INSIGHT Magazine October 2016 | Page 20

by Benjamin Nunnally T he Time Jumpers couldn’t have picked a better name for their band. The western swing band has entertained audiences in Nashville for nearly two decades with their high-spirited southern approach to big band music. The 10-piece band features some of Nashville’s greatest session musicians and music stars, including past and present members like Vince Gill, Dawn and Kenny Sears and “Ranger Doug” Green (of the legendary county band Riders in the Sky). 20 The band released their new album, “Kid Sister,” on Sept. 9 and they’re hitting the road for a 12-show tour that wraps up at Oxford’s Performing Arts Center on Oct. 12. We spoke to bandleader Kenny Sears about the new album, the unique membership of the band and how to build a fiddle from scratch, starting with a log: October 2016 INSIGHT