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The Floyd Radio Show October Edition with Dale Ann Bradley and The New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters
Venue: Floyd Country Store, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Dale Ann Bradley Band, Jake Blount, The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
Date: Saturday, October 5, 2019
Time: 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost:
Advance Tickets: $12.00 Day of the Show: $15.00 Season Pass: $90.00

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Description:
The Floyd Country Store presents the October 2019 Edition of The Floyd Radio Show on Saturday, October 5, 2019 starting at 7:30 pm.

Enjoy performances and more from special guests Dale Ann Bradley, The New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters and Jake Blount with Judy Hyman and Jeff Claus.

Live from The Floyd Country Store in the heart of downtown Floyd, Virginia! The Floyd Country Store brings together a new variety show every month. A series of guest hosts will perform original radio plays, comedy bits, ads, jingles, music and more. Each show features the finest old-timey musical acts, from storytelling banjo players to flatpicking guitarists to hard-driving string bands.

Raised in the coal fields of Appalachia, life for Dale Ann Bradley was much like her musical heroes from the same area in the southern mountains. No running water or "safe" electricity was available until she was a senior in high school. "One light socket and an extension cord kept a 1950's "Philco" refrigerator, box fan, and radio going."

No musical instruments were permitted in any service, and, in the churches in the mountains, no musical staffs would be found. Television was very limited as well. Someone gave the family an old black and white TV. "We would pick up PBS and occasionally the Knoxville, Tennessee TV stations." It's during this time that she was mesmerized by The Porter Wagoner Show.

Due to lack of accessibility and religious restrictions, it was nearly impossible to get recorded music to listen to. A great uncle who had left Kentucky bought her an 8 track tape player as well as tapes from her favorite entertainers. She was around fourteen when she received her first guitar. "It was a little plywood, small body guitar, but it had six strings and I made a pick from a milk jug. Drove everybody crazy."

Eventually she joined her high school band director and his wife in forming the band Backporch Grass. This band would allow her to start her musical journey. They obtained regular regional gigs, recorded a couple of 45 singles and she had the opportunity to get in front of an audience.

After a number of years, she started performing solo and singing at the famous Renfro Valley and recorded on the popular radio show "The Sunday Morning Gatherin'". Later she joined The New Coon Creen Girls.

In 1997, she began leading the Dale Ann Bradley Band recording two albums for Pinecastle Records, two albums for Doobie Shea Records followed by three albums for Compass Records. She then received five IBMA Female Vocalist Awards, two SPBGMA Female Vocalist Awards and many other awards for collaborations. Her ability to write songs about her upbringing, mixed with covers of all genres of music, including gospel, creates a show setting that has something for everyone.

Links:

• https://www.daleann.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/Dale-Ann-Bradley-143331045700447
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJGA6B_Ak3o27JpQUhdOBYQ

About 25 years ago a group of musicians from the Galax, VA area formed a new band. The New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters took their name, in part from the original Bogtrotters of the 1930's also because band leader Dennis Hall lives on Ballards Branch. They won the very first fiddlers Convention in Galax setting a precedence for all that follow in their footsteps.

The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters continue to play in the traditional Appalachian string-band style often playing for square dances around the region. Old time music is alive and well, and continues to attract fans of all ages. The New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters remain a driving force in carrying the traditional music of the Virginia/Carolina Blue Ridge into the new millennium. It is our hope to be an inspiration for future generations of mountain musicians!

Link: https://www.facebook.com/thenewballardsbranchbogtrotters

Jake Blount is a fiddler, banjo player and scholar based in Ithaca, New York. He has studied with modern masters of old-time music, including Bruce Molsky, Judy Hyman (of the Horse Flies), and Rhiannon Giddens and Hubby Jenkins (of the Carolina Chocolate Drops).

He centers and venerates his racial and ethnic heritage through his approach to music and its history. In 2016, Blount became the first Black person to make the finals at the prestigious Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, West Virginia, and the first to win in the traditional band category.

In the following year, he received his B.A. in Ethnomusicology from Hamilton College and released his debut EP, “Reparations,” with award-winning fiddler Tatiana Hargreaves. Blount has since been invited to share his music and research at the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA and numerous other museums, colleges and universities.

Links:

• http://jakeblount.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/notjacobnotblunt
• https://www.youtube.com/user/JakeMBlount

Tickets for The Floyd Radio Show are $12.00 in advance or $15.00 the day of the show. They are available online, at the store, or by calling 540-745-4563.

To purchase tickets online, visit: https://www.floydcountrystore.com/event/the-floyd-radio-show-2019-10-05.

Each show is streamed live during the show and is available as a podcast. Many of the past show are re-broadcasted by partnering radio stations.

The Floyd Country Store occurs on the first Saturday of the month from September through May.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/Qu4P8lR.jpg.

For more information, visit: http://www.floydcountrystore.com/radio-show or https://www.facebook.com/floydcountrystore or call 540-745-4563.