Corn Potato String Band

 

The Corn Potato String Band has

 earned high praise in traditional

American music, keeping old time

fiddle and banjo music from a

one-way trip to the dustbins of

history. Theirs is a story of struggle,

 hard knocks and triumph.

Essentially unable to cope with

modern life, the members of this

band are outcasts of society who

 survive by playing the lost music

of the flatlands where they were

raised.

 

The Corn Potatos have delighted

 audiences with their driving fiddle

 tunes and harmonious singing

across the US, Canada, Europe,

Mexico, and India. They are all

multi-instrumentalists dedicated to

 continuing the music and dance

 traditions of the Central and

Southern US. In addition to being

 champion fiddlers they play banjo,

 guitar, bass and mandolin and

deftly handle many different

antiquated styles including ballads,

“ho-downs,” country “rags” and

southern gospel, specializing in

twin fiddling and double banjo tunes.