Musical Heritage Homecoming Tour,
​Saturday, September 1st, beginning at Maymead at 10am. 

Visit the places where ballads were born, stories shared, and many of the Old Time standards were written. Find the homeplaces of the people who preserved, passed on, and carried forward the musical traditions that became the basis of modern Country music. Maps will be available to guide you through your visit to heritage sites throughout the county, each with live music.
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The tour begins at Maymead
​ (performances at 10 and 11am), with Backroads Bluegrass performing selections honoring GB Grayson.
Then ​(11am and 12pm) Murder Ballads on the banks of Goose Creek commemorate the capture of Tom Dooley at Lois's Cafe, an old Peavine Railroad depot.
The 2018 mural will be unveiled on Main Street (1pm). This year's mural, "It surely is a train" was painted by Temple Reece. The JAM band will perform at this site.
The next stop is the Tom Ashley homeplace (2:30 and 3:30 pm) where Kenny Price and Jerry Moses will perform Clarence "Tom" Ashley's traditional clawhammer banjo style right on his front porch. 
The tour ends at the Fred Price Homeplace (4pm...) with the Piney Woods Boys sharing tales and songs from the folk revival in honor of Doc Watson, Clint Howard and Fred Price.  An open jam will finish out the day. 

Bring a quilt or lawnchair and an instrument if you play. Enjoy a laid back evening of music and mountain air with friends and family.

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If you want to take the sounds of the Mountains home, a CD is available now at Johnson County Center for the Arts.

Long Journey Home CD

$15.00

Learn all about Johnson County's Musical Heritage and hear 20 songs from the Johnson County Repertoire, including selections from G.B. Grayson, Clarence "Tom" Ashley, Clint Howard and Fred Price as well as present day pickers.

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Long Journey Home T Shirt

$10.85

The 2018 Long Journey Home T Shirts feature the Theme "Black Smoke a Risin'".

Available online in Heather Sapphire (Blue)

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