Fine traditional music, where it started - right at home
ROCKY TOP - our home... and the concert site.
from the road
Located on a main road halfway between Albany and Utica, Rocky Top is a private residence, perched upon a limestone escarpment overlooking a waterfall. You need go no further than the deck to see it. It's floor plan is open as kitchen, dining and living rooms merge into a 470 ft2 “warm” room, highlighted by large beams which support a ceiling of Southern Yellow Pine. This room can seat 35 friendly people and a few select times a year it becomes home to the “Rocky Top Concert Series”. From the road, Rocky Top cannot be seen; only a sign by the road gives it away. There is ample off-street parking. Many guests arrive early so they can visit our gardens or the orchid greenhouse.
Our House Concerts are often prefaced by a popular Pot Luck Dinner for those who pre-register. Once in a while, certainly not always, there may also be additional special events, a guitar workshop, guest performers, a warm-up band, a “Cranky Festival”, or a song circle or hoot following the concert. Prices asked are merely suggested; please give as you are able. And you will probably pay far less and get far more than you would at some big stadium where you'd need opera glasses to see who is playing. Performances most often take place Friday or Saturday evenings or Sunday afternoon. But not always. We take performers when they are in the area and available; that's how you can get to see an entertainer of top caliber so inexpensively and in such an intimate setting.
Since Rocky Top is a private home, guests are here by invitation. Most are on our email list, but many guests find out about a concert in other ways and ask to be invited. That is perfectly acceptable; we are warm and friendly people, and we'll never have too many friends. This is not some exclusive club.
At each concert, everyone gets the “best seat in the house”. You won't be more than 20' from the performers and will be able to hear and to see perfectly. You will get to meet our guest performers, talk with them, and begin to know them as people, not just as stage personalities. Yes, some of their names will be familiar to you beforehand, and some will not. But all are full-time touring professionals and we feel that each one offers something unique and distinctive which will make the event very special to you.
Since Rocky Top is a private home, guests are here by invitation. Most are on our email list, but many guests find out about a concert in other ways and ask to be invited. That is perfectly acceptable; we are warm and friendly people, and we'll never have too many friends. This is not some exclusive club.
At each concert, everyone gets the “best seat in the house”. You won't be more than 20' from the performers and will be able to hear and to see perfectly. You will get to meet our guest performers, talk with them, and begin to know them as people, not just as stage personalities. Yes, some of their names will be familiar to you beforehand, and some will not. But all are full-time touring professionals and we feel that each one offers something unique and distinctive which will make the event very special to you.
The Falls - now you see where we get the name "Rocky Top".
