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Market Square Jam
- Date: 06/07/2023 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
- Location: Market Square Park
100 Draper Rd SW
Blacksburg, Virginia 24060
Host Band: Brown Bag Willie & The Tall Boys
Blacksburg’s Market Square Jam is an official Crooked Road affiliated venue that provides fun and entertainment on Wednesday evenings, June through September. The Jam takes place at Market Square Park from 7-9 p.m.
For more information and a list of hosts, please visit blacksburg.gov/marketsquarejam
Bill Blevins, Russ Boyd, Matt Peyton, & Stan on bass, AKA Brown Bag Willie and The Tall Boys will lead the first Blacksburg Market Square jam of 2023 season. Open to all who care to participate, please feel free to join in as we play Old Time fiddle and banjo tunes from the area.
The group's main Old Time fiddle influences are Hick Edmonds, Henry Reed, Thorton Spencer, Qscar Wright, Albert Hash, Dewey Hamrick, Ivan Weddle and Melvin Wine. These tunes make up a region including Virginia/North Carolina and interior West Virginia fiddling traditions.