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The Glencoe Sessions Kickoff with Musician Jim Lloyd
Venue: Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery, Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Jim Lloyd
Date: Friday, September 6, 2024
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost: $15.00
Description:
Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery and Friends of the Blue Ridge presents The Glencoe Sessions Kickoff with Musician Jim Lloyd on Friday, September 6, 2024.

This exciting new musical collaboration with rising bluegrass star Addie Levy is called "The Glencoe Sessions." The series provides for an intimate listening experience with a diverse array of musical talent from our Blue Ridge region. "The Glencoe Sessions" will be held the first Friday of each month from September to December within the historic Glencoe Mansion.

Raised in the coalfields of western Virginia, Jim Lloyd now makes his home in Rural Retreat, Va., where he operates Lloyd’s Barber Shop, a local gathering spot for collecting and trading tunes, stories, and songs. His musical roots extend back through at least four generations of fiddlers, guitar players, dancers, and singers from the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia. Jim is known especially for his skills on guitar and banjo.

Jim was not only a consummate musician spreading old time music with his guitar, but also a radio DJ on WBRF radio at Galax and hosted a live band show called “Blue Ridge Backroads” for a year. He then moved to The William King Arts Center and hosted an NPR show “Living Traditions” for three years on 50 stations across the nation. It was through Jim’s show, “Living Traditions”, that he worked with Matthew Saunders and Polly King Ewell and became one of the first musicians to perform on the internet.

Jim is an excellent instrumentalist whose work has been documented by the Smithsonian Institute as representative of Southwest Virginia mountain music and story-telling. While accomplished on many instruments, he is known especially for his skills on guitar (finger picking style) and banjo (claw hammer and two-finger styles). Jim shares his heritage not only by performing, but as a teacher to many local students ranging from ages 6 to 70 on basically anything with strings, particularly guitar, banjo, mandolin, and fiddle.

Jim has performed at many regional shows as well as West Virginia’s Mountain Stage, Seedtime on the Cumberland (Appalshop), Birthplace of Country Music Alliance and the Minnesota Old-Time and Bluegrass Festival, just to name a few. Jim has two solo recording projects but can be found on numerous recordings by other fellow musicians.

He currently is a member of the The Elkville String Band, but also plays regularly with Mountain Fling, which plays parlor music often associated with the Carter Family and other early mid-20th century artists. He regularly backs up his friend, Carl Johnson at the IBMA and other locations. He also performs solo and with makeup bands consisting of former students and friends. Whether he is solo or with a band, attending one of Jim’s performances is a real treat has he shares the music and stories that he has collected from life in the mountains. Jim has been nominated for a National Heritage Fellowship Award for his contributions to the preservation of the music and stories of Appalachia.

Links:

• http://www.jimlloydmusic.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/Jim-Lloyd-412056615505300

This intimate concert series is a unique new take on the musical experience here in the Blue Ridge. These smaller venues allow both the performers and audience to have a deeper experience with the music.

"The Glencoe Sessions" will be held in the beautifully restored period rooms where the audience can appreciate the history and beauty of the house while also enjoying music inspired by the history of the region.

Tickets are $15.00 per person or $50.00 for tickets to all four sessions.

Advance tickets may be purchased in person with cash or check by visiting the Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery.

Beverages will be available for purchase.

Doors open at 5:30 PM and the show starts at 6:00 PM.

Friends of the Blue Ridge, established in 1988, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering vibrant communities in the Blue Ridge that celebrate the area’s unique culture, natural beauty and quality of life. They do so by empowering volunteer groups, organizations and municipalities to coordinate special projects and events.

Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery is located at 600 Unruh Drive in Radford, VA.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/tRN8Cx03/image.png.

For more information on the concert series, visit: https://www.blueridgejamboree.com/performances/jim-lloyd or https://www.blueridgejamboree.com/performances or https://www.facebook.com/friendsBRP/ or call 540-772-2992.

For more information on Glencoe Mansion, visit: http://glencoemuseum.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/Glencoe-Mansion-Museum-Gallery-164019760295858/ or https://www.instagram.com/glencoe_mansion/ or call 540-731-5031.