The Morgan Wade Band with Christian Lopez Band
Venue: Dogtown Roadhouse, Floyd
Date: Friday, April 3, 2015
Time: 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Event Types: Music
Cost: $5.00
Description:
Dogtown Roadhouse welcomes The Morgan Wade Band with Christian Lopez Band to the stage on Friday, April 3, 2015.

The Morgan Wade Band is an Alternative Country / Rock band out of Roanoke, Va.

Link: http://www.reverbnation.com/morganwadeband

With one foot planted in the folksy, fiery twang of modern-day Americana and the other inching toward the rootsy rock & roll of early Sun Records hits, Christian Lopez is the sort of singer/songwriter who builds a bridge between the new and the old… and places his own music directly in the middle.

Raised in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, Lopez grew up surrounded by bluegrass groups, jam bands, and Appalachian pickers. Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania were all less than a 30-minute drive from his hometown, though, giving the young musician — who began playing piano at 5 years old before picking up the guitar at 9 — a wide range of sounds to draw from.

Lopez began writing his own tunes as a teenager. Backed by a group of local pickers, he started touring before he could legally drive, with his Dad usually coming along as the band's tour manager and van driver. Lopez racked up a long list of accolades along the way, including stints on the Warped Tour and the Belk-sponsored "Modern Southern Music" tour, which found him performing pre-show on bills with Zac Brown Band and Dave Matthews Band.

Lopez is still a teenager, actually. At 19 years old, however, he's grown into one of Americana's most promising newcomers, armed with songs that draw on his experiences living in the Mountain State, traveling the Bible Belt's venue circuit, and falling in (and out) of love. No wonder he attracted the attention of producer Dave Cobb, the man behind critically-acclaimed Americana albums like Jason Isbell's Southeastern and Sturgill Simpson's Metamodern Sounds in Country Music.

Link: http://www.christianlopezband.com/

All ages are welcome.

For more information: For more information, visit: http://www.dogtownfloyd.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/DogtownRoadhouse or call 540-745-6836.