Tim Crouch

Tim Crouch is a fiddler, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from Batesville, Arkansas, who has spent his career at the intersection of bluegrass tradition and Nashville studio craft. He began playing fiddle and mandolin at age 7, growing up in a bluegrass trio alongside his father Fred and brother Dennis Crouch, the renowned upright bassist. The trio collected an Arkansas State Fiddlers Championship five times and a National Fiddle Championship twice, and at 19 Tim joined Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys, performing at the Grand Ole Opry.

As a full-time Nashville session musician, Tim has recorded with Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Dolly Parton, Tanya Tucker, Ricky Skaggs, Dierks Bentley, Alison Krauss, Charlie Pride, and many others. He is a member of Pinecastle Records’ Lord of the Strings ensemble alongside Tony Wray and Dennis Parker, and recently released his Songs of America album on True Lonesome Records. From his own Tim Crouch Studio in Batesville, he produces and records for fellow Arkansas artists including Pam Setser and Pat Wiley.

Fluent on fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bass, banjo, and cello, Tim is widely regarded as one of the finest studio musicians working in roots music today. At the Arkansas Folklife Festival, he joins Pam Setser and Danny Dozier on the People’s Stage to bring decades of Ozark and bluegrass tradition home.