"The Carolina Chocolate Drops, a contemporary string band trio who, under the watchful eye of mentor Joe Thompson, re-created the look, feel, and sound of a 19th century black North Carolina string, fiddle, and jug band ensemble, crafted their first studio recordings into perfect facsimiles of the group's influences. The Drops were always at their best on-stage, however, where the gospel stomp of those mountain rhythms and the kinetic energy the band gave off completed the feel of a living, breathing history lesson. Those old string bands could turn on a dime, and the Chocolate Drops reproduced that art, turning their live sets into a black string band revival show. The studio albums felt like they were a bit encased in glass compared to the live performances. For this outing, however, the Chocolate Drops found the perfect producer in Buddy Miller, who recorded the band live in a single room, and the result is a wonderfully immediate album that feels like a Saturday night house party-- complete with moonlight, dust flying from the carpet under the feet of dancers, and crickets and night bird calls out the open windows. The sound breathes, and the Drops shine." -- All Music Guide

Track Listing 1 Riro's House
2 Kerr's Negro Jig
3 Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?
4 Boodle-De-Bum-Bum
5 Country Girl
6 Run Mountain
7 Leaving Eden
8 Read 'Em John
9 Mahalla
10 West End Blues
11 Po' Black Sheep
12 I Truly Understand That You Love Another Man
13 No Man's Mama
14 Briggs' Corn Shucking Jig/Camptown Hornpipe
15 Pretty Bird