The Possum Ridge String Band plays Old-Time and Celtic music. They are dedicated amateurs and have an excellent rehearsal-to-performance ratio.
The band members are: Whit Whitfield (hammered dulcimer, autoharp, bodhran, tambourine), Sam Driver (guitar), EJ Burke (fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, vocals), Peter Bramley (banjo, tenor banjo, anglo concertina), Neal Brooks (bass, didjeridoo), and Rannie Winn (whistles, vocals).
Their pleasant, rough-hewn sound takes you back to a simpler time and place. These
foot-stomping dance tunes, haunting melodies, and tribal concoctions from the Virginia highlands are a natural stress-reliever and have been shown (by the Possum Ridge department of public health) to be good for what ails you.
You can tell these guys are comfortable playing together and they are having fun – an infectious fun that will rub off on you.
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