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Tag Archives: Blue Ridge Music Center

Appalachian Roots Music: What’s with the Banjo?

February 10, 2017 0

We will visit the Blue Ridge Music Center and learn the history of bluegrass music on the Appalachian Mountains and Music Motorcycle Tour

I never learned to like bluegrass music as a child of the 1970's. After all, we had the Rolling Stones, The Who, and Fleetwood Mac on the AM/FM dial so who needed that old timey stuff?

The Banjo and Unlearning

January 7, 2013 1

One of the many cases with priceless banjos

My grandparents loved Bluegrass music & "Hee Haw." The Blue Ridge Music Center taught me to appreciate the music that I thought was so unhip while growing up.

The Blue Ridge Parkway: America’s Favorite Drive

November 7, 2012 3

Tamela Rich's motorcycle on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Imagine the bliss of running 469 miles a two-lane ribbon of road connecting NC’s Great Smoky Mountains and VA’s Shenandoah National Park without a stop light.