| Date: | September 29, 2017 |
| Time: | 7:00 - 9:00 PM |
| Venue: | Rising Silo Farm Brewery |
| Organizations: | American Roots |
| Description: |
Rising Silo Farm Brewery presents American Roots in concert on Friday, September 29, 2017. American Roots is a Blacksburg-based acoustic guitar and vocal harmony duo performing roots and Americana music penned between about 1900 and 1950. Fred and Jon Benfield took the name “American Roots” because it describes the music they have enjoyed performing together in the five-county area over the last 30 or so years. The father and son guitar duo's musical influences are many and varied as are their shows which could be characterized as Americana Music: “Carter Family to Gershwin”. They are "Crooked Road Artists” interested in preserving the music of the southern Appalachians, but also enjoy performing tunes from other genres. Fred and Jon have spent most of their lives in and around the southern Appalachians and have developed an affection for the broad scope of music appreciated by folks in the region. Their performance may include traditional ballads, Appalachian blues, Piedmont blues, trad-country, trad-jazz, western swing, early country, tin-pan alley toe tappers, swing tunes, hot fiddle tunes (on guitar), and “folkgrass”. They’ve performed at venues all around the region including the Floyd Country Store, Blacksburg’s Steppin’ Out festival and Shawsville's Beans and Banjos. An retired ecology professor at Virginia Tech, Fred Benfield told a writer for Virginia Tech’s website, “My favorite part of performing is the communication that occurs between us during gigs. We’ve played together for so long that we just somehow know where the other is going on tunes without saying anything or even looking at each other.” Link: https://www.facebook.com/American-Roots-260081600850582/ Admission is free and all ages are welcome. Tips are encouraged for the musicians. Farm-to-table foods will be offered by Tabula Rasa on Glade by donation. This is a family and pet friendly event. For more information, visit: http://www.risingsilobrewery.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/risingsilobrewery or https://www.facebook.com/events/1387713631284577 or call 410-596-1200. For more information, visit: http://www.risingsilobrewery.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/risingsilobrewery or call 410-596-1200. |