This picture is of the weekly Willis Gap Jamboree in the Willis Gap Community of Ararat, VA. The date is July 15, 2010. Photo by Tom Bishop

This weekly jam session has been going on for at least 10-12 years. They play a lot of Old Time music, songs like I used to hear on the radio on the Grand Ole Opry. The Willis Gap Community Center is an official site on the Historic Crooked Road Music Trail in Southwest, VA.