Tim Atwood may be unfamiliar to many casual country music fans, but he is more than well known to many country musicians. A piano play and singer, he played in the Grand Ole Opry’s house band for 38 years and racked up over 8,500 performances in the nation’s most famous country music venue.
He backed stars such as Roy Acuff, Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, George Jones, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill and – well, the list of favorites is much too long for this article.
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