It has been said that to write a good song you have to have the stories, the experience. Tim Flannery has been traveling the roads of America and beyond for the last 30 years. His songs are the stories of a man who has journeyed from the creeks and coal mines of Kentucky to the ocean swells of the Pacific islands, with stops at just about every major league ballpark in between. Like California’s Santa Ana winds, the journey that has led Tim Flannery to this point in his life has been equally constant and unpredictable.

     Baseball has been a constant presence in his life since childhood. The ebb and flow of the game’s blustery days and often unpredictable events have influenced his life philosophy and are regularly a part of the stories he tells in his songs. After 25 years as a San Diego Padre player, coach and broadcaster, Flannery became the third base coach of the San Francisco Giants in 2008. 

     Music from the foothills of the Kentucky coal mines are deeply embedded in Flannery’s roots. He probably had a guitar in his hand before a baseball glove. Harmonies, melodies and lyrics course through his veins like a tornado marking its path.
Music has traveled with him through the seasons of his life and the sport that he loves, from Florida to Fiji and back home to San Diego. He calls on his family’s deep history, lonely nights on the road and the pervasive love of the game to write his songs.

     Tim released his 8th record "The Wayward Wind" in 2007. He teamed up with musician/producer Jeff Berkley for a third time to make this album and you can count on all the Enablers being in the mix including; Doug Pettibone, Dennis Caplinger, Calman Hart, Randi Driscoll and Berkley himself. You’ll also get to hear from some old and new friends in Dani Carroll and Barbara  Nesbitt. From the traditional bluegrass "Kentucky Towns," to the celtic overtones of "Pieces Of The Past", you will hear the influences of his ancestors and know the stories of a man who wears his traveling shoes and his heart on his sleeve.

     Tim’s records have been released in Ireland, and he has been nominated for music awards.  He continues to tour and perform his music all over the country. His 9th record in 14 years, "Traveling Shoes", is set to be released in the fall of 2009 on Whalebone Records.

     Flannery dons his baseball cleats and returns again this baseball season to coach 3rd base for the Giants.  He continues to follow those gypsy winds he writes about and draws from the experience of the game he loves.

     Shifting winds, daily doses of living, America’s pastime; Tim Flannery relies on the constant unpredictability of weather, life, baseball and music to write his stories and sing his songs that flow from the core of his being.