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Season 10 Premiere of The Floyd Radio Show (POSTPONED)
Venue: Floyd Country Store, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Hubby Jenkins, Twin Creeks Stringband
Date: Saturday, September 4, 2021
Time: 7:30 - 10:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Arts & Theatre
Cost:
Advance Tickets: $15.00 Day of the Show: $20.00

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UPDATE: Although many of our shows are moving outdoors, the format of the Floyd Radio Show is more difficult to pull off outside. After conversations with our musicians and guests, we’ve decided that the best move will be to have the season premiere be postponed until October 2nd, and add another show at the end of the season.

The Floyd Country Store presents the Season 10 Premiere of The Floyd Radio Show on Saturday, September 4, 2021.

Join us for the premiere of The Floyd Radio Show Season 10 with hosts Andrew Small & Ashlee Watkins and special guests Hubby Jenkins & Twin Creeks Stringband.

Hubby Jenkins is a talented multi-instrumentalist who endeavors to share his love and knowledge of old-time American music. Born and raised in Brooklyn he delved into his Southern roots, following the thread of African American history that wove itself through country blues, ragtime, fiddle and banjo, and traditional jazz.

Hubby got his higher musical education started as a busker. He developed his guitar and vocal craft on the sidewalks and subway platforms of New York City, performing material by those venerable artists whose work he was quickly absorbing. An ambitiously itinerant musician, he took his show on the road, playing the streets, coffee shops, bars, and house parties of cities around the United States.

After years of busking around the country and making a name for himself, Hubby became acquainted with the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Since 2010 he has been an integral part of the Grammy award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops and continues to make solo performances.

Links:

• http://www.hubbyjenkins.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/Hubby-Jenkins-662262677253084
• https://www.instagram.com/hubbyjenkins/
• https://soundcloud.com/hubert-j-jenkins

Twin Creeks Stringband plays music for dancing playing a strong rhythmic old time sound that goes back many generations.

In the late 1970s, a group of neighbors and friends got together to play the music that had been passed down in the Dry Hill and Ferrum areas of Franklin County. Some of the musicians were falling behind on their timing one day while playing and having some fun, and one spectator commented that he was going to call the group the Dry Hill Draggers.

Banjo player Jimmy Boyd and his brother Billy Boyd started the official Dry Hill Draggers band in 1981. The group flourished, and more than thirty years later, some of the Dry Hill Draggers members formed Twin Creeks Stringband, including Jared Boyd, grandson of Jimmy Boyd, a third generation claw-hammer banjo player; his dad Stacy Boyd on upright bass; Jason Hambrick on guitar and vocals; and Chris Prillaman on fiddle. Twin Creeks Stringband has a particularly driving old-time beat that is irresistible to dancers, and they are popular performers at the Blue Ridge Folklife Festival, as well as at the Galax Old Fiddlers’ Convention.

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

Tickets are $15.00 in advance and $20.00 the day of the show.

Season tickets are also available for $115.00.

Live from The Floyd Country Store in the heart of downtown Floyd, Virginia! The Floyd Country Store brings together a new variety show every month celebrating American roots music. A series of guest hosts will perform original radio plays, comedy bits, ads, jingles, music and more. Each show features the finest old-timey musical acts, from storytelling banjo players to flatpicking guitarists to hard-driving string bands.

Each show is streamed live during the show and is available as a podcast. Many of the past show are re-broadcasted by partnering radio stations.

The Floyd Country Store occurs on the first Saturday of the month from September through May.

For more information, visit: https://www.floydcountrystore.com/event/floyd-radio-show-2021-09-04 or https://www.facebook.com/floydcountrystore or call 540-745-4563.