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Dennis Crouch

Musician · b. 1967 · Strawberry, Arkansas
Best known for Bass

Dennis Crouch is one of Nashville's most in-demand acoustic bass session players, a co-founding member of the Time Jumpers and the upright bassist on a long roster of bluegrass, country, and roots records over the past three decades.

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  • Born January 19, 1967 in St. Louis, Missouri; raised in Strawberry, Arkansas, where he picked up the upright bass at age 8 in a musical family.
  • Moved to Nashville in 1996 and broke into the studio scene; co-founded the Time Jumpers in 1998 as a Monday-night western-swing residency at the Station Inn (later moved to 3rd & Lindsley).
  • The Time Jumpers won the 2017 Grammy for Best American Roots Song for "Kid Sister," written by member Vince Gill.
  • Played bass on June Carter Cash’s Carter Family tribute album Wildwood Flower (2003), which won the Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album.
  • Long session-credit list spans Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan (T-Bone Burnett productions), Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Lee Ann Womack, Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, Loretta Lynn, Ralph Stanley, Steve Earle, John Mellencamp, the Chieftains, Diana Krall, and Ringo Starr's Look Up (2025).
  • Recorded duo work as Tim Crouch & Dennis Crouch on releases including Kentucky Turnpike, plus solo records as a leader.
  • Active in the Nashville studio + live scene as one of the city's primary acoustic bassists for bluegrass and Americana sessions.

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