Carolina Chocolate Drops-"Cornbread and Butterbeans"

Selected viewe comments from http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments=1&v=1xOxHyTP91c

Posted in 2009:

gericlara- This is the kind of music I grew up with. Where has this trio been hiding? They are fantastic!

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jerretbolinger-They have been "hiding" in NC. Great band!!! I listen to this a couple time a week on here. Cant wait to see you guys live. Lookin for you in OH.

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groovin416- what is that percussion thing spoons?

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groovin416- The position and grip would indicate what I researched as "bones".according to the way he gets the triplet sound as hes playing in the air instead of against a leg?they have stainless bones and as you look you dont see the bowl of the spoon hanging down.google bone playing...

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taradoll- indeed, those are bones folks.

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deeJslowface
1 year ago I live in Virginia and have seen the Drops many a time, and if you like them please check out:

Sankofa Strings - Colored Aristocracy
(pre Drops Rhiannon-banjo and Dom-jug/bones with Sule Greg Wilson)

Dom Flemmons - Dance Tunes, Ballads, and Blues
(Dom's solo)

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gracebatmonkey- Keeping history alive, the right way. Brilliant.

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WheelofTime- Sorry I don't know all of their names... what is the jug player playing in his left hand? Is that a set of wooden spoons? I know the spoons are used in a lot of bluegrass music... just don't know...

Awesome song!!

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davefleadog- Them's 'bones',usually used in Irish music.

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Oruboris- Wow: the good stuff lasts, especially if people this talented keep it going.

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sukimoon333 - when they came to play in Paris,a famous magazine wrote about them "the new sound of hip-hop"!!!!!!!!!
I guess that some peoples are still thinking that you can t play Hillbilly or country-blues if you are black-american today...what a shame.
Country music and blues were extremly near and mixed in the 10s,20s and 30s.
white and black music player use to play the same songs and liked playing together.
Good music is for everybody who like it and play it.
sorry for my bad english...

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ZeddyX001- Wow that was weird I was responding to what u said and it didn't go through well this is a second attempt.

Anyway the funny thing is that all of the (genres) you mentioned are all from the Afrikan diaspora, its all black music. It shouldn't really be a surprise to the journalist if they knew a bit of history but at the end of the day its art, this is the best time for music now, one album can have so many different styles and its great.

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darriusstewart132 - I love this song.... my louisiana history teacher got me hooked on dis.

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Bohagonnc- NORTH CAROLINA stand up. This is that good ol Country south music right here. Feels good ta be from OL Carolina. I love ya Carolina

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patrickreif - i love these guys.
the old time string and jug bands are something that most people don't hear regularly.
as a fan of old time stuff, all i can say is keep up the good work, and keep this music alive.

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njellis- Awesome stuff!

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dukeofearlbanjo- i like their old time stuff alot. I'm going to see them next weekend in TX

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CrowHooves- i love CCD. i recently started playing jug and i can't get it to sound anywhere near as good as dom!

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Senee125- You can purchase this song on their Heritage Album.=)

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07snooky - Country Soul.

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distar10 - OMG! Now I check this out ad see you multi-talented people playing diff.instruments than in the last clip--you guys are amazing!!! for sure...once again-LUV IT! 

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ericmower- Got to see this group in Savannah last year. Really cool set and multi talented for sure. I enjoyed their explanations between sets about the origin of the songs and instruments.

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oldtimerspal - What a great group!! They are bringing the old music back!! I am so glad!!!!!!!!

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PaulinaRena- Wow - what a great group. Who needs a bass fiddle when you have a jug to keep the beat going. I thought at first this gentleman was also playing the spoons but it's not spoons he's playing. I don't know what they call it. The singers are great on this old classic. These musicians are so entertaining and I do love their sound. All of their videos are terrific and just make you feel happy. Thanks for posting. - Paula

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SpoonCommunity- He's playing the bones.

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PaulinaRena-  I do like the sound of the bones. Thanks for letting me know. I wish the best to these great musicians always. -Paula

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OdessaMaki- I'm a white boy of mixed cultural heritage, but 100% American, and I cannot contemplate or conceive of an America without this! God bless the Drops!

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gusthewonderdog- I finally got see this great band live and it was fantastic.They all have a passion for the old-time music,unbelievable technical prowess,an electric,infectious energy that had the whole crowd dancin',and just feelin' great.This one of the better shows i've ever seen in any genre of music in 35 years of goin' to concerts and i can't wait till i get my next taste of the Drops.If you think these videos are great,wait till you see 'em LIVE,Carolina Chocolate Drops Rule!!

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Larkin1907- This is music which really unites people. It has the hint of Lancashire mixed with Celtic combined with the music of the southern states of the US and the African influences there.
Great band.

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natinerd- some of the best stuff I've heard in a very long time

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tmille30- normally don't like this kind of music, but these guys are great!

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rpeek- That's wicked good!

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chunter5100-o The future of Bluegrass..nuff said!

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djsmurfie- It's not bluegrass, it's old time music...

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Northwestrebel -My thanks to the Carolina Chocolate Drops for keeping this type of wonderful music alive and available to us.

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chunter5100- djsmurfie is right...it is not bluegrass, it is old time , string band music....I stand corrected... .

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5cats2- This is my new favorite song and band. I am so grateful that I found CCD looking around on youtube. So much real talent and energy between 3 friends, you can tell it comes deep from there heart and soul.

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crj823- Help Me, I can't stop singing this song! I'm driving everyone crazy.

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hhrtwo- same here.....I wake up in the middle of the night singing it!

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Posted in 2010:

TennesseeShine- The banjo (banjar) is of African origin. However, the music the CCD play is NOT Bluegrass. It's a genre called Old-Timey that preceded Bluegrass fro the late 1800s through the 1930s.

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bnjrpkr -Not Bluegrass, this is an older style of music called Old Time. Bluegrass is the commercialization of Old Time music.

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rottenhubert- Flemmon's doing great on the bones & jug!

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Roundhead70024- Thatr is old cchool right there folks!! Thank you Chocolate drops from New Brunswick Canada

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TennesseeShine- Outstanding!  Now that's really GREAT Old-Timey music!

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genusrightwingus- Jay Z ain't got nuttin on y'all!
CCD rulz!

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lowell191 - i love to see hewr jam

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thebarleymow - I just heard them on Radio 4 as well and had to find out more. Looked at a few of there clips and am very impressed with the quality and variety of material. A group to watch out for.

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MleCamembert- Just heard this song performed live on BBC Radio 4; Clive Anderson's Loose Ends programme. Just wonderful! I had to come here to check them out and see what they looked like. Very impressive.

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nsthiker - Just heard you on NPR! Fantastic!

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Hikikomori013-2 I also heard them on NPR. They talk like college students, but sing like honest mountain folk.
It's good to see American traditional arts being carried forward.

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jamsoftheweek- heard the song yesterday on NPR (along with what seems to be the rest of the world below), purchased cd and digital download (out today) at midnight lastnight from their record company's online store.

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Overunderandthrough- I love this song, my grandma who was raised in West Virginia used to sing it when I was little.......

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mikese4 - @Overunderandthrough, My dads family are from Slab fork, WV and as soon as I heard this I was transported back there with my grandma.

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mikese4 - I understand this is an old tyme song and the CCD's covered it. Any ideas who wrote/played the original?

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shannonfontaine01 - I love it!

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branwyn32- The banjo was an African instrument brought here by slaves and adopted into Southern culture music from there. Bluegrass is very much a mix of slave songs and music from the Scots-Irish immigrants of Appalachia.

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DrWild7-o @branwyn32 not necessarily true. there was a gourd like instrument that resembled a banjo - only until it reached America did it acquire its metal trimmings ( a major part of the instruments sound) and its fifth string. I think its fair to say that the banjo is uniquely American.

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siklopz- @DrWild7 appalachian mountain banjos lack metal trimmings which are a relatively recent addition. until the last couple of hundred years, the number of strings wasn't even standardized, much less the metal hooks and shoes. while the banjo is an american instrument, it comes in a direct line of ancestry from african slave instruments of similar fashion.

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DrWild7-o @siklopz by relatively recent, you are speaking about possibly as far back as the mid-1800s. Yes I agree there is lineage, but i think it is almost like saying the hot dog is European because they invented sausages.

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fork1964- @branwyn32 dead-on right!

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TheMountainGuy101- @branwyn32
True indeed. In addition you also can find the German Dulcimer and (in later years) the Italian mandolin. Traditional Appalachian music is truly a patchwork of cultures.

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JellyrollHorton - Playin' a jug is hard; playin' the spoons isn't easy. And to do them both together! Whew!

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cooper57m- This group is great. They play jug band/old-time music. The jug player is playing the bones, not the spoons, and take it from me, they are a lot harder to play then the spoons. One of my favorite old-timey tunes. 

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barbarasprague- I just heard about them on NPR! I've always liked this style of music, even when the rest of the world or family thinks you are a weird-o for listening to this style of music.

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sreim76 - Great music! So rich in history, their sound is the basis for almost every modern genre of music we listen to!

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cooper57m - Those are indeed bones that Dom is playing. I saw them play last year and spoke to Dom after the show about is bone playing. The bones are an instrument that I'm learning to play and they are 100Xs harder to play then the spoons. I'm in an old-time band and we play Cornbread and Butterbeans too. Great song and CCDs area great band.

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Mackster523- Now THIS is a string band. Going back to drop thumb banjopicking and it's also the first time I have seen a jug player onstage in a LONG while. After listening to their material for the better part of an hour, I'm convinced that the Grand Ole Opry needs to take a serious look at CCD. When Opry founder George Hay said "Keep it down to earth," THIS is exactly what he was talking about. Fantastic talent in those three people. 

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Nonchalant82 -now that's southern! ♥♥♥♥♥

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SuperSliq- tune!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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translate09- Can't wait to see ya in Charlotte!!!! We are coming from Colorado to visit and somehow saw your name, Carolina Chocolate Drops, intrigued, listenened & love it.Hope you stay exactly how you are, keeping yourselves real. Love all of your down to earth looks, like the dress with jeans. And guys, love your style, perfect!!The variety of instruments, WOW!!!Voices, perfect!!!

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Mrgyn-This is a real swingin jig for sure!

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jcpegg-This makes me SO SO SO HAPPY! Dude on the left has mad jug skills.

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Cainefan- Wow! It's great to see artists keeping good music alive!

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Yoli64 - I'm Hungry!!

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kbrowne3 -OMG! This is my favorite song! I can't believe someone else knows it... it is on a Album called "WPAQ: The Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains" which is a compilation of original recordings from my parents hometown in the Blue Ridge mountains circe 1940s/50s.

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Nonchalant82- i'm surprised they ain't gettin more exposure......such raw talent....i mean the lady can sing, & play the banjo & violin, dude in the hat plays the banjo, cidar jug and stick or spoons, and the other guy can b-bop, sing, & play the violin......or fiddle as it were.....i'd go see them in concert

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Gigila72 - I love the jug sound! How cool:) We're looking forward to seeingyou Milwaukee on July 18th!

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emolover590-amazing they r my new favorite!!!!!

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95Predden- This is what raw talent and creativity is all about. amazing and unbelievable