Timothy B. Schmit

USA

Born: 30 October 1947

Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Pop/Rock, Country, Folk

Styles: Soft Rock, Country-Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock

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Had he been born a half-decade earlier, Timothy B. Schmit might well have been a part of the folk-rock boom in California. As it was, he unknowingly followed a path similar to that of Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn, and Chris Hillman, from folk to rock, the main difference being that he was in his mid-teens at the time and had to wait to make it work professionally. But he made up for it by playing a key role in the histories of two country-rock bands that evolved directly out of that folk-rock boom, Poco and the Eagles, and hit his heyday in the 19...

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