tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320666293983011056.post4055948399439291404..comments2024-03-01T23:55:27.202-05:00Comments on Every Day I Write The Blog: Carolina Chocolate Drops “Cornbread And Butterbeans”PJ Finnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15823291676704281042noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320666293983011056.post-75708613401318235832021-01-16T22:38:01.930-05:002021-01-16T22:38:01.930-05:00I just saw this from a radio broadcast from 47 to ...I just saw this from a radio broadcast from 47 to 50. What heck does song have to do with this group? They perform it well, but they did not write it.Jimmiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13851803588645959135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320666293983011056.post-43316303913055819862010-06-28T12:57:49.365-04:002010-06-28T12:57:49.365-04:00Seeing these guys in Sept. @ the Iron Horse!Seeing these guys in Sept. @ the Iron Horse!Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320666293983011056.post-82285008831504429662010-03-19T08:40:18.902-04:002010-03-19T08:40:18.902-04:00Flora,
There actually IS a connection, to both Bl...Flora,<br /><br />There actually IS a connection, to both Black and Old. The CCD are emulating the (forgotten) sound of black string bands from the Piedmont area. You can read a little, here:<br /><br />http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com/about/band<br /><br />Thanks for reading!PJ Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823291676704281042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320666293983011056.post-7306862798849220062010-03-02T17:34:05.610-05:002010-03-02T17:34:05.610-05:00Please pardon my ignorance. I have just heard of ...Please pardon my ignorance. I have just heard of all this, Chocolate Drops, "Cornbread", "Negro Jig Music", etc., and I'm a bit lost. They are playing bluegrass, and as a native Kentuckian, I know there are (almost) no black people in Eastern Kentucky, and most of Appalachia for that matter. As far as I know, that style of playing wasn't popular with blacks. The blues tunings, field hollers - all that stuff that emerged out of black culture doesn't sounds a bit like this. It's like they made it up based on a merging of musical styles, but I can't find any thread that links it to anything authentically old. Or black. What am I missing?Flora Doddersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320666293983011056.post-60528674394798097662010-02-16T16:59:00.314-05:002010-02-16T16:59:00.314-05:00Actually, if you can bring yourself to mention the...Actually, if you can bring yourself to mention the name of the album on the radio, it provides a nice story - because the song they titled the album after is CALLED Genuine Negro Jig, but according to the tale they tell in concert, since recording that song, they have discovered that the reason the song is titled that is that the tune was "stolen" from the Snowdens, an African American musical group, back when the band would have styled their own music "negro" music. The band now introduces the song as "also known as Snowden's Jig" in concert.boyhowdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799915352726835586noreply@blogger.com