Rags, Spirituals, and Blues: The Black Music of Virginia’s Central Piedmont with Gregg D. Kimball, Sheryl Warner, and Rick Manson
March 14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Author and musician Dr. Gregg D. Kimball explores the world of Virginia’s Piedmont musicians in a multimedia show featuring rare images, recordings, and live performance. A former director at the Library of Virginia, Gregg will explore the lives and music of Piedmont legends such as Culpeper County songster James Lee “Jimmie” Strother, Rappahannock County’s John Jackson, William “Barber Bill” Moore, who settled and worked in Warrenton, and Caroline County’s John Cephas. Gregg will be joined by his long-time musical partners Sheryl Warner and Rick Manson. Copies of his recent book Searching for Jimmie Strother will be available at the talk.

