Newport Jamboree - Windfall and Rosco P and Coaltrain
Venue: Newport Community Center, Newport
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, August 18, 2012
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food
Cost:
Adults: $5.00 donation preferred Children 12 & Under: Free

Description:
The Newport Jamboree continues the 2012 season with bands Windfall and Rosco P and Coaltrain on Saturday, August 18.

Windfall is a dynamic acoustic quartet featuring beautiful harmonies coupled with hot guitar, mandolin, fiddle and harmonica licks held together with a solid bottom end on acoustic bass and percussion. Specializing in Americana/Roots music, Windfall covers folk, blues, rock, Celtic, as well as many old time and bluegrass standards. Windfall plays music from the past to the present as well as original material. Playing songs from a variety of artists like Tim O'Brien, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Dar Williams, Jackson Browne, Gordon Lightfoot, Eric Clapton, Little Feat, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Jack Williams, John Prine, Nancy Griffith and many more.

For more information, visit: http://www.windfallweb.com/

Roscoe P. & Coal Train is a six member stringband performing old time and Appalachian dance music and singing tunes. Our musical influence is primarily from Southwest Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, East Tennessee and East Kentucky. Our repertoire is quite extensive and includes many tunes in the style of reels, hornpipes, waltzes, breakdowns, rags and blues to name a few.

For more information, visit: http://www.reverbnation.com/roscoepandcoaltrain

The Newport Jamboree is scheduled for every 3rd Saturday, June-September at the Village of Newport at the Community Park in Newport (1.3 miles on route 42 off of US 460, on the right).

The local Ruritan chapter will be selling concessions including hot dogs, popcorn and drinks and be sure to bring a lawn chair. We will ask for a $5.00 donation from each adult to cover the bands and park fee-kids under 12 get in free.

Rain or shine! Invite your friends and neighbors!

For more information, visit: http://halfacrepromo.com/events.php

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