The Sounds of Summer Concert Series brings live music to Downtown Center each Tuesday and Thursday evening during the months of June, July and August. What began in 1998 from an informal gathering of local musicians has grown into a much-anticipated community tradition that some might argue is the best part of summer. The concerts are free and typically feature bluegrass bands on Tuesdays and country/southern rock on Thursday evenings, weather permitting, from 7 to 9 p.m. As a special feature of this series, one evening a month is set aside for a tribute band that features the songs of some of our favorite artists.

Ten Penny Drive is building something. As expected of any contemporary bluegrass group, the drive is a must, but this isn't sledgehammer bluegrass. With every song, this group aims at building something in the realm of master carpentry--solid instrumental construction with a fine, creative finish in their vocal arrangements. When asked about the name, banjo player Riley Denton speaks of his granddad's tool box: "Papaw always had a bag of ten pennies in there. He made the good stuff with those nails. We want to do that. We're not using railroad spikes. This is Ten Penny Drive." 

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The group got started at Walters State Community College where Chip McLain headed the Folk & Bluegrass Club. The High Lonesome Senate was the club's performing student ensemble. All the members of TPD were students in the club. In 2020, with all the members graduated and Covid 19 putting a damper on performances, The High Lonesome Senate became Ten Penny Drive.

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Ten Penny Drive consists of Chip McLain (guitar), Laree McMurray (fiddle), Riley Denton (banjo & dobro), Trent Williams (mandolin), and Corey Kapnick (bass).​