Americana Afternoon with Dave Fason
Americana Afternoon, Saturday July 31, starting at noon with Dave Fason!
Dave Fason started playing folk music in the early 60’s. Cutting his teeth on Gordon Lightfoot, Peter, Paul and Mary and Dylan. He played coffee houses throughout the Balt/DC area in the late 60’s and joined a 3 piece group, Stillwater, when he went to school in Georgia.
Dave has played with blues/rock, bluegrass and Americana groups that opened for national and regional acts like the Allman Bros, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Lost and Found, Atlanta Rhythm Section and others.
Currently playing with the Floyd based Americana group, Windfall, Dave has an engaging style and a wide range of songs, both originals and covers, to share.
Americana Afternoons
Americana Afternoons every Saturday starting at noon
If you are interested in performing please contact Heather Krantz by email or 540-230-6714.
Fall Concerts Sneak Preview
Coming this Fall:
September 25th – Windfall
Windfall is a dynamic acoustic quartet featuring beautiful harmonies coupled with hot guitar, mandolin, fiddle and harmonica licks held together with a solid bottom end on acoustic bass and percussion. Specializing in Americana/Roots music, Windfall covers folk, blues, rock, Celtic, as well as many old time and bluegrass standards.
October 3rd – April Verch Band
The April Verch Band features world-class musicians Clay Ross on guitar and Cody Walters on upright-electric bass and banjo. Together, these three passionate musicians tour tirelessly across Canada, the United States, the U.K., Europe and Australia. They have established a reputation as consummate performers, winning over audiences not only with sheer virtuosity on their respective instruments, but also with charm, humor and boundless energy on stage.
October 23rd – Amber Collins and No Speed Limit
Amber Collins and No Speed Limit is a brilliant Bluegrass band from the heartland of the blueridge mountains. The music pouring from the personalities of these exceptional musicians defines modern Bluegrass. Traditional and progressive,they are keeping the heritage alive. Making it vibrant with orginality, they perform both originals and classics with their own special fire.
November 7th – Claire Lynch Band
There were very few role models for a young woman starting out on the bluegrass highway back in the mid ‘70’s when Claire Lynch joined a band called Hickory Wind. A native of Kingston, New York, who has lived in Northern Alabama since the age of 12, Claire was offered a position in the band, decided she was going to be a bluegrass singer, and that was pretty much that. After changing its name to the Front Porch String Band, the group worked regularly throughout the Southeast over the next several years, becoming fan favorites on the strength of its open-minded musical approach and incredible lead singer.
November 27th – Kenny and Amanda Smith Band
Winners of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s prestigious Emerging Artist of the Year award in 2003, the Kenny and Amanda Smith Band combines gutsy, heartfelt vocals, brilliant instrumental talents and a powerful, contemporary sense of song choice and arrangement into one of the most compelling new sounds in bluegrass today.
December 4th – Upland Express
A Country, Rock, Rhythm and Bluegrass Experience!
December 11th – A Country Christmas
Join us for a Country Store Christmas event featuring some of our favorite Old-Time, Country and Gospel performers!
Americana Afternoon with Ben Kirkland – July 10
Saturday Americana Afternoon
12:00 - 1:20
Come join us for lunch with an Americana twist!
This week local Ben Kirkland with take the stage!
Acoustic singer-songwriter Ben Kirkland draws from a mix of folk, rock, & Americana. His music is inspired by the likes of Steve Earle & John Prine to Van Morrison & Darrell Scott. Originally from Alabama, he has lived in the Floyd area for over six years now and his music is enjoyed by many here.
Old Time Country Dance with the Slate Mountain Ramblers – July 24
Old Time Country Dance with
The Slate Mountain Ramblers
Saturday, July 24 – 7:30 PM
$8.00 at the door!
The Slate Mountain Ramblers have been a mainstay of the dance and festival culture in central and western North Carolina and southwest Virginia for 24 years and are still going strong. Headed up by fiddler, Richard Bowman from Ararat, Virginia, the Ramblers started as group of friends and morphed into a family band over the years.
