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The Crooked Road

A Tour Through Bluegrass and Mountain Music in Virginia

Edited By Jennifer L. Price

Created in 2004, the Crooked Road is Virginia’s newest heritage tourism destination.  The Crooked Road connects legendary bluegrass and traditional mountain music venues together in a 250-mile driving tour through the mountain towns of Southwest Virginia.

Some of the most authentic traditional music destinations in the country are on this tour, including the Ralph Stanley Museum, the Carter Family Fold, the Birthplace of Country Music, the Rex Theater, the Blue Ridge Music Center, the Floyd Country Store and County Records, the Country Cabin, and the Blue Ridge Music Institute.  “The Crooked Road is one of Virginia’s richest destinations in terms of musical heritage,” said Alisa Bailey, president and CEO of the Virginia Tourism Corporation.

To learn more about this tourist destination, visit CrookedRoadVirginia.com, where visitors can build a personalized bluegrass lyric to invite their friends, coworkers and family members to view the site.  The song is sung to the tune of "Sweet Virginia" and is a personalized invitation to visit The Crooked Road.

Visitors to the website can also register to win a hand-made guitar or mandolin crafted by Gerald Anderson and Spencer Strickland, two of the Crooked Road’s master luthiers.  The contest’s grand prize is a trip for two to the Crooked Road including airfare, rental car, VIP seating to see Ralph Stanley and other bluegrass legends at the Hills of Home Bluegrass Festival, three-nights lodging at the Ralph Stanley Museum suite and a hand-crafted guitar.  The contest runs through April.

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