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Free open jams Bluegrass!

📅 Friday, September 25, 2026 🕐 6:00pm – 10:00pm 📍 Bristol Family / Kids
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“What probably meant the most to him were the opportunities he had to visit and “jam session” with musicians ranging from internationally known folk and bluegrass artists, to symphony musicians, to rock-bottom beginners. No matter who the musicians were or what the situation, Ralph was always kind, welcoming, and poised to learn. “

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“He was a regular instructor at workshops across the country, where he always encouraged his students to “play yourself,” meaning they should reach down within their own feelings to find their own personal style of playing.”

“Ralph’s “Appalachian Mountain Longbow” fiddling stretched the bounds of traditional melody, stringing together soaring streams of notes with one stroke of the bow, creating music that seemed to come from deep within.”

“Audiences responded to Ralph’s transcendent stage performances, and he received invitations to play from California to Florida to New York to Alaska to Scotland. He won contests, recorded several albums, made a live-performance video tape, and appeared on national television and radio.”

“He was the picture of a fiddler, a model of a life well spent, and a true friend and gentleman.”

Ralph was inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame in 2016.
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