>> WHETHER IT IS BLUEGRASS,
ROCK 'N' ROLL, FUNK OR
SOMETHING IN BETWEEN YOU CAN
FIND ALL HERE IN MARTINSVILLE
INTERCOUNTY.
JOIN ME AS I TAKE YOU TO THE
FAR CORNERS OF THIS REGION TO
EXPLORE THE MUSIC OF
MARTINSVILLE
THE MUSIC HERE IS EVERYWHERE,
BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW POINT TO
FIND IT.
WE START HERE AT THE SPENCER
PENN CENTER WHICH ONCE SERVED
AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR
ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS.
IT IS NOW TURNED INTO AN
EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EVENT
CENTER WHERE ON THE SECOND
FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH YOU WILL
SEE DIFFERENT MUSIC ACTS.
WHEN WE STOPPED BY
, THE SHELTON
BROTHERS WERE PERFORMING AND
WITH THEM THE OLD DOMINIO
.
A GROUP OF FUN AND TALENTED
DANCERS WHO WILL DEFINITELY GET
YOU UP AND TAPPING YOUR FEET.
DOWN THE STREET IN FIELD DEALT
YOU WILL DISCOVER A PLACE THAT
MAY LOOK LIKE A GAS STATION,
BUT IT DOESN'T SONY.
INSTEAD IT IS AN ANTIQUE STORE
WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE 1950S
PROTOTYPE SHELF STATION CALLED
FIELD DEALT ANTIQUES.
>> THESE ARE SIGNS FROM THE 20S
AND 30S AND GAS PUMPS FROM
1953
>> COME AND CHECK OUT THE
TREASURES AND IF YOU TIME YOUR
VISIT RIGHT WE MAKE IT TO
WITNESS ONE OF THEIR WEEKLY JAM
SESSIONS.
>> ANYBODY IS WELCOME TO PLAY.
BEGINNERS, PROFESSIONALS,
WHATEVER.
MOST OF US PLAY BY EAR SO WE
ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS
BY ANY MEANS AND WE JUST ENJOY
HAVING A GOOD TIME
.
>> IN UP TO MARTINSVILLE,
MOUNTAIN CHECKS IS BRINGING
LOTS OF LOCAL TALENT TO THE
AREA
OWNER RICK MARTIN CREATED THIS
PLACE TO BE A FUN
ATMOSPHERE FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE AND IN SO DOING
HAS CREATED HIS HOTSPOT FOR
THOSE LOOKING TO SHOWCASE THEIR
MUSIC.
>> IT JUST
KIND OF DEVELOPED .
WE DO LIVE MUSIC ON FRIDAY
NOBODY HAD ANY PLACE TO PLAY
LOCAL SO COME IN AND PLAY . WE
HAVE A SYSTEM SET UP .
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME.
WE GIVE THEM A TIMES BLOCK AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN DESH I THINK WE
HAD 12 GUYS PLAYING LAST NIGHT.
THEY DON'T GET THAT OPPORTUNITY
ANYWHERE ELSE AROUND HERE.
JUST RUN YOUR JACK INTO THE
SYSTEM AND THERE YOU G
>> NO OTHER PLACES ARE
FOLLOWING SUIT.HERE AT THE
DAILY GRIND, THEY ALLOW
MUSICIANS LIKE ERNESTO GALINDO
TO PERFORM THEIR ORIGINAL WORK.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT
MUSICIANS AROUND HERE THAT
DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SHOW
THEIR OWN STUFF AND NOW
MARTINSVILLE AND OTHER AREAS
ALIKE ARE PUSHING THAT INTO THE
AREA AND I REALLY LIKE ALL
THESE TALENTED PEOPLE AND THE
DIVERSITY THAT COMES WITH IT.
PEOPLE ARE SUPER NICE ABOUT
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO HERE
COMPARED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY THAT I HAVE BEEN TO.
IT IS REALLY WARM.
>> A RECENT HONORED DENNY
HEIGHTS CREATED THE
SHOWCASE.
AN OPEN MIC OPPORTUNITY FOR
ARTISTS TO COME TOGETHER ,
NETWORK, CREATE AND INSPIRE.
>> IS KIND OF THE WHOLE IDEA
OF BRINGING ONLY ORIGINAL MUSIC
IN
CREATING A
COMFORTABLE
ATMOSPHERE TO PERFORM THE SONGS
OPENING IT UP TO FIRST TIME
ARTISTS , PERFORMERS , AND
PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THE
FOLLOWING OR REPERTOIRE.
IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL SO
FAR.
ALMOST MAGICALLY.
IT KIND OF BLOSSOMED INTO MUCH
BIGGER
>> FROM THE UNKNOWN TO THE MORE
POPULAR BANDSYOU WILL FIND
THEM COMING TO THE THEATER.
THIS THEATER WAS ORIGINALLY A
PLAYHOUSE THAT SERVED FOR YEARS
AS A FIRST RUN MOVIE HOUSE.
NOW IT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED
INTO A LIVE MUSIC VENUE.
VOLUNTEERS WORK AROUND THE
CLOCK TO GET THE BIG ACTS TO
PERFORM HERE.
>> DEPENDING ON WHAT WE WE CA
TO WALK IN IT MIGHT BE A ROCK
BAND OR A COUNTRY BAND OR
BLUEGRASS.
OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN.
IT IS DIFFERENT GENRES BASED ON
WHICH BAND IS TOURING TO THE
PART OF THE COUNTRY.
IT REALLY HAS GROWN AND THAT IS
A TESTAMENT TO THE MUSIC AND
ART LOVERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT STARTED SMALL, BUT HIS IT
HAS STEADILY
GROWN AND WE HAVE A
BUILT IN AUDIENCE WHICH A LOT
OF THE NATIONALLY TOURING FANS
WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO
MARTINSVILLE REALLY APPRECIATE
.
THEY WILL COME AND TRUST US
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THAT
MUSIC HERE BEFORE.
>> IT IS THE REASON THE ANNUAL
ROOSTER WALK IS ALWAYS SO
GAINED POPULARLY.
JOHNNY ALONG WITH OTHER
VOLUNTEERS STARTED THE MUSIC
FESTIVAL AS A WAY TO HONOR TWO
OF DIFFERENT WHO PASSED AWAY.
NOW IN ITS NINTH YEAR, IT HAS
BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE TOP FIVE
ROCK FESTIVALS IN THE STATE.
>> WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING IN
THEIR MEMORY THAT THEY WOULD
HAVE APPRECIATED BUT IT HAS
BILLY TURN INTO SOMETHING A LOT
BIGGER THAN WE IMAGINED TO GO
FROM 500 TO 5000 IN LESS THAN
TWO 10 YEARS.
>> BE SURE TO
DISCOVER THIS
MUSIC MECCA RIGHT HERE IN
MARTINSVILLE
>> AND THE ROOSTER WALK IS
COMING UP MAY 25 THROUGH THE
28TH AT POPS FARM.
FIND OUT ABOUT THAT AND ALL THE
GREAT PLACES TO VISIT BY
VISITING THE WEBSITE AT VISIT
MARTINSVILLE .COM.