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Best Club Act Nominated for a Grammy
The Time Jumpers
The best live country act in Nashville, the Jumpers were accustomed to filling the Station Inn with celebrities and the city's elite musicians for their Monday night swingfests. But this group of top session players hadn't realized how far their reputation had spread until they received two 2008 Grammy nominations, for best country instrumental performance and best country group performance with vocals. All this for a self-released, two-CD live album mostly sold at shows. Fortunately, neither Hollywood glamour nor the death of their esteemed steel guitarist John Hughey has altered the astoundingly sweet, loose-limbed music this band creates week after week. —MICHAEL McCALL
