New CD from 2nd South Carolina String Band

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Among my Christmas gifts I received this year was the latest CD from my favorite Civil War band, the 2nd South Carolina String Band, a Gettysburg-area group that met originally as reenactors who formed an impromptu campfire band. They have since expanded into a more formal group, with five albums and scores of personal appearances at Civil War reenactments, folk music festivals, special events, and other social gatherings.

This latest work is their first live concert CD, a collection of 28 songs on 2 CDs recorded during a concert appearance in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. As such, Lightning in a Jar has a much difference feel than the string band’s previous studio albums, although nearly all the songs have been previously recorded. This is toe-tappin’, knee-slappin’ good old-fashioned entertainment of the highest order if you enjoy the period folk music that marked the mid-19th century and the Civil War era. The majority, if not all, of these songs would have been well known to most of the common soldiers of the Rebellion / War Between the States / Civil War.

Songs are as follows:

1.	Intro
	2.	Stonewall Jackson’s Way/Garryowen
	3.	The Bonnie Blue Flag
	4.	Kingdom Coming
	5.	Ring, Ring de Banjo
	6.	We’re Tenting Tonight On the Old Campground
	7.	Rickett’s & Fisher’s Hornpipes
	8.	Jine the Cavalry
	9.	Down in Alabama
	10.	Company I, 2nd South Caroline
	11.	The Boatman’s Song
	12.	O Lemuel
	13.	Keemo Kimo
	14.	The Camptown Ladies
	15.	The Vacant Chair
	16.	Hawks & Eagles
	17.	De Lady and De Frog
	18.	Band Intro
	19.	McLeod’s Reel/Zip Coon
	20.	Angelina Baker/Angeline the Baker
	21.	O Lud Gals!
	22.	Cumberland Gap
	23.	When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again/For Bales
	24.	The Rose of Alabama
	25.	The Arkansas Traveler
	26.	Old Rosin the Beau
	27.	Buffalo Gals
	28.	Southern Soldier/Dixie

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