| Date: | July 07, 2015 |
| Time: | 4:00 - 8:00 PM |
| Venue: | Pulaski Train Station |
| Description: |
The Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce presents The Marketplace featuring Music of Ron Ireland and West Wind Winery at the historic Pulaski Train Station on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Ron Ireland is a folk singer from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. He was a shy and lonely kid until he found an old Silvertone guitar with three strings and taught himself to play. He started writing songs in the late 1960s, but the necessities of life interrupted his music until 2007, when he picked up his resonator guitar and started writing and performing again. Ron's voice is a gentle, time-worn instrument, with hope and cynicism coexisting in every note. He is also a fine fingerpicking-style guitarist with wide musical range. An admirer of the guitar style John Fahey called "American Primitive", Ron calls his own style "American Clumsy." His lyrics are punctuated with literary references and jokes. His melodies and chord choices are beautiful, and often surprising. Ron says his songs feature “a touch of country, a little blues, a pinch of rockabilly, and some old fashioned finger picking folk songs. Links: • http://www.ronirelandmusic.com/ • https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ron-Ireland/116893711689612 Scheduled Food Vendors: • Bo’s & Weezy’s Fried Chicken • Crooked Creek Café • Fiesta Every week will be an event. Not only will you be able to buy fresh local produce, but quality crafts will also be available. There will be music, tastings, chefs, artisans, educational experiences and a wide variety of other activities to make THE MARKETPLACE the place to be on Tuesday evenings. The Marketplace is open every Tuesday evening from 4-8 pm from May 19, 2015 through September 8, 2015. The Pulaski Train Station is located at 20 South Washington Avenue (U.S. Route 11) in Pulaski, VA. For additional information, visit https://www.facebook.com/pulaskimarketplace or contact the Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce at 540-674-1991. |