The Freight Hoppers
The second show in this year’s Secret City Sounds concert series features The Freight Hoppers, a band that plays old-time string music.
The free concert starts at 7 p.m. today at the pavilion at Alvin K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge.
A press release said The Freight Hoppers have been playing old-time string band music for more than 20 years.
“The band started presenting their energetic take on fiddle band music four times a day, seven days a week at the Great Smoky Mountains Railway shortly after forming back in 1992,” the press release said. “This afforded the group plenty of paid rehearsal time to hone a sound that has proven entertaining and distinctively theirs. Their repertoire includes music that was first recorded in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and spans geographically from Mississippi to West Virginia.
“The Freight Hoppers play hard-driving old-time music with an emotional, raw excitement that keeps one foot planted in the past and the other in the present.”
The Secret City Sounds concert series is presented by the Arts Council of Oak Ridge and sponsored by the City of Oak Ridge.
Those who attend are encouraged to bring a blanket or chair to set up on the lawn. Food, ice cream, and beverages will be available for sale.
Other shows this year are:
- Friday, July 19—The Red Hot Horn Dawgs
- Friday, August 9—Dishwater Blonde
- Friday, August 16—Soulfinger
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