditional and swing music with mandolinist/vocalist Steve Smith and Nashville guitarist/vocalist Tim May. The Nashville based duo has collaborated in studio and on stages nationwide and now bring their acoustic brand of fire on the strings to your town. Smith and May originally met while on staff at Camp Bluegrass in Levelland, Texas and quickly discovered many common musical threads for exploration honoring tradition and improvisation. Their latest CD The Hillsboro Hay Incident is slated for a January ’24 release. A collection of all original instrumentals from Old-Time to Latin Jazz and featuring Tony Trischka, Shad Cobb among many others. A Tribute to the Carter Family (Sept. ‘20) followed on the heels of Murder of Crows and the acclaimed Tim May and Steve Smith CD. All of the recordings reflect upon this acoustic music force the duo has become and includes original and traditional works. Their shows include tight vocal harmonies, dazzling guitar, mandolin, octave mandolin and twin mandolin works throughout a broad range of styles. Testimonials "It’s well known that mandolin and guitar duets played a lively role in homegrown entertainment and later shaped the sound of bluegrass and early country music (as witness the Monroe Brothers, the Blue Sky Boys, and others). In recent years, David Grisman has celebrated this wonderful sound in albums with Tony Rice, Martin Taylor, and others. Now, Tim May (guitar and vocals) and Steve Smith (mandolin, octave mandolin, and vocals) are also honoring this tradition—and even advancing it." Bluegrass Unlimited (June 2016) "Tim May and Steve Smith have once again delivered a clever, curious, concoction of tunes with MURDER OF CROWS another pack of lies. You never know what’s coming next from these two maverick players but always skilled pickin’ and singing. When I need something totally original and on the back forty of the bluegrass barnyard for my radio show-this project does it!" Jerry Mills KSKE FM/KRAN FM Colorado & Wyoming "Had a fantastic show last night!! Benefit concert with Tim May and Steve Smith.....they returned to Wichita Falls to perform at the Forum to raise awareness of our new Food Bank food box program.....as usual they wowed the audience with music from across the spectrum of bluegrass, swing, pop and original tunes.....these are two of the nicest guys on the planet and their musical synergy just continues to amaze me.....if you get a chance check them out...you won't be disappointed.....impeccable playing and wonderful vocal blend......thanks to all that came.....think we made a difference last night for a serious issue of hunger in our community." Doc Hull Steve Smith is not only known as one of this country’s top mandolin players but also as an outstanding educator. Along with his work with the Roots/Bluegrass group The Hard Road Trio and the Alan Munde Gazette, Steve has been on faculty at the California Coast Music Camp, DNA acoustic music camp, the new Southwest Mandolin Camp, Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Music Camp, Colorado Roots Music Camp, Hill Country Acoustic Music Camp, Zoukfest and Camp Bluegrass (for over twenty years running). Smith has appeared at festivals and venues including Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, High Mountain Hay Fever, Rocky Grass, The Durango Bluegrass Meltdown, Swallow Hill, Freight and Salvage, Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, the Big Horn Mountain Festival, The Walnut Valley Festival and the Minnesota Old-time and Bluegrass Festival. With the Las Cruces Symphony he has performed works of William Grant Still, Gershwin and George Crumb and the musical Chicago. Along with thirty years of coast to coast touring, Smith has performed in Ireland, Germany, France, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Cuba and the US Virgin Islands. He has also performed in musical theater in Cotton Patch Gospel (multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and actor) and the Robber Bride Groom; he composed and performed the score for a production of the Sam Sheppard play Curse of the Starving Class. Steve has appeared on over 50 albums as performer and producer including guitar legends Jim Hurst, Mitch Perry, and Tim May, banjoist Bill Evans, Alan Munde, Tony Trischka, Nate Lee, Missy Raines, Shad Cobb, Robert Bowlin and Tim O'Brien. His music has been heard on countless radio stations across the US and on the Discovery Channel, The History Channel and even the Weather Channel. Steve is a proud endorser of Ellis Mandolins and GHS Strings. More on Steve: www.desertnight.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1442724921 www.facebook.com/timmayandstevesmith For Bookings contact Steve Smith at desertnite@zianet.com 575-649- 1595. Flatpicker Tim May has been working in the Nashville area for over 20 years as a sideman, session player, band member and performer. Higher profile projects have included touring with Kathy Mattea, Patty Loveless and John Cowan, and working as a regular on the Grand Ole Opry with Mike Snider. Tim was the solo guitarist on Charlie Daniels’ recording of I’ll Fly Away, which was nominated for the Best Country Instrumental Performance Grammy in 2005. That same year he was session leader on the critically acclaimed Moody Bluegrass album (he later played on Moody Bluegrass II as well). The Nashville Scene selected Tim in the Best Instrumentalist category in their 2012 Reader's Choice Poll. PK Thompson Guitars, Shubb Capos, Elixir Strings, Benedetto Guitars , L.R. Baggs Pickups and Pre-amps and Breedlove Guitars all have presented professional endorsements to Tim, a serious nod to his talents. For more on Tim: http://www.timmaymusic.com