a crowd listens to live music at the Fred Price homeplace

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Long Journey Home is Johnson County's Heritage Music and Arts Celebration held every Labor Day weekend in Mountain City.

You can hear claw hammer banjo played on the front porch of the Clarence "Tom" Ashley homeplace, hear Appalachian Murder Ballads on the creek bank where Tom Dooley was captured, and so much more! That weekend, a new mural painted by local artists and depicting the musical heritage of Johnson County is unveiled downtown.

Friday: There is busking in downtown.

Saturday: Live music throughout the community paying tribute to musicians from Johnson County who impacted the music landscape from Early American to the Folk Revival. Mural unveiled.

Sunday: Gospel music performed on the stage of the original 1925 Old Time Fiddler's Convention.

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Fred Price, Clarence "Tom" Ashley, and Clint Howard appear in a black and white photo from the 1960s
Fred Price, Clarence "Tom" Ashley, and Clint Howard
Musicians on Main Street Buskin' and having fun
Buskin' on Main Street on Friday evening... great food, great music, and great times
A crowd gathers as a new mural is unveiled
The 2017 mural was a recreation of the Historic 1925 Fiddler's Convention
Fred Price, Tom Ashley, Clint Howard, and Doc Watson
Johnson County musicians Fred Price, Clarence "Tom" Ashley, and Clint Howard toured with Doc Watson and put the 'folk' in folk music during the 1960s.
A mural depicts Clarence "Tom" Ashley, the Original Mountain Minstrel with his Pony
Clarence "Tom" Ashley mural is one of several by Cristy Dunn
G B Grayson's Grave with The Ballad of Tom Dooley vinyl record
G B Grayson recorded the original Ballad of Tom Dooley in the 1920's
Musicians jam in the living room of the Fred Price Homeplace
Open Jam at the Fred Price Homeplace
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