ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Monday, January 13, 1997               TAG: 9701130013
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-5  EDITION: METRO 
COLUMN: & now this... 
SOURCE: JOHN GRIESSMAYER 

GRAMMY GIVES A LIFT TO BURNED-OUT STUDIO

More than four months after a fire destroyed his Ferrum recording studio, owner Tim Austin is bouncing back.

Austin is rebuilding the Doobie Shea Studios in Boones Mill, and last week he got word that an album on his record label received a Grammy Award nomination.

"The Stanley Tradition - Tribute to a Bluegrass Legacy," the last album recorded before the old studio went up in flames, was nominated in the Best Bluegrass Album category. The album was spared the fiery fate of many of the master tapes, because it already was out of the building and in CD production.

Austin said he is overwhelmed to have the album nominated for a Grammy.

"This is an incredible tribute to the burned Doobie Shea Studios," he said.

The new studio should be up and running sometime in February. You can cheer for Austin and his local bluegrass record label Feb. 26 during the broadcast of the 1997 Grammy Awards ceremony.

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