Blue Ridge Music Trails
January 21, 2004 11:26 AM Subscribe
Blue Ridge Music Trails. An invaluable resource for fans of old-time country, bluegrass, gospel and folk music in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Includes places and events like the Friday night Flatfoot Jamboree at the Floyd Country Store and the Saturday-night show at the Carter Family Fold .
The Carter Family Fold is an event recommended for anyone interested in this type music. You never know who will show up and be playing there!
posted by nofundy at 12:26 PM on January 21, 2004
posted by nofundy at 12:26 PM on January 21, 2004
Cool. Thanks!
posted by hackly_fracture at 1:05 PM on January 21, 2004
posted by hackly_fracture at 1:05 PM on January 21, 2004
Yeah, this is pretty good, but I don't see the kind of editorial content that would help people appreciate some of the great venues to hit. For example, the Maggie Valley Opry House, if you're ever hanging around Haywood County: given how weak Raymond Fairchild's official site is (the biography link is broken), I'd like blueridgemusic.org to tell you bluntly that here's your chance to hear a living legend & banjo virtuoso, with a good band (and even some old time family fun show-style humor from Hump Hammer) for a few bucks, hundreds of nights each year.
posted by Zurishaddai at 2:47 PM on January 21, 2004
posted by Zurishaddai at 2:47 PM on January 21, 2004
If you're near Brevard, NC, be sure to check out Friday Nights at Lake Toxaway Community Center. Free Bluegrass from 7-10 and a cheap country dinner.
posted by Frank Grimes at 6:47 PM on January 21, 2004
posted by Frank Grimes at 6:47 PM on January 21, 2004
Great links, great post - thanks!
posted by madamjujujive at 7:57 AM on January 22, 2004
posted by madamjujujive at 7:57 AM on January 22, 2004
Cool links. It's worthwhile hanging out around Galax, VA, Hillsville, VA, Mt. Airy, NC, and up and down Rt. 52. The music just seeps out from everywhere.
posted by Vidiot at 8:49 PM on January 22, 2004
posted by Vidiot at 8:49 PM on January 22, 2004
There are tasty bloggy bits about Floyd County here.
posted by maggieb at 10:08 PM on January 22, 2004
posted by maggieb at 10:08 PM on January 22, 2004
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I can't belive the new owners renamed Cockram's General Store the generic-sounding Floyd Country Store. Yeesh. They don't even mention the name Cockram's on their history page.
posted by junkbox at 11:51 AM on January 21, 2004