Written by Thomas Snowden & the Snowden Family, arranged by Anne Harris
Anne Harris - fiddle
Colin Linden- guitars, baritone guitar

I first heard this song on the Carolina Chocolate Drops’ third studio release ‘Geniune Negro Jig’, and I was immediately captivated. It was written by Thomas Snowden of Clinton, Ohio (a fellow Ohio native!) and performed regularly by the Snowden family Band, the longest lasting black string band of the 19th century. It was originally (and mistakenly) credited to and popularized by Dan Emmett, the most popular minstrel performer of his day, and called ‘Genuine Negro Jig’. The Snowden Family Band holds a very important place in my spirit because two of its members, sisters Sofia and Annie, both played fiddle in the band, and were possibly the only females known to do so at the time. This fact was used on handbills advertising shows because it was such a rarity. I get chills when I play this song knowing that the first hands to play this song looked like my own. Here I’ve respun it as a Surfer Rock meets traditional fiddle tune.