Justin Robinson was a founding member of the <a href="http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com/">Carolina Chocolate Drops</a>, one of the few African American string bands. They were centered in Piedmont Carolinas traditional music. I was walking a lunchtime on the NC Capitol Square in Raleigh one day in February 2006. A young man was playing on a park bench. I spoke, and learned he had recently finished school at UNC-Chapel Hill.
He had been one of the founding members of the Chocolate Drops just a couple of months earlier. They went on to win a Grammy for Best Traditional Music Album.
Justin now plays with <a href="http://justinrobinsonandthemaryannettes.com/">Justin Robinson and the Mary Annettes</a>
<a href="perma://BLPageReference/0D24E1D3-5D9D-4929-99FE-6B6216692D37">Click here to see Justin on a park bench.</a>
<a href="perma://BLPageReference/0D24E1D3-5D9D-4929-99FE-6B6216692D37">Justin Robinson</a>
Thursday, June 2, 2011