Thanks, Sam !

Amen

indeed it is

@@vladimirputin9272 Hey, thanks, Vlad !

always brightens my day when they upload to

Great Comment, I do so agaree.

YEAH ! What HE said !

Merci, mille fois !

@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand but for me, the great video is Dixie from 9 years! J'adore la musique du sud!bravo , friends!🇺🇸🇨🇵

I must say, 'RC', that your comment is 'music to OUR ears' ! Thank YOU so much !!

I love this . 🥲🥲🥲🥲🙂😊

Great. Just what the world needs... Another banjo player... (just kidding) Welcome aboard !!!

Stop that ! You're making me blush !

You're very welcome, Jessie. And thanks for the kind word !

Only Stephen Foster could pull off making a song about a sad, tragic subject - 'lively and happy' sounding. Gotta love it !

@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand He was an a truly remarkable man.

@@thethe2645 Amen to that !

Thanks, History Boy ! Good to hear from you again ! The end part is an early to mid-century old-time piece 'Angeline THE Baker' (guess they forgot the words...). :O)

Thanks very much for that ! We really appreciate your support ! God bless.

You're too kind !

Thanks a lot (not sure about the 'lords' part, but...) !

@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand maybe "sir"? I was going to say "guys" but i thought it was no serious, you are adult men, not guys. Just referring to adult men hahaha

Bigger hug from Cape Coral,Fl. We ❤️ You young fellows, best in good ole US of A

@@Manolo937 "Guys" will suit just fine. We are adult men who haven't exactly 'grown up'... quite.

@@ironlady880 Thanks a lot, Iron Lady !

You say the nicest things, James. Thanks !

@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand Only cause they are true. ✔

Roger that !

@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand / Roger Roger!! // Lars

Don't give up. My brother and I were born in Illinois. And thanks for the kind word, btw.

amen herr mayer

Mr. President, Hail To The Chief.

Thank you for the kind word, and thanks for your comment !

That was our goal. So, thanks !

Thanks, mate !

Thanks, John !!! Dang kind of you to say ! I think you're right. Community IS a part of it. Reenactors are great folks !

Thanks very much, Chuck !

Thank U for your support !

Thanks, Mao !!!

Thanks, Frank !

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks, mate !

No problem! 👍

We often point out that there is no constitutional protection against being 'offended'.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so they say ! Have at it lads !! Thanks for the kind word !

Of course he was CAPABLE of it, but it was sacriledge to play the song in the wrong key. I LOVE your renditions of these songs!

@@lazylili3699 I first heard 'Angeline' on a playlist audio-cassette of mid-19th century songs and melodies assembled by one of our former members. It practically set my hair on fire ! HAD to learn it - and tack it onto the Foster song. WINNER ! Very glad to hear you enjoy them !!! Thanks for your comment !

I thought it was more of a statement, actually...

@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand I never even slow down when I get politickly incorrect. Unless I loose what little mind I have I never will! GBWYall!

Amen

If someone is offended...tell them to listen to something else

I'd agree most the time, but with some of these songs, as brilliant as they may be, it can be helpful to contextualize the time and place that the music came from, just in case there's anyone in the audience that is unfamiliar with the history. That said, no one should be stopped from playing historically important songs like this out of fear of not being "politically correct".

So true sir. Howdy.

ВАУ. Спасибо большое. Очень хорошо и любезно сказано.

@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand Удачи вам. Как у нас говорят старшие - МЫ ЕЩЕ ПОВОЮЕМ!

@@vladivanov9119 Spaciba !

@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand Health to you and new old songs

@@vladivanov9119 I'll drink to that !

Thanks, Mark. Very kind of you.

And that's just the way I learned it - by listening - to a band called 'Kenny Hall and the Sweets Mill String Band' (avail fm iTunes). They called it "AngeLINE THE Baker', and just repeated the name over and over for the verses. We reasoned that once the original minstrel tune retreated back into the 'hollers and valleys' of the Ozarks, Blueridge, and Appalachian mountains with the Confederate veterans that learnt and loved them at close of the war, they simply kept the melody and forgot the words. We decided to combine the two - minstrel and old-time - and use the combination as a 'teaching tool' during our performances (besides - it's a really KICKASS treatment... and fun to play). Good luck to you in your effort and thanks for the comment and kind word !!!

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Beats me too, but we're glad one does !

Hey, good music knows no borders.

@@FultonEagle1948 Amen to THAT !

@@FultonEagle1948 True :)

It's no mystery, your ears love the good stuff.

Merci, mille fois !!!

Yes, but not with Ranger Matt. We played at the Eternal Flame monument 3 times during the 150th years, I think. Don't really remember who invited us, but we were kind of a 'fixture' around Gettysburg from 1996 (when the band's leader, Joe Ewers, moved into an 1827 log farm house there that had been the HQ for Albert Jenkins, during the battle, thus giving the band claim to a 'Gettysburg Address' for 14 years) to 2010. We played many events at the battlefield, including the installation of the last two statues to be erected in the park - the Longstreet Memorial, and the 11th Mississippi monument, besides playing at other locations for the muster.

Truly ! Thanks, David ! Hope you're well. Best wishes to you and yours for the holidays !

Thanks, Tim, but sadly there will be no more reenactments for us, I'm afraid. Father Time has caught us and we have collectively 'dropped the mic' and left the stage. Furthermore, as Dylan (Bob, not Thomas) once put it so long ago (when we were young): "The times, they are a-changing..."

@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand Very sad to hear that. You guys have made quite a few amazing pieces of music. I wish you all the best. Long live the south!

Hmmmmm.... I wonder too.

You must not watch many music videos. If you did , you might notice that the cameras tend to focus mostly on the singer and those immediately adjacent to him. Not so much on the keyboard, drummer, etc. Just 'the nature of the beast', I'm afraid. They're always bitching about it too.

@@2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand I'm subscribed to you and I have watched many of your videos. Just even things up!