Carolina Chocolate Drops news article

Subject: Carolina Chocolate Drops news article
From: SouthernCelt
Date: 22 Mar 07 - 01:21 PM

Some of you may find this interesting:
Carolina Chocolate Drops reclaiming banjo tradition

SC

Subject: RE: Carolina Chocolate Drops news article
From: GUEST,Russ
Date: 22 Mar 07 - 03:18 PM

Good news.

Joe Thompson rules.

A female geezer African American friend of mine is learning to play banjo.

Everybody is lucky they still have Joe. Shame they missed Odell.

Subject: RE: Carolina Chocolate Drops news article
From: nickp
Date: 22 Mar 07 - 03:29 PM

Well worth seeing if you get the chance. As is Joe.

Old Time rules!!

Subject: RE: Carolina Chocolate Drops news article
From: GUEST,Tom Nelligan
Date: 22 Mar 07 - 06:10 PM

One more enthusiastic recommendation here. I had a chance to interview the Drops a couple weeks ago in connection with an upcoming article for "Dirty Linen" (it will appear this summer), and aside from being great musicians who were loads of fun to hear, they are very nice people and deeply into the African-American string band tradition that they are helping carry on. Worth checking out if you're at all into the old-time genre.

Subject: RE: Carolina Chocolate Drops news article
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 22 Mar 07 - 07:26 PM

Nice!

The following was in my email box tonight. Anyone in a reasonable radius thinking of going, post here, maybe we could meet up for dinner and go?

Dani

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Chuck Davis and the African American Dance Ensemble( www.africanamericandanceensemble.org)
present premier performances of "Blue
Grass/ Brown Earth" (a celebration of the history of the banjo in dance and
song) featuring The African American Dance Ensemble, The Shady Grove Band (
www.theshadygroveband.com), The Carolina Chocolate Drops, (
www.carolinachocolatedrops.com) and the Cane Creek Cloggers @ the NC School
of Math and Science Auditorium, 1219 Broad St., Durham, NC, on Fri.,
4/20/07, 7 pm, Sat., 4/21/07, 7 pm, and Sun., 4/22/07 @ 2 pm. Tickets and
information for this extraordinary presentation call 919.560.2729.

Subject: RE: Carolina Chocolate Drops news article
From: GUEST,Arkie
Date: 23 Mar 07 - 02:03 PM

I saw the group at Folk Alliance where they drew a lot of well deserved attendion.   Their performance was one of the best I saw and I sat through one group I had no interest in just to get a good seat.

Subject: RE: Carolina Chocolate Drops news article
From: nickp
Date: 23 Mar 07 - 03:30 PM

Thare's also an article at Asheville Citizen Times