Top Tix: Upcoming music events in the NRV (Sept. 6-8)
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Tad Dickens, The Roanoke Times’ music reporter, shares his top picks for weekend music events.
TONIGHT-SUNDAY
Poor Farm Fest
With Devon Allman’s Honeytribe, Kofi Baker’s Cream Experience, Johnson’s Crossroad, The Steel Wheels, Nora Jane Struthers, and more
Road trip: Devon Allman, a son of Greg Allman, enjoyed recent success with Royal Southern Brotherhood. Kofi Baker, son of Cream drummer Ginger Baker, pays tribute.
Details: 6 p.m. Thursday; noon Friday-Sunday. Greenbrier County Poor Farm, Williamsburg, W.Va. Prices vary. poorfarmfest.com/tickets.html
TONIGHT
Spoon Fight
Floyd-based indie alt-rockers hit Sharkey’s, which is now letting folks in for free on its live music Thursdays.
Details: 9:30 p.m. Sharkey’s, Radford. Free. 267-3434, facebook.com/sharkeysradford, spoonfightband.com
FRIDAY
Gillie’s Late Night Kickoff
With The Ultra Violent Gays, Tasha-Yar
Late Night action restarts with a Blacksburg hip-hop act fueled by attitude. Opening act Tasha-Yar, from North Carolina, goes for psychedelic rock.
Details: 10 p.m. Free (venue encourages donations to performers). 961-2753, myspace.com/gilliesmusic, tasha-yar.bandcamp.com
The 282nd Army Jazz Combo: Groove Sophisticate
This pack of fighting jazzers from Fort Jackson, S.C., includes trumpeter Matt Barbre, a onetime music major at Radford University.
Details: 8 p.m. Performance Hall in the Covington Center, Radford University. Free. radford.edu/cvpa
Bobby Parker
Acoustic guitarist Parker mellows out your dinner hours.
Details: 6:30 p.m. The Palisades, Eggleston. Free. 626-2828, thepalisadesrestaurant.com
SATURDAY
Hamilton Loomis
Loomis, from Galveston, Texas, made a great blues friend when he was younger. Bo Diddley became a mentor to Loomis, who pays tribute to him with a jumping medley of Diddley tunes. But Loomis has his own thing going, too, including some funky blues-rock numbers.
Details: 8 p.m. Dogtown Roadhouse/Sun Music Hall, Floyd. $15. 745-6836, sunmusichall.com, hamiltonloomis.com
Floyd Radio Show
Read more about this season’s debut and get the full schedule in Friday’s Extra section.
Details: 7:30 p.m. Floyd Country Store, Floyd. $10 ($72 for all nine shows). 745-4563, floydcountrystore.com
Last Chance to Dance!
With Jack Krack & The Bing Brothers, Giles Mountain Stringband
Get a sample of the dance music you’ll hear via a video of Jack Krack & The Bing Brothers at youtu.be/qvjPLDWRK4A.
Details: 7 p.m. Blue Ridge Music Center, Milepost 213, Blue Ridge Parkway, near Galax. $10; $8 to students, seniors; free to children 12 and younger. 276-236-5309 (ext. 112), blueridgemusiccenter.org
Doc Greenberg and Patient Jazz
The doctor is in, and the diagnosis is jazz.
Details: 6:30 p.m. The Palisades, Eggleston. Free. 626-2828, thepalisadesrestaurant.com, docsjazz.com
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