Fisher Peak Timber Rattlers
Midday Mountain Music with Fisher Peak Timber Rattlers
Every Sunday
12-3 p.m. | Covered Breezeway at Blue Ridge Music Center
Admission Free
The Fisher Peak Timber Rattlers play old-time tunes that have been passed down in this section of the Blue Ridge for over a century.
In the Goodson community, where the Music Center is located, and many communities across the Blue Ridge, it is a long-standing tradition for friends and neighbors to gather at homes or country stores to make music. This tradition is alive and well at Midday Mountain Music. Sit back, close your eyes and have the same aural experience as listeners of yore as the Fisher Peak Timber Rattlers bring authentic old-time tunes to life.
Fisher Peak Timber Rattlers members are band leader Stu Shenk, Dan and Dot Shikenjanski of Mount Airy, NC, and Ed Dalton of Fancy Gap, Va. Shenk first played the banjo in 1971 and began fiddle the next year, learning his first tunes from Blanton Owen of the Fuzzy Mountain String Band, Oscar Wright of Lerona, W.Va., and neighbors in Summers County, W.Va. He moved to Carroll County, Va., in 1978, and has been an active musician in the area’s old-time community ever since. He lives in the shadow of Fisher Peak, within two miles of the Music Center.
About Midday Mountain Music
Midday Mountain Music is a FREE informal music presentation featuring local and regional artists. Midday Mountain Music is held from 12-3 p.m. on the covered breezeway every day the Blue Ridge Music Center visitor center is open. Join us for a few minutes or the whole afternoon. No tickets needed.
