The Feel Good Tour

The Feel Good Tour The Feel Good Tour, now going on 20 years is now a Not for Profit organization. We are a small group a program we call, In Our Own Backyard.

Founded in 2005 by Guy Nouri and Bill Hudson during Hurricane Katrina, we give donated new or used instruments to schools and children in need. To date we have given over 700 musical instruments to 4 Gulf Coast Schools, one school in West Virginia and in our area Roanoke, Va. How it works: If you have instruments you would like to donate, e-mail us at [email protected] and we will in one

form or the other get it to our base here in Roanoke, Va. We have had instruments from Alaska, Chicago, Wisconsin, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and here in Virginia. When we accumulate enough we then take them personally to schools where there is need. We have also delivered instruments to individuals. Please donate only instruments in working condition. As yet we don’t have the funds to make repairs on those that need work. We accept band instruments such as brass horns and woodwinds; and stringed instruments, such as guitars and mandolins, violins, banjos, cellos and basses.

We want to take the time to thank all the folks who threw a little money each Saturday in our tip jar, it makes a differ...
09/02/2026

We want to take the time to thank all the folks who threw a little money each Saturday in our tip jar, it makes a difference! We are now going on 21 years this Oct. and it’s hard to believe it’s been that long. We had no idea that we would be still doing this, but the need is great! It’s great after we hear from the parents how important music is in their child’s emotional well being. It’s great because for some reason they are cutting the, art, theater, music. And the kids need an outlet to have their own voices and the arts do this, we know this.
As far as the music end that’s where we come in. Get music instruments in parts of the communities that need it the most, for FREE.
Each and every Saturday (if I am in town) I am at the Habitat store here in Roanoke for an info table. This one times this little kid, maybe 10 with a cowboy hat way too big said, “I got something for you”. I said something like ok I will be in the back. This little kid came up to the table and threw in a dollar. So I had to say thank you of course.
Also one more thing, The Habitat store here in Roanoke has gleefully taken the Feel Good Tour way beyond what Al and me every think we could reach. And because of them we are sending pallets of musical instruments to parts of VA, WV., NC. Our gratitude and grateful appreciation to Joe and Bret and Eddy and the whole crew, thank you!
Still Pickin’
Bill Hudson
Roanoke, VA.

Bernard is one of the  music teachers we support in Charlottesville and he is with MIMA. This group pays musicians to go...
08/30/2026

Bernard is one of the music teachers we support in Charlottesville and he is with MIMA. This group pays musicians to go in the school system so the schools don’t have to pay.

TodayI will be over at Habitat on Melrose from 10:30 a m- 2 pm . Come by and see what we’re up to.
08/29/2026

Today
I will be over at Habitat on Melrose from 10:30 a m- 2 pm . Come by and see what we’re up to.

Al does it again!This mandolin was given to us not long ago and was a little broken up but leave it to Al and it’s now a...
08/25/2026

Al does it again!
This mandolin was given to us not long ago and was a little broken up but leave it to Al and it’s now a working mandolin !

08/22/2026

Today a nice lady came up to our table and told me her husband passed away and she has his guitar. I told her she should keep it. Well, some time passed and sure enough this lady came back with his guitar and wanted to pass it on.

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Our thanks to Rob on passing these mandolin to us.
08/22/2026

Our thanks to Rob on passing these mandolin to us.

Today I will be at Habitat from 10:30-2, come by and see what we’ve been doing!
08/22/2026

Today I will be at Habitat from 10:30-2, come by and see what we’ve been doing!

Today I will be at Habitat from about 10:30- 2 pm, come by to see what we’re up to!Still Pickin’Bill
08/08/2026

Today I will be at Habitat from about 10:30- 2 pm, come by to see what we’re up to!
Still Pickin’
Bill

08/04/2026

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Roanoke, VA
24015

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