2018 Music On The Lawn Concert Series Kickoff with Ron Ireland
Venue: Christiansburg Library, Christiansburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Ron Ireland
Date: Saturday, May 12, 2018
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost: Free

Description:
Christiansburg Library and the Friends of the Library present the 2018 Music On The Lawn Concert Series Kickoff with Ron Ireland on Saturday, May 12, 2018.

Ron Ireland is a folk singer from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. He was a shy and lonely kid until he found an old Silvertone guitar with three strings and taught himself to play. He started writing songs in the late 1960s, but the necessities of life interrupted his music until 2007, when he picked up his resonator guitar and started writing and performing again.

Ron's voice is a gentle, time-worn instrument, with hope and cynicism coexisting in every note. He is also a fine fingerpicking-style guitarist with wide musical range. An admirer of the guitar style John Fahey called "American Primitive", Ron calls his own style "American Clumsy." His lyrics are punctuated with literary references and jokes. His melodies and chord choices are beautiful, and often surprising. Ron says his songs feature “a touch of country, a little blues, a pinch of rockabilly, and some old fashioned finger picking folk songs.

Links:

• http://www.ronirelandmusic.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/ronirelandmusic

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Bring lawn chairs and blankets for an evening under the stars feel free to bring a picnic as well. If the weather is bad, everything will be moved inside.

Bring family, friends and dancing shoes to these free concerts!

For more information, visit: http://www.montgomery-floyd.lib.va.us/ or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Christiansburg-Library-Montgomery-Floyd-Regional-Library-System-Va/343472325300 or call 540-382-6965.

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