Sugar Run  began as the husband and wife team of Mike (banjo, guitar and vocals) and Bonnie Johnson (bass fiddle and vocals), and has grown to include Geoff White on fiddle and vocals, and Stanley Asbury on the rhythm and flat-pickin' style guitar and vocals. All of us play in or with other groups in the region, as well.

We are located in southwestern Virginia, and our regular performance venues include the New River Valley region of Virginia and West Virginia, and the Greenbrier Valley region of West Virginia. We do, of course, play in other areas as the opportunities arise.

Our musical repertoire consists primarily of traditional music of the Southern Appalachian and Piedmont regions in the style of older (and some contemporary) Bluegrass, Old-Time, old “Country” music, a few Cajun tunes (in French, by Geoff) and some ancient ballads and tunes with roots back to the Scottish, Irish, and English lands. Our music includes songs of: love-gone-bad; train wrecks; bad-men and hangings; murders; ghosts and hauntings; moonshine whiskey; and death and Redemption. (Many, if not all those themes may occur in the same song!).

We also include songs of humor as well as peppy fiddle tunes suitable for flat-footin’, square dancing, or just standing around and tapping your feet.
               

© Copyright 2009. "Sugar Run". All rights reserved. No part of this site may be reproduced, stored for retrieval, or transmitted in any form without prior written permission of the publisher.