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The Floyd Country Store made it through.
The old-time mecca and major draw on The Crooked Road went through some hard times during the pandemic, as did many venues everywhere. In Floyd, though, the storeâs Friday Night Jamboree fueled the little downtownâs economy.
Venue owners Dylan Locke and Heather Krantz worked to find workarounds, and relied on both livestreaming, donation-based performances and a porch stage out back, where the property abuts a rented guest house, to stage shows.
A group calling itself Friends of the Floyd Country Store sparked a crowdfunding campaign last year, raising more than $60,000 by October, according to a post at GoFundMe.com.
Tasty Tuesday: Bootleg BBQ brings a taste of Alabama to southwest Virginia
Jon Beegle continues family tradition with BBQ on-the-go
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For folks like Jon Beegle, this is something he’s known for quite some time.
He tells us, “My family has been doing BBQ for a lot of years. They make delicious BBQ and being able to continue that kind of tradition was important, I thought.”
His family is in northern Alabama, and they do things a little differently. He says, however, that you’ll notice a few similarities too. “It’s very similar to North Carolina, vinegar-style BBQ.”