[Dixielandjazz] Carolina Chocolate Drops on Prairie Home Companionthis we...

[David Richoux]

Ginny,

While what you say is true AFAIK, from what I heard they cover a  
whole lot more territory - string (fiddle and banjo) / jug / vocals  
and proto-blues and other "old-time music" that were certainly part  
of the lead-up influences of ragtime, blues and jazz of the 20th  
century OKOM. If you ignore that entire sector of music you ware  
missing a large root of where jazz actually came from! (Yes, that is  
a BIG can of worms and it has been argued on many levels for many  
years ;-)

If you go to their other site it is easier to hear the music without  
buying a CD.
http://www.myspace.com/carolinachocolatedrops

Mainly, I think it is fun to listen to (and that is a major factor in  
my own musical tastes!)

Dave Richoux


On Jun 23, 2007, at 9:28 PM, Gluetje1 at aol.com wrote:

>
> Actually I have yet to hear them including on this show.  Their  
> web  site
> will give you good information.
>
>> _http://www.sankofastrings.com/ccd/about.html_
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> I know of them primarily through their active participation on a   
> Yahoo list
> entitled, "Black Banjo Then and Now".  I believe they  formed as a  
> group only
> a couple of years ago after meeting at a Black Banjo  Gathering  
> that was an
> out-growth of the Black Banjo list.  All of that in  turn has had  
> support from
> an Appalachian college which I can't think to name  just now, and  
> grows out of
> a doctoral research project on Old Time Banjo  Playing, what the  
> exchange
> between mountain blacks and whites might have been as  reflected in  
> extant
> memories and playing.  The book that came out of that  by Cecelia  
> Conway is "African
> Banjo Echoes in Appalachia".  No significant  OKUM content as the  
> focus is
> Appalachian Folk Traditions and various five-string  finger-picking  
> approaches.
>
> They seem to be finding rapid and steady success in return for their
> extraordinary sincerity and devotion to what they are about.
>
> Ginny
>
> In a message dated 6/23/2007 10:50:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> LRG4003 at aol.com writes:
>
> I was at  the Prairie Home Companion performance featuring the  
> Carolina
> Chocolate Drops on Friday (live show was Friday, first broadcast on
> Saturday).
> First time I had heard (or heard of) them. They are a  very   
> interesting,
> high
> energy group.  Played more of the  Piedmont blue grass  folk genre  
> for this
> show
> but I got the distinct  feeling that they could do just  about  
> anything.  At
> least 3  players are classically trained.  They  also danced at one  
> point
> during
> the program.  Quality players and  performers.  So  is the group  
> name a
> revived
> one or just a tongue in cheek  salute to  the fact that they are all
> Afro-American?  Anyone know they're   background or how long  
> they've been
> playing?
>
> K.C.  Clarinet
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