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gether,” said Steve Mallory, a Flint Hill resident employed with Virginia Department of Transportation.
“I called around and came up with these guys,” he said, adding as children Ben and he played together in their Chester Gap home.
Calling themselves 522 Bluegrass for their homeplace and the site of their band’s coming together (U.S. Route 522), the four began their bi-weekly practice sessions, even building a “shed up in Bean Hollow” for a working place.
Working three to four hours each Tuesday and Thursday nights, the four decided an audience was necessary to judge their capabilities.
Untrained, professionally, and able to read only the simplest music charts, the four play country, bluegrass and gospel with style and quality from ear.
Steve holds his own with a banjo that’s just a few months old while Mr. Resseman, complete with ten-gallon hat and pointed-toed boots, offers a mandolin with experienced sound.
See BLUEGRASS, p. B-8
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