Rhythm and Roots Festival

by Jim Cook

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Rhythm and Roots Festival

Artist

Jim Cook

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Photograph - Phography, Digitally Edited

Description

Mid September the downtown district of Bristol Tennessee and Virginia is closed to traffic. All throughout this area you will find that stores, restaurants, galleries, theatre and museum all open and many of them have set up tents outside their locations. Food vendors of all ethnicities are prevalent. The main attraction though are the music bands, groups and soloists. At least 20 bands are located on bandstands, stages, tucked away in alleys, some are indoors, others are in the park. Bristol is known as the Birthplace of Country Music and that genre is well represented from country ballads to country rock as well as bluegrass musicians and even a country group with heavy Irish leanings. This is a weekend long event and the bands are shuffled to different times and locations so you have a better chance to not miss anyone. There is limited seating on bleachers and folding chairs which are quickly occupied. Some folks bring camp chairs, set them up at the event they want to see later in the day or evening and place a sweater or jacket to show its saved. Be prepared to do a lot of walking to go from one show to the next and if you like have a picture of yourself straddling the state line between the two states. If you still have time the Smoky Mountains are only about 30 minutes away where you can sit back and watch the sunset then hurry back to catch the evening shows. More of my art can be viewed in my collections here in FAA.

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November 15th, 2017

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