Sutton's Ole Time Music Hour in Granville, TN
Sutton's Ole Time Music Hour in Granville, TN
February 28, 2009
There really are several old garages and little country stores around this country that are trying desperately not to be overtaken by slick Madison Avenue types who have never even heard bluegrass and old-time string band music. That's a refreshing thought right there!
One such old country store is T. B. Sutton's store in Granville, TN. Sutton's store also is home to the Granville Museum, which is collecting genealogical and historical information about the families of Smith and Jackson Counties in Tennessee. You are welcome to contribute to the museum's information for those counties.
The store has a variety of country/bluegrass/old-time bands and musicians which perform there on Saturday nights. If that weren't good enough (and it is!), the store offers a tasty home-cooked meal served family style just prior to the pickin'. Old country store, friends and family with ya, cookin' almost as good as Mama's, and fine old-time music just about to start...how good is that?
The way the thing works is this: Eat first (good to know they have their priorities straight), listen to music performed just for the customers, then listen to even more music which goes out 'live on the radio to surrounding towns in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. A master of ceremonies keeps things rolling right along with his hand-waving and encouragement to clap and yell for the fans out there in radio land.
We loosened our belts a tad after dinner and prepared ourselves for the Galley Nippers from Carthage and Lebanon, TN. This band is strictly old-time, from sole to crown--in dress, speech, instruments, and choice of songs and tunes. Headed by Buddy Ingram on old-time open-back banjo and vocals, the Galley Nippers are also Lisa Ingram (Buddy's wife) on washtub bass and washboard with horns and cowbells, Brian Vollmer on fiddle, and Josh Smith on guitar. Everyone pitches in on vocals from time to time. These folks play a ton of good ol' old-time music!
Before it was over, the Galley Nippers had done these songs for their appreciative audience: Rabbit in the Pea Patch, Hear Jerusalem Moan, Daisy, Down by the River, Ole Joe (not Ole Joe Clark), Polly Wolly Doodle, How Many Biscuits Can You Eat, Bert Anderson's Tune, All Night Long, Knoxville Rag, Brown Dream (from the Roan Mountain Hilltoppers in East Tennessee), Sail Away Ladies, Hand Me Down, Pig in a Pen, Alabama Bound, Old Grey Mare, Soldier's Joy, and Watermelon.
Check out the Galley Nippers and also the Granville Museum inside Sutton's Store next time you're in the hills of eastern Middle Tennessee. Just listen to that banjo ring!
Further information:
Granville Museum www.granvillemuseum.com/index.htm?id=14125
Old-Time Music and Breakin' Up Winter (Mar. 6-8, 2009, Cedars of Lebanon [TN] State park www.nashvilleoldtime.org and www.nashvilleoldtime.org/BUW
Uncle Dave Macon Days on July 10-12, 2009, Murfreesboro, TN www.uncledavemacondays.com
A Galley Nipper (also called a Galley Napper)? What is it? Just google the term!
Pick away!
February 28, 2009
There really are several old garages and little country stores around this country that are trying desperately not to be overtaken by slick Madison Avenue types who have never even heard bluegrass and old-time string band music. That's a refreshing thought right there!
One such old country store is T. B. Sutton's store in Granville, TN. Sutton's store also is home to the Granville Museum, which is collecting genealogical and historical information about the families of Smith and Jackson Counties in Tennessee. You are welcome to contribute to the museum's information for those counties.
The store has a variety of country/bluegrass/old-time bands and musicians which perform there on Saturday nights. If that weren't good enough (and it is!), the store offers a tasty home-cooked meal served family style just prior to the pickin'. Old country store, friends and family with ya, cookin' almost as good as Mama's, and fine old-time music just about to start...how good is that?
The way the thing works is this: Eat first (good to know they have their priorities straight), listen to music performed just for the customers, then listen to even more music which goes out 'live on the radio to surrounding towns in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. A master of ceremonies keeps things rolling right along with his hand-waving and encouragement to clap and yell for the fans out there in radio land.
We loosened our belts a tad after dinner and prepared ourselves for the Galley Nippers from Carthage and Lebanon, TN. This band is strictly old-time, from sole to crown--in dress, speech, instruments, and choice of songs and tunes. Headed by Buddy Ingram on old-time open-back banjo and vocals, the Galley Nippers are also Lisa Ingram (Buddy's wife) on washtub bass and washboard with horns and cowbells, Brian Vollmer on fiddle, and Josh Smith on guitar. Everyone pitches in on vocals from time to time. These folks play a ton of good ol' old-time music!
Before it was over, the Galley Nippers had done these songs for their appreciative audience: Rabbit in the Pea Patch, Hear Jerusalem Moan, Daisy, Down by the River, Ole Joe (not Ole Joe Clark), Polly Wolly Doodle, How Many Biscuits Can You Eat, Bert Anderson's Tune, All Night Long, Knoxville Rag, Brown Dream (from the Roan Mountain Hilltoppers in East Tennessee), Sail Away Ladies, Hand Me Down, Pig in a Pen, Alabama Bound, Old Grey Mare, Soldier's Joy, and Watermelon.
Check out the Galley Nippers and also the Granville Museum inside Sutton's Store next time you're in the hills of eastern Middle Tennessee. Just listen to that banjo ring!
Further information:
Granville Museum www.granvillemuseum.com/index.htm?id=14125
Old-Time Music and Breakin' Up Winter (Mar. 6-8, 2009, Cedars of Lebanon [TN] State park www.nashvilleoldtime.org and www.nashvilleoldtime.org/BUW
Uncle Dave Macon Days on July 10-12, 2009, Murfreesboro, TN www.uncledavemacondays.com
A Galley Nipper (also called a Galley Napper)? What is it? Just google the term!
Pick away!
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