Tuesday Tunes with Jesse Smathers & Friends

@ Join us every Tuesday at 5:00pm for Tuesday Tunes, featuring great bluegrass or old time music from local musicians. If you’re hungry pick up some food from the Floyd Country Store Cafe. This week features bluegrass music from Jesse Smathers & Friends. Admission is free with tips appreciated ($10 suggested donation). About the Band Jesse Smathers is an accomplished mandolinist, guitarist, and singer from Eden, North Carolina. Heavily influenced by the music that runs in his family, Jesse has found inspiration and takes pride in his musical family lineage. His grandfather, Harold Smathers, and grand uncle, Luke Smathers, recorded for June Appal and were awarded the North Carolina Folk Heritage Award in 1993 for their contributions to North Carolina Folk Music with the Luke Smathers String Band. Jesse began playing the guitar at age 11, picked up the mandolin at 15, and was heavily influenced by the music of Lonesome River Band. In 2009, he won the guitar championship of the Virginia… View Source