2022 Music On The Lawn Concert Series Kickoff with American Roots
Venue: Christiansburg Library, Christiansburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: American Roots
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2022
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost: Free
Christiansburg Library and the Friends of the Library present the 2022 Music On The Lawn Concert Series Kickoff with American Roots on Saturday, May 21, 2022.
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 are welcome.
Bring lawn chairs and blankets. Feel free to bring a picnic as well.
If the weather is bad, everything will be moved inside.
The event is rain or shine. In case of inclement weather, the concert will be held inside the library.
Bring family, friends and dancing shoes to these free concerts!
To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/Sx5zjc6Q/image.png.
For more information, visit: http://www.montgomery-floyd.lib.va.us/ or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Christiansburg-Library-Montgomery-Floyd-Regional-Library-System-Va/343472325300 or https://www.facebook.com/events/620702388997529 or call 540-382-6965.
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