Audie Finnell, Vernon Cross and Rondell Raburn of Cleveland's popular ~ String Mountain Band ~ listen as local Harry Dean spins some yarn... Mike Tankersley listens in, too.  The Pickin' Barn was hoppin' all day - and evening - during the 6th Annual White Oak Mountain Bluegrass Festival.

Members of local group The String Mountain Band joined festival goers and jammed at

GuestLine's covered Pickin' Barn.  String Mountain Band was one of the featured performers

at the Coker Creek Heritage Festival in May, and has been playing together for several years.   

For more on The String Mountain Band, click here...

The String Mountain Band sells their CD's, "Saturday Night", and "Sunday Morning"

at the Museum Center @ 5ive Points Gift Shop

Alan Harold of Harrison, and Jimmy Ray Williams of Cleveland,  were first

to break out their "guit-fiddles" around 10am.  Jimmy Ray noted that "the cows down

yonder were already singin" as they got started.  The petting zoo animals were located

close to the GuestLine Pickin' Barn and did indeed join in with their own harmonies! 

Ronnie Nichols of Duncan Park, P-Nut Moore of Cleveland, and Slim Johnson of Centre, Alabama

listened to the String Mountain boys for a bit, then broke out their own instruments to
"beat & frail" (as Slim put it...) on their own.  Ronnie is often found playing at the

Snow Hill Bluegrass Jamobroee" - the 1st Saturday of each month, at the Old Snow Hill School

Fire Hall.  P-Nut says everyone who goes to the SHJam looks forward to Ronnie's best known

songs "Doggie-Doo" and "I Just Don't Look Good Naked - Anymore..."  Ronnie tribuets true old-

time cowboy Sheb Wolly for the "Naked" tune. 

Sheb was one of the original cowboys in the hit TV show "Raw Hide."

Kids found lots to do, like Daniel McClain, who adopted and took home his new buddy

"Grateful Bear" (nicknamed TIE) as a souvenir of the day. 

Petting Zoo, Air Toys, Build-A-Bears, and food galore

added to the music and festivities to make

the SIXTH ANNUAL White Oak Mountain Bluegrass Festival

another great success.

Linda & Raymond Ritchie from Soddy Daisy enjoyed the glider made for 2

as they listened to shade tree pickers at the Pickin' Barn. 

Linda won the Tee Shirt she was sporting in a drawing at last year's

FIFTH ANNUAL White Oak Mountain Bluegrass Festival.

 

Hay Party at GuestLine's Pickin' Barn

courtesy  BRADLEY FARMERS CO-OP

Special Thanks to the Co-Op for their support of

Cleveland's Festivals and Events.

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Bradley Farmers Co-Op