Doobie Shea

Boones Mill, VA Founded 1988 Founder Tim Austin (3). Doobie Shea Records was a record label featuring independent bluegrass artists. The label was shut down in 2004. Artists who have recorded on the label included Dale Ann Bradley, Marty Raybon, Dan Tyminski, the Lonesome River Band, and Mountain Heart. It was based in Boones Mill, Virginia and distributed by Select-O-Hits. Tim Austin, a former musician who traveled with the Bluegrass Cardinals in the late 1970s and a founding member of the Lonesome River Band.[4] The label's first critically acclaimed project was the Stanley Tradition, nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album and an IBMA award.[3] Shortly after the release of the group's first album, the label's studio burned down. The studio then moved from Ferrum in Virginia to Boones Mill.