Timothy Michael Newby (born May 29, 1974) is an American writer and educator. He is the author of two books and his work has appeared in a variety of publications including

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, Slide & Banjo, and Honest Tune, where he was the Features Editor. Newby lives in

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, Maryland with his wife and daughter.

Overview

Newby has written three books, 2015's ''

Bluegrass in Baltimore ''Bluegrass in Baltimore: The Hard Drivin' Sound and its Legacy'' is a book written by Tim Newby and published by McFarland & Company in 2015. It was released in June 2015. It had its formal release August 2, 2015 at the Creative Alliance in Balti ...

'' and 2019's '' Leftover Salmon: Thirty Years of Festival!'', and his latest a biography on 19th Century baseball legend

Pete Browning Louis Rogers "Pete" Browning (June 17, 1861 – September 10, 1905), nicknamed "Gladiator" and "The Louisville Slugger", was an American professional baseball center fielder and left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1882 to ...

, which will be published in Fall 2024 by the

University Press of Kentucky The University Press of Kentucky (UPK) is the scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and was organized in 1969 as successor to the University of Kentucky Press. The university had sponsored scholarly publication since 1943. In 194 ...

. He has also contributed to 2004's

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and 2023's ''One-Win Wonders''. Following the release of ''Bluegrass in Baltimore'' Newby was featured on the Maryland Morning Radio Show on

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in an interview with Tom Hall that examined the unique legacy of Baltimore's rich bluegrass history. The book was hailed as "momentous" by

Baltimore (magazine) ''Baltimore'' magazine is a monthly magazine published in Baltimore, Maryland by Rosebud Entertainment L.L.C., a company owned by Steve Geppi and led by its President Michael Teitelbaum. It is the oldest, continuously published city magazine in ...

. In November 2016, ''Bluegrass in Baltimore'' was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the

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for Excellence in Best Research in Recorded Country Music. In January 2017 it was named one of the thirty best books about bluegrass music by About Great Books. Upon the release of ''Leftover Salmon: Thirty Years of Festival!'' in February 2019,

Leftover Salmon Leftover Salmon is an American jam band from Boulder, Colorado, formed in 1989. The band's music is a blend of bluegrass, rock, country, and Cajun/Zydeco. Over their thirty years as a band Salmon have released seven studio albums and three li ...

celebreated its release with a special acoustic tour called the Stories From the Living Room Tour, that featured, "a stripped down version of Leftover Salmon, with a full living room set with lampshades and paintings and all that," as well as a reading from Newby and stories from the band about their thirty years together. In December 2019, the book was named "Best Book of 2019" by Festy GoNuts. In 2023 Newby co-curated "Ola Belle Reed: I’ve Endured," an exhibition at the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery on the campus of the

University of Maryland, Baltimore County The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 master, 25 doctoral, ...

. The exhibition explored the life and work of nationally recognized Bluegrass musician

Ola Belle Reed Ola Belle Reed (August 18, 1916 – August 16, 2002) was an American folk singer, songwriter and banjo player. Early life Reed was born Ola Wave Campbell in the unincorporated town of Grassy Creek, Ashe County, North Carolina, to Arthur Camp ...

and contextualized her achievements within a history of migration from rural

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north in the twentieth century. Newby has also appeared in the documentaries ''Charm City Bluegrass: A Renewed Baltimore Tradition'' (2018) and ''I've Endured: The Music and Legacy of Ola Belle Reed'' (2023).

Bibliography

As author * 2015 – ''

''. * 2019 – '' Leftover Salmon: Thirty Years of Festival!''. * 2024 - ''The Original Louisville Slugger: The Life and Times of Forgotten Baseball Legend Pete Browning''. As contributing writer * 2004 - '' The Phish Companion Vol 2''. * 2024 - ''One-Win Wonders''.

References

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