Hi Fortunato

Jack of the Wood Oldtime session is Wednesday night from about 9pm. Depending on who's in town you might find John Herrmann & Meredith McIntosh, Rayna Gellert, David Lynch, Cary Fridley, Trevor & Travis Stuart.... Best beer in the world and invariably worth my 7000 miles round trip whenever I take my holidays there. You MUST try their Porter.

Black Mtn is a neat little place. Check out the music shop which is just off the crossroads in the centre (turn north by the Exxon gas station and it's almost immediately left behind the thrift shop. There's also the aforementioned Song of the Wood on the main street which is mainly dulcimers. There's a good coffee shop just past it on the way to Asheville but the name escapes me.

Blue Ridge Music is (I think) on the Hendersonville Road just past Biltmore (a few miles south of Asheville and on the left hand side by a small mall). They're mainly but not totally Bluegrass and very friendly although I've only been in the shop chatting and not to the session.

Local events... try the local free paper Mountain Express - web page (from memory) www.mountainx.com

Have a great time and wish we hadn't used up all our holiday this year. Still it was in Asheville and we are saving up for the next one...

Nick & Claire