Playing in groups lightened the musical load for the individual This could be done by a single musician, but (1) Musicians fromīoth groups entertained audiences by playing music suitable for both String band music came together for the first time.
These ethnic groups met in the Upland South, the elements of old-time As Cecelia Conway documents in African BanjoĮchoes in Appalachia: A Study of Folk Tradition, when musicians from Gourd banjo, along with their playing techniques, tunes, songs, and a AfricanĪmericans brought an instrument modern players would recognize as the Tunes with them as they immigrated to the United States. Scots-Irish settlers in the Upland South brought the violin-moreĬommonly called the fiddle in folk music-and many traditional fiddle Revitalize the black old-time string band tradition. Scholarship that do exist, and point to some current trends that may This discogra-phy will highlight some of the important recordings and Recordings of black old-time string bands and the paucity of performingīands since the 1930s has obscured this part of our musical heritage. Unfortunately, the scarcity of commercial Played today for a square dance, represents perhaps the earliest musicalĬollaboration between African American and European American (often
Southern old-time string band music, similar to what might be
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