On the trail of bluegrass and Americana at Floyd Country Store,the limited shop with a big musical heart – and a packed dancefloorOn stage, the stale-time band is rollicking along: banjo, and guitar,fiddle and double bass prompting the audience to present off their flat-foot dancing. An elderly guy in dungarees, battered felt hat and work boots twirls his partner. A spectator leans towards me: That’s actually what he wears. It’s not an act, and ” she says,before diving off to find a partner of her own. It’s the Friday Night Jamboree at Floyd Country Store in Virginia’s Blue Ridge mountains – and you can forget about lonesome pines. This joint is jumping.
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Source: theguardian.com