ALBEMARLE — A former Stanly County resident has found his name included on the list of nominations for the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards that were announced on March 27.
Under the subcategory of studio recording awards, Albemarle native and Nashville session guitarist Tim Galloway was nominated for the ACM Acoustic Guitar Player of the Year award.
Bryan Sutton, Ilya Toshinskiy, Mac McAnally, and Todd Lombardo are listed along with Galloway as contending nominees for the acoustic guitarist award.
“So honored and grateful to be among these guys. Truly blessed to be able to be a part of the community everyday,” Galloway said in a public statement on his nomination.
Galloway, 43, is no stranger to the ACM festivities — he was named the winner of the same Acoustic Guitar Player of the Year honor at the 58th annual award show back in 2023.
After moving to Nashville in 2006, Galloway has had a successful music career as a multi-instrumentalist touring across the nation and working as a session musician for numerous country artists.
He has shared the stage with Jason Michael Carroll, Gary Allan, Luke Bryan, Tracy Lawrence, Dustin Lynch, Jake Owen, Josh Turner, and Keith Urban, while also working in the recording studio with Danielle Peck, Brett Eldredge, Ingrid Andress, Kolby Cooper, Chris Janson, Cody Johnson, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, and Bailey Zimmerman, among others.
As a touring band member, Galloway has made television appearances performing on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and The Grand Ole Opry Live.
In 2007, he scored a Top-10 Billboard US Hot Country Songs hit as co-writer of Jason Michael Carroll’s “Livin’ Our Love Song.”
Galloway has recently expanded his scope outside of the country music world as a member of Forever Abbey Road, Nashville’s premier Beatles tribute act made up of renowned session and touring professionals. The group is set to head across the pond in August to play in Liverpool, England, as a part of the city’s International Beatles Week concert series.
On May 8, the 60th ACM Awards — hosted by 16-time ACM Award-winning musician Reba McEntire — will be available to stream on Prime Video at 8 p.m. live from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The special anniversary show will celebrate six decades of country music with performances from Blake Shelton, Eric Church, and Lainey Wilson.