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Micah Howard visits Crick Pickin at Star Tannery on Saturday, July 27
Howard and The Southern Ghost create music that echoes through the hardwoods of the Appalachians and the tall Loblolly's of the low country.
Howard and The Southern Ghost band travels north from way down in southeast Tennessee. Pairing yesterday's country music with a refreshing modern sound, outlaw and veteran Micah Howard began making music after receiving his first hand-me-down guitar from his father at the age of twelve. When Howard left the Marine Corps in 2015, he decided to commit to music full time. Micah started combining classic country, southern rock, blues, southern Appalachian bluegrass, and a touch of 90's grunge rock reflective of the classic sound native to his southern roots.
He has been coined "The Southern Ghost," due to the yearning in his vocal tones and melodies that are reminiscent of a southern ghost brought up to current times to reveal narratives of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident regarding folks who lived during previous hard times.
According to Micah Howard, "This show is gonna be a packed one and with a wild hootin and hollerin crowd for sure. The fellaz and I can't wait to get back to Virginia, singing songs about the southland and skinning a few back with some of our favorite people in the whole wide world."
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3 on the Tree will open the evening program. A blend of rock, blues, outlaw country, and Americana music performed by Scottie, Dustin, and James pickin’ your favorite tunes.
Franklin's Smoking Barnyard will be serving up tasty barbeque and the food vendor, Wells Hotbox, specializes in delivering the next level street food. Gates open at 5 pm, music starts at 5:30 pm, same rundown as years past. Bring the entire family, a cooler and lawn chairs, $10 a person, kids 14 and under are free, and the show goes on, rain or shine.
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Located at 2011 Star Tannery Road (State Route 604), off Wardensville Pike (State Route 48/55), Crick Pickin is 13 miles northwest of Strasburg, 16 miles southwest of Stephens City, and 12 miles due east of Wardensville. Cedar Creek Valley is in the northwestern part of Virginia, between Little North Mountain on the southeast and Great North and Paddy Mountains on the northwest.