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Twin Creeks Stringband Concert Live on the Lawn
Venue: Floyd Country Store, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Twin Creeks Stringband
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2020
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost:
Suggested donation of $8.00.

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Description:
The Floyd Country Store presents the Twin Creeks Stringband Live on the Lawn on Saturday, July 11, 2020.

Twin Creeks Stringband plays music for dancing playing a strong rhythmic old time sound that goes back many generations.

In the late 1970s, a group of neighbors and friends got together to play the music that had been passed down in the Dry Hill and Ferrum areas of Franklin County. Some of the musicians were falling behind on their timing one day while playing and having some fun, and one spectator commented that he was going to call the group the Dry Hill Draggers.

Banjo player Jimmy Boyd and his brother Billy Boyd started the official Dry Hill Draggers band in 1981. The group flourished, and more than thirty years later, some of the Dry Hill Draggers members formed Twin Creeks Stringband, including Jared Boyd, grandson of Jimmy Boyd, a third generation claw-hammer banjo player; his dad Stacy Boyd on upright bass; Jason Hambrick on guitar and vocals; and Chris Prillaman on fiddle. Twin Creeks Stringband has a particularly driving old-time beat that is irresistible to dancers, and they are popular performers at the Blue Ridge Folklife Festival, as well as at the Galax Old Fiddlers’ Convention.

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

Admission is free with a suggested donation of $8.00 to support the musicians and venue during these difficult times.

The event is accessible on a first come, first served basis.

We ask that everyone practice safe social distancing during the show.

Seating will begin at 5:30 pm.

Outdoor concerts are weather permitting.

No smoking, pets and alcohol & drugs.

For more information, visit: https://www.floydcountrystore.com/event/twin-creeks-stringband-live-2020-07-11 or https://www.facebook.com/floydcountrystore or call 540-745-4563.