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Screening and Q&A for "You Gave Me a Song: The Life and Music of Alice Gerrard"
Venue: Floyd Country Store, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Alice Gerrard
Date: Thursday, February 13, 2020
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost:
Advance Tickets: $10.00 Day of the Show: $12.00

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Description:
The Floyd Country Store presents a Screening and Q&A session for "You Gave Me a Song: The Life and Music of Alice Gerrard" on Thursday, February 13, 2020.

The movie will be presented live by Alice Gerrard with a Q&A after the film.

"You Gave Me A Song" offers an intimate portrait of old-time music pioneer Alice Gerrard and her remarkable, unpredictable journey creating and preserving traditional music. The film follows eighty-four-year-old Gerrard over several years, weaving together verité footage of living room rehearsals, recording sessions, songwriting, archival work, and performances with photos and rare field recordings. Much of the film is told in Alice’s voice and via interviews with musical collaborators and family members who share the story of Alice and others chasing that high lonesome sound.

Tickets are $10.00 in advance and $12.00 the day of show.

To purchase advance tickets, visit: https://www.floydcountrystore.com/event/you-gave-me-a-song-film-2020-02-13?mc_cid=d2c90f03d5&mc_eid=56c8620005.

Alice Gerrard is a Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. Simply put, Alice Gerrard is a talent of legendary status. In a career spanning some 50 years, she has known, learned from, and performed with many of the old-time and bluegrass greats and has in turn earned worldwide respect for her own important contributions to the music.

Alice has appeared on more than 20 recordings, including projects with many traditional musicians such as Tommy Jarrell, Enoch Rutherford, Otis Burris, Luther Davis and Matokie Slaughter; with Tom Sauber and Brad Leftwich as Tom, Brad & Alice, with the Harmony Sisters, the Herald Angels, Beverly Smith, and with Anna R-g and Elizabeth LaPrelle. With her in-depth knowledge of mountain music, she has produced or written liner notes for a dozen more. She also co-produced and appeared in two documentary films.

Alice is particularly known for her groundbreaking collaboration with Appalachian singer Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s. The duo influenced scores of young women singers — even The Judds acknowledge Hazel and Alice as an important early inspiration.

Link: http://www.alicegerrard.com/

For more information, visit: https://www.floydcountrystore.com/event/you-gave-me-a-song-film-2020-02-13?mc_cid=d2c90f03d5&mc_eid=56c8620005 or https://www.facebook.com/floydcountrystore or call 540-745-4563.