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2018 Annual Summer Music Sundays Concert Series with Unique Sound of the Mountains
Venue: The Oak Grove Pavilion, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Unique Sound of the Mountains with Larry Sigmon
Date: Sunday, August 5, 2018
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Family Friendly, Charity
Cost:
Admission is free. Donations are encouraged.

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Description:
The Oak Grove Pavilion continues their 24th Annual Summer Music Sundays Concert Series featuring music from Unique Sound of the Mountains featring Larry Sigmon and Martha Spencer on Sunday, August 5, 2018.

Larry Sigmon was born in Callaway, Virginia. His father, Lewis Eldridge Sigmon, was a locally beloved banjo and fiddle player. Larry taught himself harmonica as a child, and then moved to guitar, learning to play by backing up his father. When he took up the banjo at fifteen, it became his main instrument, and he developed a signature hard-driving, rhythmic style. Larry’s first band was the Sugar Hill Ramblers, a six-piece group that performed old time tunes and old country numbers for six years. He went on to play stints with Carl Scott and Richard Bowman until the late 1980s, when he met bassist Barbara Poole at a local fiddlers’ convention.

Larry and Barbara began performing together, winning countless ribbons in banjo, bass, and folk song competitions and playing at festivals, dances, and other concert venues. Their sound was so distinctive with just the banjo, bass, and Larry’s distinct singing, they became known as the “Unique Sound,” and gained a dedicated local following, particularly among flatfoot dancers. Larry and Barbara drew upon a repertoire of old time and bluegrass songs from Charlie Poole to Jimmy Martin and Bill Monroe, making songs their own through Larry’s strong vocals and Barbara’s double-slap bass. Throughout their eighteen-year career, the duo performed at the Carter Family Fold, the Grand Ole Opry, and mountain music festivals throughout the South, becoming one of the most popular bands in the Blue Ridge Mountains until Barbara passed away in 2008 after a long struggle with cancer.

Larry had quit performing until old-time musician and advocate Martha Spencer arrived to interview him for her online documentary project, Mountain Music Magazine. During their interview, Martha encouraged Larry to play some tunes and the “Unique Sound” was reborn.

The Unique Sound of the Mountains now features Heather Krantz on guitar and vocals, Susan Blankenship on bass and Ashlee Watkins on mandolin, guitar and vocals.

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

All events are free. Donations are encouraged.

All donations are collected throughout the summer and then distributed to non-profit organizations that serve Floyd County. The Oak Grove Pavilion is all about the community!

Bring a picnic and light concessions will be available on site.

Bring your lawn chairs or use chairs under the pavilion or our many picnic tables.

The event is rain or shine.

Since 1994 the Oak Grove Pavilion has been a summer entertainment venue which has hosted a wide variety of family friendly music and drama events. The "season" begins in early June and ends in late August and this year the concerts are on Sunday afternoons starting at 4:00 pm.

Music is made possible by Floyd businesses and individual sponsors.

The Oak Grove Pavilion is located behind the historic Zion Lutheran Church in a stand of old oaks located at 635 Needmore Lane in Floyd, VA.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/V6phoRj.jpg.

For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/OakGrovePavilion or https://www.facebook.com/events/124532231748228/ or http://floydlutherans.weebly.com/oak-grove-pavilion.html or call 540-745-2096.