The show starts at 8pm/$5.

Join us for an evening of get-up-and-dance blues with the Coldshot Blues Band!  Featuring:

Ralph Edwards – bass;  Dave Buffmire – guitar;  Ernest Gunaratnam – keyboard, guitar; Vern Fowler – drums and vocals

Ralph Edwards has played bass for over 35 years. Along the way he has played in blues, rock, jazz, country, and bluegrass bands in Virginia and Tennessee. He grew up and developed his playing style in Roanoke, Virginia, both playing the bar scene and recording. He believes deeply in music as an expression of the individual spirit, but he knows it all starts with the groove. He also believes in the long standing superiority of the Fender P-Bass.

Dave Buffmire plays lead and rhythm guitar and has been playing for over 40 years.  He took college courses in music theory early in his playing career to add to his knowledge of reading and writing music.  He has played professionally for many years in various bands in the Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Wisconsin and the Washington DC area.  He has played rock, but mostly blues, since moving to Central Virginia.

Ernest Gunaratnam is the band’s “worldly influence”; he was born in Sri Lanka. He started playing piano at age 4 and gave his first piano recital when he was six.  He eventually received several diplomas from the Royal School of Music in London. While still in Sri Lanka, Ernest played guitar and keyboard in a band. He moved to the US in 1986; he played in several bands in Tulsa, OK, Boston, MA, and Albany, NY. He fell in love with the blues after meeting Albany blues legend Ernie Williams.

In 1968, Vern Fowler got his first set of drums and started playing in small bands in Washington state. The Northwest was a great melting pot of musical genres. Vern grew up in the same neighborhood with people like Bobby Murray and Robert Cray and the rockin’ blues has always been a part of his life. He moved to Juneau, Alaska and played for 23 years and then moved to Virginia.  Here, he hooked up with three guys with similar backgrounds and love of the groove!

The show starts at 8pm/$5.

Listen and learn more at http://coldshottheband.weebly.com

Born and raised in the two Virginias, Sarah White grew up with a love for rock and roll radio, dusty LP records, and the country music her father played on guitar. Her strong roots rock and country music influences are grounded in punk instincts, inviting comparisons to a wide spectrum of artists from Hazel Dickens and Chan Marshall to Kathleen Edwards and Jeff Tweedy.

the music

Sarah’s music kills me; beautifully from the ground up, no plastic.
— Dave Matthews

Performing as a solo artist and as a duo with guitarist Ted Pitney, Sarah has supported a variety of luminaries from Earl Scruggs and Justin Townes Earle to Merle Haggard and Bonnie Prince Billy (Will Oldham).

While White’s choked-up, wistful vocals pack more of an emotional punch than that of most songwriters—Case included—White distinguishes herself by serving a heap of good humor along with everything you could want from the singer-songwriter persona, usually a far more somber business.
– Andrew Cedermark, Cville

Her band the Pearls features Ted Pitney formerly of bluegrass stalwarts King Wilkie on guitar, punk rock legend Michael Bishop of GWAR and Kepone on bass, and Stuart Gunter of roots rock faves Wrinkle Neck Mules on drums. Together this unlikely lineup helps draw out the force of rock and soul of country in Sarah’s “gorgeous, catchy and ultimately moving songs (Richmond Times-Dispatch).”

Listen and learn more at http://www.sarah-white.com/

Sally Rose

Sally Rose, a Nelson County native, was accredited by The News & Advance as a “true artist”. Her original style of song-writing is a combination of indie-folk, soul, rock, and a little heart break.

At the age of 17, she released her first full-length album, “Home”. Some years later on New Year’s (2011) at The Southern, she released her second, “heat lightning.” Accredited by the C-VILLE, as “Nelson County’s sweet voiced singer-songwriter”-Sally Rose has shared the stage with nationally known Devon Sproule, Sarah White and the Pearls, Teddy and the Roosevelts, Eli Cook, Critter Fuqua, formerly of “Old Crow Medicine Show” & Bobby St. Ours formerly of the “Hackensaws”. She performed live on Richmond’s CBS-6 with an interview and story. “Virginia This Morning” asked Sally Rose back the following winter to promote her newest album. She’s played live in-studio on WNRN’s Acoustic Sunrise with Anne Williams as well as Harrisonburg’s WXJM Live. Miss Rose plays with regionally rising, “Mister Baby” and currently writes with Jen Stuart, of “The Design”. “Sally Rose is a name you’re going to see a lot more of…” (Nelson County Life).

Although this down-home girl’s got a moon house in her backyard, don’t mistake her for small. As Nelson County Life Magazine wrote, “…watch this girl, she’s quietly, but aggressively, climbing the ladder in the music scene. And making quite the name for herself…”

Listen at http://www.reverbnation.com/sallyrose

The show starts at 8pm/$7.

He says, “I love simplicity, so my music is simple and utilitarian: just bluesy folk with creative melodies and awesome chord changes.”

He played loud Rock ‘n’ Roll music with many bands, but recently has drifted towards the acoustic side of things, explorin Appalachian sting band music. He enjoys listening Jeff Buckley, Josh Ritter, the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Bowie, Beck, Love as Laughter, Blitzen Trapper, etc. He loves learning new trade skills and working on his Ma’s permaculture farm. He love engines and old ugly cars.

Listen at http://www.reverbnation.com/petestallings

With special guest Sarah Lynna & The Misfit Toys.

Listen to Sarah Lynna at http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UVKlxg7feZs

The show starts at 8pm/$5.

Doug Hedstrum- guitar and vocals
John Stubblefield- drums and percussion (ask him about his custom Stub Drums!)
Arin Bennett- bass
“Blind Dave” Connolly- harmonica and vocals

http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_rulesoftheblues.htm

The show starts at 8pm/$5.

The Design is recording a live CD–come cheer, dance, make some joyful noise and be part of the recording!

The show starts at 8pm/$5.

Listen at www.reverbnation.com/wearethedesign

Signup begins at 7:30pm, show starts at 8pm.  Free for performers.  Spectators $2.

Big Foot County

Big Foot County shows are built off the extensive catalog of the Grateful
Dead. On any given night the band will perform a show based on a set list from
the Grateful Dead’s 30 years of extensive touring or use the catalog of original
songs and often played covers to create a unique set list for the show. This
allows music fans both young and old to share in the experience. Big Foot County
presents its critically acclaimed live show at esteemed venues in Virginia and
North Carolina including the Ellington, the Sedalia Center, and even on the set
of WDBJ7. Grateful Dead classics are performed in the same way that an orchestra
interprets music of classical composers. The composer spirit is derived and
channeled as the players capture the excitement and innovation of the original
performances and compositions.
Touring for the past year to the tune of over
30 shows since forming, the band’s determined commitment to “raising the Dead”
has drawn a spirited following in the Mid Atlantic.

http://www.reverbnation.com/bigfootcounty