This is What Happens When You Break a Guitar String
And this is how much fun we have in Floyd.
The band was Annabelle’s Curse, headlining the start of the Crooked Road’s week of Mountains of Music Homecoming in Floyd and our town’s 3-day Artisan Trail Studio Tour. It was also Friday Night Jamboree and the streets and music venues were packed for the festivities.
Building on the tradition of Appalachian old time, they play a kind of new southern rock, singer songwriter alternative folk in the flavor of the Lumineers and the Avett Brothers. And it’s hand clapping foot stomping danceable.
“Are you here with the band?” I asked someone at a long table of people watching the Dogtown Roadhouse stage performance. It turned out the man I asked was the rhythm guitarist’s father. I told him how much I enjoyed watching his son play with so much heart.
They are from Abington and Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee, I learned. I meant to ask how the band got its unusual name. The lead singer is Carly, and not Annabelle. The rhythm guitarist (Carly’s boyfriend/far right) graduated from Floyd’s neighboring county, Carroll.
The band is a Floydfest favorite, returning for this year’s festival. I’ll be sure to hear them there, do some more sing- along and dancing, and maybe ask about the name.
June 14th, 2015 8:51 am
If I had to guess on the band name, I’d think it was from a Poe poem.
June 15th, 2015 9:53 am
Good guess. I’m determined to find out. http://www.thedailytimes.com/entertainment/annabelle-s-curse-makes-prettier-music-than-the-name-implies/article_6404030a-5280-56f6-a6eb-96a4fb2f5579.html
June 17th, 2015 3:18 am
It’s actually because the old stand up bass they had when they started the band was named Annabelle and she always had something unusual happen to her during shows, so they named their band Annabelle’s Curse. But do ask because I’m sure Tim and Zack can tell way better stories!
June 17th, 2015 3:21 am
It’s actually because the stand up bass they had when they started the band was named Annabelle and she always had unusual things happen to her during shows, so they named their band Annabelle’s Curse. But do ask because I’m sure Tim and Zack have fun stories to share!
June 18th, 2015 12:38 am
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