Tim Ware came to prominence with the release, in 1980, of on Kaleidoscope Records. , working with a number of other talented San Francisco Bay Area musicians, helped define the emerging genre of New Acoustic Music. The band featured Tim, who also composed all the music, on mandolin and guitar, Bob Alekno on guitar and mandolin, John Tenney on violin, Sharon O'Connor on cello and Kenneth Miller on acoustic bass. The album also featured David Grisman, Darol Anger and Mike Marshall on the mandolin quartet piece "Spiral Moons". In the spring of 1980, "Spiral Moons" had its world premiere at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, performed by Tim, Darol, Mike, and Mark O'Connor, and a few months later, this same quartet reprised that performance at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, California. The album photography was done by former Rolling Stone chief photographer Baron Wolman. released their second album, , on Rounder Records, with David Balakrishnan replacing John Tenney on violin. Although the Tim Ware Group, in the mandolin-based edition, disbanded in 1985, the music generates interest to this day. The album cover art was designed and created by noted designer and artist Michael Cronan.
The Tim Ware Group, v.2
In 1985, Tim formed the , with Tim playing guitar, David Balakrishnan on violin, George Brooks on saxophone, Mark van Wageningen on electric bass and the late Paul van Wageningen on drums. The band toured and recorded and disbanded in 1995. In 1992, Tim composed "Los Surf" for inclusion on the debut album by Teisco Del Rey, "The Many Moods of Teisco Del Rey." And in 1996, Tim reimagined "The Theme From Lawrence of Arabia" as a classic , which was featured on Teisco's second release, "Teisco Del Rey Plays Music For Lovers."
In 1997, Tim started , which remains a thriving business, developing websites and Facebook Fan Pages for clients such as Bare Escentuals, Autodesk, Popchips, UC San Francisco, and many others. Tim is also the creator and curator of and , the Web's largest and most popular resources for American novelistThomas Pynchon. In 2000, Tim was interviewed for and featured in a feature-length documentary on the seldom-seen American author.
Soundtrack Composition
In recent years, Tim has scored and performed the soundtracks for several Oregon Public Broadcasting documentaries, two of which have won Emmy Awards, and he continues to experiment with musical sound. In 2006, his music was used as the soundtrack for the BBC Radio 4 drama Monkeyface. In 2018, Tim was nominated for a Regional Emmy for for the Oregon Public Broadcasting documentary "Broken Treaties", produced by Eric Cain.
Current Musical Pursuits
In 2005, a "greatest hits" CD consisting ofdigitally remastered tunes from the Tim Ware Group's two albums was released by Menus and Music, a publishing company started by Sharon O'Connor. Tim is currently at work on a full-length CD of surf and surf-inspired music.
