"The Carolina Chocolate drops were an innovative black string band founded in 2006. The original members — Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, and Justin Robinson, with assists from Sule Greg Wilson — spent a lot of time with the revered string band elder Joe Thompson, an 86-year-old fiddler from Mebane, North Carolina. His music formed the core of their original setlist, but blues, jug-band numbers, originals, novelty songs, ballands and other kinds of Americana rounded out their repertoire. They won the last official Folk Music GRAMMY in 2010 for their Nonesuch Release, Genuine Negro Jig. Justin Robinson was the first to depart, followed by Dom Flemons; Malcome Parson, Hubby Jenkins and Rowen Corbett came on board for the rest of the CCD tenure. The group is no longer together but they have inspired a new generation of musicians of color to pick up the banjo, bones, and fiddle."
http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Chocolate_Drops
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Country Girl [Official Video]
Carolina Chocolate Drops "When the World's On Fire"
Carolina Chocolate Drops - No Man's Momma - Newport Folk Festival 2011
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig [HD]
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Hit 'Em Up style [HD]
Carolina Chocolate Drops ft. Rhiannon Giddens "Jackson," Grey Fox 2013
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