Jim Stafford
A musician and audio engineer who performs and mixes at local events.
St. Augustine's Jim Stafford is a high caliber multi-instrumentalist musician who partakes in any genre he can get his hands on, including Americana, folk, jam band, rock and roll, bluegrass, southern rock, blues, and old-time traditional. Electric bass is his primary instrument, as Stafford currently plays with impressively numerous ensembles including Not Quite Dead, The Rob Ellis Peck Band, The Brent Byrd Band, and Those Guys. Stafford also sits in on electric guitar with countless local artists from Elizabeth Roth to Ron Norris. As a solo artist, Stafford plays acoustic guitar and delivers precision to his downhome and energetic vocal performances. He has been known to shimmy up to the stage with a mandolin here and there as well.
As owner and operator of Eclipse Recording Studio, Stafford is a masterful audio engineer, producer, composer, production manager, and songwriter. His studio does everything from mixing and mastering to providing live sound for major music events. The studio also contains integrated audio and HD video recording, a main studio room with three isolation rooms, and a 120-track recording capacity.
Stafford was a headlining artist at the 2015 Gamble Rogers Festival, co-organizer and inductee in the inaugural St. Augustine Music Hall of Fame for his role in Those Guys. He has recorded local legends from Lonesome Bert & The Skinny Lizards to Bob Patterson at his state-of-the-art music studio. Needless to say, it seems there's nothing Stafford can't do.
