Old-Time Mountain Music Dance Party featuring Five Mile Mountain Road & The Earl White String Band
Five Mile Mountain Road brings you old-time music with a fresh approach. From the old-time sounds of Charlie Poole and the fiddle music of Clark Kessinger, to first-generation BlueGrass music and original arrangements of western swing, to ragtime and jazz, Five Mile Mountain Road presents an authentic old-time experience reminiscent of the music once heard at dance halls and theaters in days gone by. The origin of Five Mile Mountain Road came from the meeting of fiddler Billy Hurt, Jr. and guitarist Brennen Ernst while working in The Karl Shiflett and Big Country Band. Billy and Brennen immediately discovered a common love for old music, particularly old-time fiddle music, ragtime, and early jazz. Upon meeting banjoist Seth Boyd in 2015, the nucleus of Five Mile Mountain Road was formed. Caleb “Duke” Erickson from Rockford, Illinois on guitar and J. C. Radford, also a Franklin County native, on doghouse bass, round out the group.
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“Fiddlin’ Earl White,” is the leader of the Earl White Stringband and co-founder of Big Indian Farm Artisan Bakery in Floyd. A prominent figure in the Old Time music and dance community for more than 40 years, White is one of the few African Americans playing and perpetuating the music that was once an essential part of Black culture and Black communities across the U.S. An original and founding member of the famed Greengrass Cloggers, White’s energetic, rhythmic, driving playing style is attributed to many years of dancing with the group. He has played with many of the finest Old Time musicians in the country. Other members of the Earl White Sringband are: Adrienne Davis - Guitar, Mark Oliski - Banjo, and Joebass - Bass.
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