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The Blue Ridge Rounders

Riding the Cusp of the Old Mountain Tradition

About Me

The Blue Ridge Rounders are a hard driving, fun loving old time stringband whose music rides the cusp of the old mountain way to the traditional bluegrass sound. The Rounders reach back for the old songs and tunes, and gather up the traditional songs that were carried forward into the newer style of the 1940s. The subtlety of their relaxed presence defies what happens when the Rounders rip through a blazing fiddle tune or mourn a blues-influenced mountain song resulting in a rich program with many songs that are well known by audiences far and wide.

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Music:

Member Since: 11/4/2005
Band Website: blueridgerounders.com
Band Members: Bob Buckingham-Fiddle, mandolin, guitar; Amy Buckingham-Guitar, fiddle; Joshua Johnson-Banjo, guitar; Dan Wood-Bass, banjo, guitar.
Sounds Like: Just good old time music, with a bluegrass twist.
Record Label: Dog Trot Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Capitol Theater in Laurens, SC

Amy and Bob played the Capitol Theater in Laurens with storyteller, Rema Keen last night, November 25th..  We were greeted enthusiasitcally.  The theater is over one hundred years old and ha...
Posted by The Blue Ridge Rounders on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 08:12:00 PST

Upstate History Museum Costume Ball, 11/18/06, Greenville, SC

This was definitely a gala event - a costume party set in 1790, with all the trimmings. Bob was dressed to the nines and Amy was dressed as a poor peasant woman. We played music while strolling from...
Posted by The Blue Ridge Rounders on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:15:00 PST

Halloweenfest

Halloweenfest, held on Oct. 28 in Brevard, NC, was great again this year. The contest for individual instruments was held outside on a cool, windy day. The Rounders didn't enter this year, they back...
Posted by The Blue Ridge Rounders on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:04:00 PST

The Great Old Time Music Convention

The GOTMC was a unique experience where we got to play music with some local folks who were quite nice and good pickers. It was great to hear James Bryan play with his daughter and to meet Robert Mon...
Posted by The Blue Ridge Rounders on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:55:00 PST

Great Southern Old Time Music Convention

Partipated in the GS OT Music Convention in beautiful downtown Chattanooga.  Got some good pics of some fine musicians.  Maybe the Pea Ridge Ramblers or Matt Kinman will post a few on their ...
Posted by The Blue Ridge Rounders on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:21:00 PST

Hagood Mill Fiddler's Convention

Hagood Mill was good to us. Dean Watson, head honcho, called us a "Monster Band" as he gave out our first place ribbon. Josh earned second place in banjo, Bob got third, and Bob also got second in ...
Posted by The Blue Ridge Rounders on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:31:00 PST

NC Mountain State Fair - OT Music contest

Well, we did pretty well last night at the Mountain Music Competition.After locating each other from our various parking spots we got together in the best green rooms yet, old tobacco barns. I grew up...
Posted by The Blue Ridge Rounders on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 06:37:00 PST

WNCW Radio Show

I wanted to test out this blog thing and see what its good for. For lack of anything else to put up I just listed some stuff we've got coming up on our schedule. Later on I'll try and get some of the ...
Posted by The Blue Ridge Rounders on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:30:00 PST