Season 8, Episode 1
Guests: Tatiana Hargreaves & Allison de Groot, The Original Orchard Grass Band & After Jack.
Writers: Rob LaPrelle and Ralph Berrier.
On this episode of the Floyd Radio Show, The Original Orchard Grass Band play classic Southwest Virginia old time tunes such as Ebenezer, May You Never Be Alone Like Me and When You and I Were Young Maggie; The Jasper Jenkins’ Truth Hammer helps keep ’em honest; After Jack performs Use My Hands For Love, Henry Lee, Im Almost Home and The Union Maid; Ralph Berrier reads Letters from Grandpa Henry, the “Squire of Rock Castle Gorge” about life in the early 1900’s in the nearby Floyd community and the importance of the chestnut tree prior to its demise (written by Andy Buckman and Matt Hubbard); Hans, the lovable black lab from Chateau Morrisette returns; Rhoda Kemp talks about her early influences in old time music around Southwest Virginia; Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves perform I Don’t Want Get Married, Eighth of January, Sandy Boys (with Rhoda Kemp) and Buffalo Gals.