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The Seldom Scene at the Floyd Country Store
August 3, 2019 : 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
$30. – $35
Join us Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 7:30 pm for a live show with The Seldom Scene. Tickets are $30 advance / $35 day of show.
The Seldom Scene
Over 40 years since they began playing together at weekly jam sessions in Ben Eldridge’s Bethesda, Maryland basement, The Seldom Scene have become one of the single greatest contributors to the progression of bluegrass while setting a new standard and attracting new audiences to the genre. Their legendary weekly DC-area residencies included bluegrass versions of country music, rock, and even classical pop. The band’s popularity soon forced them to play more than once a week—but they continued to maintain their image as being seldom seen, and on several of their early album covers were photographed with the stage lights on only their feet, or with their backs to the camera. The Seldom Scene have performed at the White House many times, and continue to tour year-round.
The Seldom Scene are Lou Reid (mandolin/vocals), Dudley Connell (guitar/vocals), Ronnie Simpkins (bass/vocals) Fred Travers (dobro/vocals) and Ron Stewart (banjo, fiddle). The last founding member, Ben Eldridge, retired in July of 2016 at a lovely retrospective of his career staged at the band’s home club, The Birchmere, surrounded by family and friends
