CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS
"The hottest thing to hit the old time music community in decades" ~ NPR's
The Carolina Chocolate Drops are the newest and youngest players in a deep lineage of black string band tradition. With a sound fostered on the back porch of their mentor, Joe Thompson, they perform everything from Gaelic acappella to R& B to hillbilly scat on claw-hammer banjo, fiddle, jug, bones and quills, with a little flat-footing thrown in the mix. The Drops moved up through the festival circuit, from the Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention to MerleFest and beyond, and in 2008, became the first African-American string band to appear on the Grand Ole Opry since the show debuted in 1925.
Recording Part 1
Recording Part 2
Saturday, February 19th at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 20th at 2:00 p.m.
Availability:
Support
The Library Theatre is sponsored in part by the City of Hoover and the Friends of the Hoover Public Library.
The Library Theatre is a professional venue bringing world-class entertainment to an intimate setting in the heart of Hoover.
| HOOVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES |
MAYOR, CITY OF HOOVER |
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George Farmer, Chairman
Library Director
Fine Arts Coordinator |
HOOVER CITY COUNCIL |
