Friday Night Jamboree with Larry Sigmon & Martha Spencer and Hazy Mountain Stringband:

Date: August 06, 2021
Time: 6:30 - 10:00 PM
Venue: Floyd Country Store
Organizations: Hazy Mountain Stringband, Unique Sound of the Mountains with Larry Sigmon
Cost: General Admission: • Adults: $8.00 • Children Ages 7-12: $5.00 • Kids 6 & Under: Free

Reserved Seating: $12.00

Description: The Floyd Country Store presents the Friday Night Jamboree inside with the Walls of Time, Larry Sigmon & Martha Spencer and the Hazy Mountain Stringband on Friday, August 6, 2021.

Event Schedule:
• 6:30 PM: Walls of Time (Judy & Kendall)
• 7:30 PM: Larry Sigmon & Martha Spencer
• 8:30 PM: Hazy Mountain Stringband
• 9:00 PM: Larry Sigmon & Martha Spencer

Larry Sigmon was born in Callaway, Virginia. His father, Lewis Eldridge Sigmon, was a locally beloved banjo and fiddle player. Larry taught himself harmonica as a child, and then moved to guitar, learning to play by backing up his father. When he took up the banjo at fifteen, it became his main instrument, and he developed a signature hard-driving, rhythmic style. Larry’s first band was the Sugar Hill Ramblers, a six-piece group that performed old time tunes and old country numbers for six years. He went on to play stints with Carl Scott and Richard Bowman until the late 1980s, when he met bassist Barbara Poole at a local fiddlers’ convention.

Larry and Barbara began performing together, winning countless ribbons in banjo, bass, and folk song competitions and playing at festivals, dances, and other concert venues. Their sound was so distinctive with just the banjo, bass, and Larry’s distinct singing, they became known as the “Unique Sound,” and gained a dedicated local following, particularly among flatfoot dancers. Larry and Barbara drew upon a repertoire of old time and bluegrass songs from Charlie Poole to Jimmy Martin and Bill Monroe, making songs their own through Larry’s strong vocals and Barbara’s double-slap bass. Throughout their eighteen-year career, the duo performed at the Carter Family Fold, the Grand Ole Opry, and mountain music festivals throughout the South, becoming one of the most popular bands in the Blue Ridge Mountains until Barbara passed away in 2008 after a long struggle with cancer.

Larry had quit performing until old-time musician and advocate Martha Spencer arrived to interview him for her online documentary project, Mountain Music Magazine. During their interview, Martha encouraged Larry to play some tunes and the “Unique Sound” was reborn.

The Unique Sound of the Mountains now features Heather Krantz on guitar and vocals, Susan Blankenship on bass and Ashlee Watkins on mandolin, guitar and vocals.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/uniquesoundofthemountains/

The Hazy Mountain Stringband is an old-time band from Boones Mill, Virginia featuring three band members who are under the age of 12. The members are Cheyenne Grantham (age 11) on fiddle and guitar, Wyatt Grantham (age 10) on clawhammer banjo amd
Gatlynn Grantham (age 5) on bass.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/hazymountainstringband

The Friday Night Jamboree after being moved online and outside due to COVID has now returned back inside!

The Friday Night Jamboree happens every Friday, rain or shine, all year round at the Floyd Country Store. The first hour is gospel music and this is followed by two dance bands. The dance bands provide the right beat for our enthusiastic crowd of flat foot dancers and cloggers.

General admission tickets for the Jamboree are sold at the door only starting no earlier than 4:45 PM on Friday's.

Reserved seating is now also available in a very limited number of reserved seats, located in the center section starting from the second row through the fifth row. Reserve seating is limited to 40 seats with a maximum eight tickets per order. Seating is assigned on a first-come, first served basis, per customer request and special needs.

To purchase reserved seating online, visit: https://www.floydcountrystore.com/music/jamboree.

Additionally, if you can’t join us live, check out the livestream on Facebook and Youtube. The livestream is free with donations accepted to support the musicians.

The Jamboree operates on “Granny’s Rules” – no smoking, no drinking alcohol, no bad language, and no conduct unbecoming to a lady or a gentleman. It’s a great time for the whole family, and you’re likely to see kids from six to ninety-six out on our hardwood dance floor. You may even be one of them.

For more information, visit: https://www.floydcountrystore.com/music/jamboree or https://www.facebook.com/floydcountrystore or call: 540-745-4563.