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The Shelor Family has a long banjo tradition. Charlie Poole taught Shelor’s grandfather the banjo, and Shelor’s grandfather in turn taught Shelor. [3] When Shelor was four years old, growing up in southwestern Virginia, his grandfather fashioned a banjo for him from an old pressure cooker lid.
In September 1931, Canadian-born Bob Nolan answered a classified ad in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner that read, "Yodeler for old-time act, to travel. Tenor preferred." The band was The Rocky Mountaineers, by then led by Leonard Slye. After listening to the tall, slender, tanned Nolan sing and yodel, Slye hired Nolan on the spot.
The Appalachian String Band Music Festival (often referred to simply as "Clifftop") is a weeklong gathering of thousands of string band musicians and their friends from across the country and around the world, who each year since 1990 have assembled near the New River Gorge in West Virginia in late July/early August to celebrate the evolving tradition of old-time music and the community of ...
The 16-passenger train embarks on a 20 minute journey along the Pecos River. Ticket are $10 for those 13 and older, $5 for children ages 3 through 12, and kids 2 and under ride for free.
Pecos River Flume. The Pecos River Flume is an aqueduct carrying irrigation water over the Pecos River. Construction took place from 1889 to 1890 and was part of the Pecos River Reclamation Project. It was originally constructed of wood and spanned 145 feet (44 m). It carried water at a depth of 8 feet (2.4 m).
The Flying J Wranglers is a country and western band in Alto, New Mexico (the Goodnight–Loving Trail passed near their Flying J Ranch). Centennial is a novel in which cattle are brought to Colorado by way of the Goodnight-Loving Trail, which was renamed the Skimmerhorn Trail in the novel.
Feb. 8—A marathon special meeting Wednesday on a lengthy appeal of the city's approval of a project on Old Pecos Trail ended after 1 a.m. Thursday with a victory, at least in part, for its ...
The Lonesome River Band is an American contemporary bluegrass band. The band has released 15 recording projects since its formation in 1982. Lonesome River Band is led by Sammy Shelor who is a member of the Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame and a 5-Time International Bluegrass Music Association Banjo Player of the Year Award recipient.