The Ebony Hillbillies: Tuesday Night Frolic

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"...the premiere black string band in AMERICA"
-Tony Thomas, Black Banjo Association

"...the music was good and sweet...and stuck in my mind"
-daBrooklyn.com/LIVEJournal.com

"EH are the cat's meow...I could not stop moving..."
-Javier T., @Carnegie Hall

The Ebony Hillbillies are not only one of the last black string bands in AMERICA, but they are the only string band based in NYC.  Consisting of fiddle, banjo, washboard and bass fiddle, they have successfully created a following that has crossed over to audiences in pop, country, bluegrass, folk, jazz and beyond while maintaining their grassroots credibility.  Their 19th century string band sound was popular in the 1920's and 1930's; and was a key element in the genesis of jazz and virtually everything after (blues, bluegrass, rockabilly, rock & roll, etc...). The Ebony Hillbillies' own extant CDs, 'Sabrina's Holiday', 'EH Sessions Vol.1 & 2', and 'I Thought You Knew' provide a great introduction to a largely forgotten cultural legacy.