the ebony hillbillies live at lincoln center

the ebony hillbillies

theebonyhillbillies

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the ebony hillbillies at lincoln with henrique prince [funky fiddle

“salty bill” salter [boss bass], newman gloria gassaway plus dancing girls, surprise guests, and a (mostly) enthusiastic

lincoln center out-of-doors fiddle], norris benner [banging banjo], newman baker [wailing washboard], gassaway [bad-ass bones], plus: guests, the big fat daddy song, enthusiastic audience

the ebony hillbillies live at lincoln center

Published on Nov 26, 2011

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One of the last black string bands in the US and the only one currently based in NYC, the Hillbillies keep an important legacy alive with a rootsy, homegrown style that was a key element in the genesis of "American" music. "Documented fiddling by black players goes back to the 1600s in New York," fiddler Henrique Prince says. "And nobody but black players played a banjo until the early part of the 19th century. They were all handmade instruments." The banjo, of course, came to these shores from West Africa, where it was fretless and made from a gourd. The African version of the fiddle has one string. "String music is the folk music of Africa, not drums," Prince said.

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