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Carolina Chocolate Drops
Acoustic / Folk / Bluegrass

"Old Timey Music from the Carolina Piedmont"

DURHAM, North Carolina
United States

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Last Login:  7/6/2008
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   Carolina Chocolate Drops: General Info
Member Since4/27/2006
Band Websitecarolinachocolatedrops.com
Band MembersDom Flemons, 4-string banjo, guitar, jug, harmonica, kazoo, snare drum, bones
Rhiannon Giddens, 5-string banjo, fiddle
Justin Robinson, fiddle, five-string banjo


Video courtesy of nTune.tv
InfluencesJoe and Odell Thompson, Etta Baker, Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, Mississippi Shieks, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Ma Rainey
Sounds LikeNobody in particular! A bit like Joe, a bit like the first 'Drops, and a lot like ourselves.

www.youtube.com/ccdrops
Record LabelMusic Maker Relief Foundation
Type of LabelIndie





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 3 2008 8:00P
Mississippi Valley Blues Festival Davenport, Iowa
Jul 4 2008 8:00P
Forest Rose Park (Sponsored by The Blue Note) Columbia, Missouri
Jul 5 2008 8:00P
Ozark Folk Center Mountain View, Arkansas
Jul 11 2008 8:00P
Musicfest N Sugar Grove Sugar Grove, North Carolina
Jul 12 2008 8:00P
Musicfest N Sugar Grove Sugar Grove, North Carolina
Jul 15 2008 8:00P
Radio France Festival Montpelier
Jul 16 2008 8:00P
Radio France Festival Montpelier
Jul 17 2008 8:00P
Radio France Festival Montpelier
Jul 18 2008 8:00P
Festival Des Musiques D’ici Et Chalons
Jul 26 2008 8:00P
Calgary Folk Music Festival Alberta, Alberta
Jul 27 2008 8:00P
Rockygrass Festival Lyons, Colorado
Aug 1 2008 12:00P
WUNC - The State of Things Raleigh, North Carolina
Aug 1 2008 8:00P
NC Musuem of Art Raleigh, North Carolina
Aug 9 2008 8:00P
Edmonton Folk Festival Alberta, Alberta
Aug 10 2008 8:00P
Edmonton Folk Festival Alberta, Alberta
Aug 13 2008 8:00P
Ottawa Folk Festival Ontario, Ontario
Aug 14 2008 8:00P
Ottawa Folk Festival Ontario, Ontario
Aug 15 2008 8:00P
Ottawa Folk Festival Ontario, Ontario
Aug 16 2008 8:00P
Ottawa Folk Festival Ontario, Ontario
Aug 17 2008 8:00P
Ottawa Folk Festival Ontario, Ontario
Aug 18 2008 8:00P
Ottawa Folk Festival Ontario, Ontario
Sep 13 2008 8:00P
Pickin’ In The Pines Flagstaff, Arizona
Sep 14 2008 8:00P
Pickin’ In The Pines Flagstaff, Arizona
Sep 19 2008 8:00P
Watermelon Park Festival Berryville, Virginia
Sep 21 2008 8:00P
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion Bristol, Tennessee
Sep 23 2008 8:00P
Capitol Arts Theatre Bowling Green, Kentucky
Sep 28 2008 8:00P
Weinberg Center for the Arts Frederick, Maryland
Sep 29 2008 8:00P
Kennedy Center Washington, Washington DC
Oct 2 2008 8:00P
Iron Horse Music Hall Northampton, Massachusetts
Oct 3 2008 8:00P
Symphony Space New York, New York
Oct 4 2008 8:00P
Somerville Theater Somerville, Massachusetts
Oct 9 2008 8:00P
Ryman Auditorium - with Old Crow Medicine Show! Nashville, Tennessee
Oct 10 2008 8:00P
Ryman Auditorium - with Old Crow Medicine Show! Nashville, Tennessee
Oct 11 2008 8:00P
Fall Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival Pittsboro, North Carolina
Oct 24 2008 8:00P
Mountain Music Benefit @ Lyric Theater Blacksburg, Virginia
Oct 25 2008 8:00P
Virginia Discovery Museum Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov 12 2008 8:00P
Walberton Village Hall Arundel
Nov 13 2008 8:00P
Fiddlers Bristol
Nov 14 2008 8:00P
London Jazz Festival London
Nov 15 2008 8:00P
Darwin Suite Derby
Nov 16 2008 8:00P
The Sage Gateshead
Nov 18 2008 8:00P
Festival Blues Sur Scene Paris
Nov 19 2008 8:00P
Paradiso Upstairs Amsterdam, Zuid-Holland
Jan 22 2009 8:00P
Georgia Southern University Statesboro, Georgia
Jan 24 2009 8:00P
Orpheum Theater Memphis, Tennessee
Jan 30 2009 8:00P
Ann Arbor Folk Festival Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jan 31 2009 8:00P
Ann Arbor Folk Festival Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 24 2009 8:00P
The Lyceum Theatre Clovis, New Mexico
Feb 25 2009 8:00P
Gig Performance Space Santa Fe, New Mexico
Feb 26 2009 8:00P
Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, California
Feb 28 2009 8:00P
Henderson Fine Arts Center Farmington, New Mexico
Mar 1 2009 8:00P
Outpost Performance Space Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mar 2 2009 8:00P
Outpost Performance Space Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mar 3 2009 8:00P
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts Alamogordo, New Mexico
Mar 4 2009 8:00P
Simms Performing Arts Center Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mar 14 2009 8:00P
The Ark Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mar 15 2009 8:00P
The Ark Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mar 27 2009 8:00P
Bloomington Center For the Arts Bloomington, Illinois
Mar 28 2009 8:00P
Cedar Cultural Centre Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mar 29 2009 8:00P
Cedar Cultural Centre Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apr 18 2009 8:00P
Ferst Center for the Arts Atlanta, Georgia

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   About Carolina Chocolate Drops



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The Carolina Chocolate Drops are a group of young African-American stringband musicians that have come to together to play the rich tradition of fiddle and banjo music in Carolinas piedmont. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson both hail from the green hills of the North Carolina Piedmont while Dom Flemons is native to sunny Arizona. Although we have diverse musical backgrounds, we draw our musical heritage from the foothills of the North and South Carolina. We have been under the tutelage of Joe Thompson, said to be the last black traditional string band player, of Mebane, NC and we strive to carry on the long standing traditional music of the black and white communities. Joes musical heritage runs as deeply and fluidly as the many rivers and streams that traverse our landscape. We are proud to carry on the tradition of black musicians like Odell and Nate Thompson, Dink Roberts, John Snipes, Libba Cotten, Emp White, and countless others who have passed beyond memory and recognition.

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Jul 3 2008 7:27 PM

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Jul 4 2008 4:25 AM

Thanks for the add. I really enjoy your music.
Keep up the good work
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Jul 4 2008 8:28 PM

Greetings, Chocolate Drops!
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Jul 5 2008 11:01 AM

Hello CCD.

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Great music!
Wishing you all much success.
Have a great weekend.
Cheers,
Duff.
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Jul 2 2008 3:03 PM

Sure like what you young folks are doin.