Carolina Chocolate Drops - Dona Got a Ramblin Mind
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Artist: Carolina Chocolate DropsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-06-26
Music Label: Music Maker
Soundtracks:
- Starry Crown
- Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind
- Rickett's Hornpipe
- Ol' Corn Likker
- Little Margaret
- Dixie
- Black Annie
- Tom Dula
- Georgie Buck
- Old Cat Died
- Black-Eyed Daisy
- Short Life of Trouble
- Sally Ann
- Sourwood Mountain
Music reviews of Dona Got a Ramblin Mind
Music Review: This CD is fun Fun FUN!
Rating: 5 Stars
Folks, this CD will make you wanna grab your partner, do-se-do, and stomp your feet and yell YEE HAW!
It is not widely known that before the advent of categorization of jazz and the blues, Southern Blacks mixed elements of Africa AND Appalachia in their music. The Carolina Chocolate Drops pay homage to that tradition, acknowledging this kind of music for what it really is, classic American folk music. As a harmonicist myself, I'd love to jam with them whenever they come to the Charleston, SC area again.
I can't stop humming the title cut and woe be to anyone who could sit still while listening to this toe tapping, hand clapping knee slapper, as well as it's wonderful refrain.
It takes a lot of moxie for a Black American group to record "Dixie." Personally, I figure it's their right to play what they want and I will admit to liking this version, which incidentally is an instrumental. I could be wrong, but my interpretation of this is a call for the diversity of opinion on this subject.
The version of "Tom Dula" is also noteworthy. Most people today know this song from the Kingston Trio's smoothed-out popular version "Tom Dooley" of the late 1950s. This is a rawer version that is apparently closer to the original folk ballad.
But in either case, this is truly a worthwhile purchase that will give you a set of ramblin' legs and feet. Enjoy!
Description of Dona Got a Ramblin Mind
AS HEARD ON NPR!"Even though the music's being played right in front of you, you expect to hear crackles and hisses as if the sounds were being torn from a salvaged 78." - Independent Weekly
Terrific renditions of old-time classics from the Carolina Chocolate Drops as they reclaim their African American NC Piedmont string band musical traditions! This young group is the hottest thing to hit the old-time music community in decades, and have grabbed the attention of folks like Taj Mahal, Mike Seeger, Alice Gerrard, and John Sebastian.
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