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IN HIGH COTTON: Favorite Camp Songs of the Civil War
2nd South Carolina String Band
IN HIGH COTTON: Favorite Camp Songs of the Civil War
Genre: Folk
 
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Five years after the release of their critically acclaimed SOUTHERN SOLDIER album, comes their newest, long awaited sequel; IN HIGH COTTON. Picking up where they left off, the boys are back in fine form and high style with...  more »

     
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All Artists: 2nd South Carolina String Band
Title: IN HIGH COTTON: Favorite Camp Songs of the Civil War
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Palmetto Productions
Original Release Date: 9/15/2002
Release Date: 9/15/2002
Genre: Folk
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 783707595122

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Five years after the release of their critically acclaimed SOUTHERN SOLDIER album, comes their newest, long awaited sequel; IN HIGH COTTON. Picking up where they left off, the boys are back in fine form and high style with their best work ever. Here are more minstrel tunes, plantation melodies and military airs that were beloved and familiar to hundreds of thousands of young men from north and south. These songs were as much a part of them as knapsack, bedroll or bible when they left civil life behind to take up arms to fight and die for the causes they believed in during America's great Civil War. IN HIGH COTTON carries the listener back more than 150 years to hear music that was essentially laying the foundations of American popular music in the years leading up to the War Between the States. You'll hear timeless melodies created by American musical icons Stephen Foster and Daniel Emmett, such as THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME (SWANEE RIVER) and THE BLUE TAIL FLY. Songs about life on the nation's earliest highways of commerce - America's mighty rivers. You'll hear minstrel melodies that were adapted by the soldiers to reflect the experiences of war and by making fun of those hardships in song, made them easier to bear. The 2nd South Carolina String Band is recognized far and wide for their ability to breathe new life into music muted only by the passage of time and fashion - great music from our nation's turbulent past - making it exciting and enjoyable to the 21st century listener. IN HIGH COTTON is bursting with the same exuberant spirit that this band has always been famous for.

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CD Reviews

A living national treasure
Edgewise | Cairo Egypt | 07/12/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Too often, musical groups that play a traditional genre grow stale after a few years. The 2nd South Carolina String Band, however, continues to raise the bar for the minstrel style with its latest and best CD, "In High Cotton," which I recommend wholeheartedly. Whether you are a long time fan of traditional camp music or a newcomer seeking to learn, this is the recording to purchase and enjoy."
Some of the best period music you will ever hear
Brian Mckeon | SOMERSET ,NJ | 02/24/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I happen to own all of the 2nd south's music, and this may be there best effort yet, strong words considering how good there other cd's are. wether you enjoy listening to civil war period music as I do, or you just want to hear what music was like back in the 1860's, this cd has a great selection of songs played by very talented musicians who seem to have gone back in time and captured the feeling of the nation in song .."
Y'all need to hear these boys!
L.H. Brezee | The Old Dominion | 02/01/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"These gentlemen are not just fine musicians but Civil War re-enactors. (A number of them even residing in Gettysburg!) They have made great efforts to research and recreate this wonderful music in the authentic style of the period. Their instrumentation and vocalization is fabulous. I have had the pleasure of seeing and hearing them in person on several occasions and they truly enjoy what they are doing and put on a great show! It is apparent in this CD that this is a labor of love and not work. You will listen to this collection over and over again."