Pickers & Players premieres Thursday February 13th at the Roseland Theater @ 7pm.

Every Thursday for more than 20 years, Bill Aeschliman has hosted a bluegrass jam session for all comers in the old general store in Craddockville on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Some great talent shows up, and then some others, hoping it’ll rub off. Bill Aeschliman, a craftsman with many talents, bought the place with his wife Candy in 1995 and renamed it Chair Place. He built hundreds of chairs and repaired countless others for 20 years. Audience members at concerts and the jam sessions sit in some of his handiwork — an assortment of every kind of chair one could imagine, from ladderbacks to armchairs to rocking chairs and more. And when he quit building chairs, he kept the music going and people kept coming. They still do. It’s a lot of turns and many miles off 13 (the main highway up the shore), but people find it. Vacationers and locals. Bring your own beer in your own cooler and listen to the music. And if you so desire, pull out your instrument and play along. Thank you Bill…