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Down in the ravines of the South End, time stands still and the stills still stand. Its backwash, back porch denizens still hoe their gardens, chop their wood, erect their cabins, build their boats, and play their music with the neighbors. The South End may well be a culture on its way out the back screen door of the 20th century, but not without a fight.
Sit with us a spell and imagine a time that's paced to a rhythm tuned to the seasons and the tides. 'Course, you sit with us very long and you'll be quittin' your job too. You let these hedonists fetch up a jug of Erich's Moonshine Merlot, it ain't too long till you think workin's for damn fools. A smart fella knows when it's quittin' time, and the rest of us think it's always that time. In the immortal words of Sleeter Daddle: When the jug's empty, boys, it's time to face the music. We're the South End String Band, and we ain't goin' nowhere. Fast. If you're ever down our way, drop on by. You know how to find us. Mike Hilley - mandolin Rebecca Fletcher - hammered dulcimer Jim Karr - bass Wende Hilyard - mountain dulcimer Chaim Bezalel - guitar/autoharp Paul Platis - guitar Bill Gum - bass Monika Denasha - guitar/banjo John Muhler - percussion Erich Schweiger - fiddle Jack Archibald - banjo Skeeter Daddle - spiritual advisor Recorded and mixed by Mark Dodge, Big Quack Productions Copyright 2004, The South End String Band Check out the artist's website: http://www.bigquack.com Track List: 1. June Apple 2. Little Maggie 3. Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine 4. Old Joe Clark 5. Cuckoo 6. Star of the County Down 7. Bile Them Cabbage Down 8. Kitchen Girl 9. Cripple Creek 10. Angeline the Baker 11. Cluck Old Hen 12. Shady Grove 13. Shortnin' Bread 14. Red Haired Boy 15. Wayfaring Stranger 16. Ashokan Farewell Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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