Doobie Shea Records
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| name = Doobie Shea Records
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| founded = {{Start date|1988}}
| founder = Tim Austin{{cite book|last=Tribe|first=Ivan M.|title=Country: A Regional Exploration|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313330261|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/countryregionale00trib_0}}
| status = Defunct
| distributor = Select-O-Hits
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Doobie Shea Records was a record label featuring independent bluegrass artists. Founded in 1988 by Tim Austin, the label was shut down in 2004.{{cite news | title =Doobie Shea Records Shutters | newspaper =Billboard | date =6 July 2004 | url =http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1434148/doobie-shea-records-shutters | access-date =25 March 2014 }} Artists who have recorded on the label included Dale Ann Bradley, Marty Raybon, Dan Tyminski, the Lonesome River Band, and Mountain Heart and a local band named with logo."[No Id]" with guitarist/writer/singer,Michael E. Wilson with a 5-song demo..." Only just a dream". It was based in Boones Mill, Virginia and distributed by Select-O-Hits.
History
Doobie Shea Records was founded in 1988 by Tim Austin, a former musician who traveled with the Bluegrass Cardinals in the late 1970s{{cite news|last=Green|first=Buck|title=Tim Austin: Where Is He Now?|url=http://bluegrasstoday.com/tim-austin-where-is-he-now/|access-date=16 April 2014|newspaper=Bluegrass Today|date=25 October 2011}} and a founding member of the Lonesome River Band.{{cite book|last=Bogdanov|first=Vladimir|title=All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music|year=2001|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306274|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidedef00bogd}} The label's first critically acclaimed project was the Stanley Tradition, nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album and an IBMA award. Shortly after the release of the group's first album, the label's studio burned down.{{cite news |first = Mark |last = Morrison |title = Bluegrass Studio up in Flames |work = Roanoke Times & World News |date = 1996-08-27}} The studio then moved from Ferrum in Virginia to Boones Mill.
Roster
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- Dale Ann Bradley{{cite book|last=Henry|first=Murphy|title=Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Blugrass|year=2013|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252095887}}
- Dan Tyminski
- Mountain Heart
- Rickie Simpkins
- Marty Raybon
- Scottie Sparks{{Cite web |title=Doobie Shea Records |url=https://www.discogs.com/label/252996-Doobie-Shea-Records |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Discogs |language=en}}
- Jeanette Williams
- Ernie Thacker
- Kane's River
- The Grasshoppers
- The Lonesome River Band
- The Hall Twins and the Westerners
- NO ID (identification) Michael Wilson,
Jeff Sartin, Donnie Hughes, Andy Pardon, Randy Yeatts. < year 1990> Reidsville Nc/Danville Va
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