The 2nd South Carolina String Band is one of the most active and popular War of 1861 camp bands in America. With three albums and an hour-long video of music to their credit, these boys are enjoyed by reenactors and anyone else who like a rollicking good time. Their music is boisterous and high spirited, evoking the days when soldiers entertained their comrades around the campfire with the tunes of minstrel composers like Dan Emmett and Stephen Foster. Listening to the 2nd South Carolina String Band is an exciting experience that brings the sounds of the past to life.

The band consists of David Goss Guitar, lead vocals; Fred Ewers Fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals; Joe Ewers Banjo, vocals; Bob Beeman Bones, tamborine, vocals; Mike Paul Fiddle; Greg Hernandez Fife, Penny Whistle; and Joe Whitney Fife, Penny Whistle, Military Drum.

The purpose of the 2nd South Carolina String Band is to recreate (as authentically as possible) the music of the the War Between the States. In the Southern Soldier album the listener will hear the music of the 19th century played on 19th century period instruments in the appropriate style. This is the music as it truly sounded to the soldiers of the war.

In the year 2000, the band was excited to find that one piece and part of another from their third album would be featured in the first episode of Ken Burns’s JAZZ, which premiered in January 2001, on PBS. In November 2001, the band traveled to New York City to record the song Bonnie Blue Flag for the sound track of the upcoming Ted Turner/Warner Bros. film, GODS AND GENERALS. Then, in December, they filmed the scene for which the music was recorded - a major scene involving hundreds of Confederate reenactors, actors Robert Duval, Stephen Lang, Bruce Boxleitner, Ted Turner and a U.S. Senator from Virginia in cameo roles.

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Lynchburg Tow/Brigg's Jig Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) O Lemuel Twill Neber Do to Gib It Up So (De Ol' Jim Ribber) Granny Will Your Dog Bite/Guilderoy Liza Jane/Mississippi Sawyer/Road to Boston I'm Gwine Ober de Mountain De Blue Tail Fly Angelina Baker/Angeline the Baker Cripple Creek/Old Joe Clarke/The Girl I Left Behind Me Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel Old Rosin the Beau Glendy Burke The White Cockade/Devil's Dream Down in Alabama The Bonnie Blue Flag

Southern Soldier	Hard Road
Ol' Dan Tucker McLeod's Reel Oh! Lud Gals! Boatman's Dance Fisher's Hornpipe/Rickett's Hornpipe Zip Coon Hard Times, Come Again No More John Brown's March John Brown's Dream Oh, I'm a Good Old Rebel Palmetto Quickstep Keemo Kimo Jackson in the Valley Johnny Booker/Circus Jig/Jim Along Josie Rock the Cradle, Julie Jennie, Get Your Hoecake Done The Arkansas Traveller Southern Soldier Dixie's Land	Tenting on the Old Camp Groud Battle Cry of Freedom (**Yankee Version) Cavalier's Waltz When Johnny Comes Marching Home Cindy Oh! Susanna Invalid Corps Buffalo Gals Kingdom Coming Bonnie Blue Flag Jine the Calvary Ring de Banjo Rose of Alabama Camptown Races Goober Peas Cumberland Gap Sweet Betsey from Pike Lorena The Vacant Chair Richmond is a Hard Road

On September 23-24, 1999, a unique War between the States video recreating the experience of music as it looked and sounded in a military camp of the period was shot on an isolated set in the woods of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The video was a joint project involving the 2nd South Carolina String Band, Lion Heart FilmWorks and Calvin Films. It was directed by Kevin Hershberger, fresh from the New York City Film Festival debut of his film, "The Nest," and edited by Emmy nominee for his work in Ken Burns's "JAZZ," Erik Ewers.

Members of Co.B, 7th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry and the Liberty Rifles were recruited to populate the authentic campaign camp created for the film. The time frame is set at mid-war, 1863, shortly after the retreat from Gettysburg of the Army of Northern Virginia. At the close of day, camp activities are interrupted by the sounds of a tack-head banjo and a company of infantry join their "pards" around the campfire for a brief moment of music and song.

Far, Far from Home Video (20.00)

Circus Jig/Jim Along Josie Old Dan Tucker The Girl I Left Behind Me O' Lud Gals Rock the Cradle, Julie Jenny, Git Your Hoecake Down Oh, Susanna Yellow Rose of Texas Hard Times Come Again No More McLeod's Reel Old Folks at Home Dixie's Land

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