| Date: | May 27, 2016 |
| Time: | 6:00 - 9:00 PM |
| Venue: | Draper Mercantile and Trading Company |
| Organizations: | The Billy Crawford Band |
| Cost: |
There is a $2.50 cover for music. Price of dinner and/or drinks depend on items purchased.
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| Description: |
Draper Mercantile and Trading Company presents Wine Down Friday with music by Billy Crawford on Friday, May 27, 2016. Billy Crawford was raised playing bass in church, then gaining an early hard-rock pedigree on electric guitar. But for the past three decades, he has turned his six-string action toward the blues. Now playing with his band, The Billy Crawford Band, he performs blues rock across the region. Blues guitar might be associated with Mississippi, Texas and Chicago, but a man of the mid-South has something to say about that. The city of Bristol, smack on the Tennessee / Virginia border, claims itself as the birthplace of country music. But one of its native sons is making a huge blues noise. The common denominator in all of this is Billy Crawford – raised playing bass in church, then gaining an early hard-rock pedigree on electric guitar. But for the past three decades, he has turned his six-string action toward the blues. For much of the 1990s, audiences around the world heard Crawford’s intense work with blues-rocker Deborah Coleman. He gave up the road in 2002, when his wife gave birth to their son. Turns out, son Tyler is a little guitar hotshot, too. But his daddy still has something to say. His Bristol-based Billy Crawford Band includes some of that region’s finest blues men. The fire is still burning blue from Crawford’s Guitar, as he rips through blues, ballads, rock, surf – even New Orleans-style. Underpinning it all is a band with plenty of energy and mastery of dynamics. Links: • http://www.thebillycrawfordband.com/ • https://www.facebook.com/TheBillyCrawfordBand Enjoy live music, appetizers and our chef’s inspired choice of entrees created specifically for each Friday night. We also feature a large selection of Virginia wines and craft beer at our cash bar. A great place to unwind on a Friday night. Reservations are strongly encouraged. For more information, visit: http://www.drapermerc.com/wine-down-friday.html or call: 540-994-5659. |