Mike Farris Pathway Marker

Mike Farris, a Winchester, Tennessee native, has crossed between rock, blues, soul and gospel to bring a current sensibility to traditional Southern music. He won the New/Emerging Artist of the Year Award at the Americana Music Awards and won the Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Traditional Gospel Album of the Year in 2010. In 2015, he won the first-ever Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album. 

After checking out Farris' Tennessee Music Pathways marker, spend some time exploring Winchester. There's Branchwater Distillery for spirits connoisseurs to taste crafted moonshine and buy a bottle or two. For hiking, golfing and more, visit Tims Ford State Park which includes the Bear Trace Golf Course and the more than 10,000-acre Tims Ford Lake, perfect for bass fishing and recreational boating activities. When hunger strikes, head to Bennett's Pharmacy Soda Fountain for banana splits, homemade chicken salad and more or step back in time at the 50's-inspired Holt's Diner. 

Photo credit: Sebastian Smith