I had the chance to see the Carolina Chocolate Drops at the MVBS blues festival on July 3rd. They are a self-dubbed African-American String Band, and they play the music that lies, historically, after the field chants and hollers but before the blues proper appeared in the Delta.
Their show was simply amazing, with banjo, fiddle, resonator guitar, kazoo, jug--a wonderful cross section of music from post Civil War up through the 1920s. They even broke out a great old Charlie Patton number: Jellyroll.
If you ever get a chance to see this band, mark your calendar. The show is captivating and Rhiannon Giddens dancing is unforgettable.
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