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Brady’s Clark Hollow Rambungs
Richard Brady
675-3754
richardbradyl@ juno.com
Ronnie Poe
turns 75
The man who has done more than anyone I know, to promote the preservation and continuation of bluegrass and old time music in these environs, has turned 75.
Ronnie Poe, of Amissville, Virginia, celebrates his 75th birthday today, September 20, 2007. And, best of all, it is a Thursday.
For over 40 years, Ronnie R* has provided a place fin* young and old musicians to come and leam and listen and play. The Ronnie Poe Auditorium, Garage and Workshop is located on the right hand side of Route 522, as you are headed east, just outside of Amissville. Perhaps, you have been down that way and have seen cars parked on the side of the road, and, maybe, in the median strip. If it was a Thursday night, chances are, those people were, once again, enjoying the hospitality of Ronnie Poe and listening to or playing bluegrass and old time music.
In truth, this practice started in a small woodshed behind Ronnie’s house, but it soon outgrew that, and was moved to his garage. When I first ventured to Mr. Poe’s, the jam session was already in the garage, and there was a barrel in the middle of the floor, and the pickers were gathered around that. Without going into more detail than is necessary; I will tell you that the barrel provided no musical input, just a nice, natural ambiance, and a place to deposit the byproduct of a lot of smokeless tobacco.
Ronnie Poe’s garage has been written about in various publications, and this writer will not attempt to rehash what has been written before. But, I would be remiss if I did not attempt to communicate what his contribution has meant to so many people who lave and play bluegrass music.
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