BBC DOCUMENTARY - BLUES AMERICA: WOKE UP THIS MORNING (PT.1)
FEATURING THE EBONY HILLBILLIES, KEITH RICHARDS, BONNIE RAITT, TAJ MAHAL, J PAXTON, ETC...
HERE IN ITS ENTIRETY, THE BBC DOCUMENTARY - BLUES AMERICA! (PART ONE - WOKE UP THIS MORNING) 
(SEE THE EBONY HILLBILLIES SEGMENT TIME - 5:04)
Blues is usually described as the sound of racial suffering and feeling sad, but this documentary argues that the blues began as a form of black pop music. First appearing in the Southern states of the USA around 1900, based on early string band rhythms of old time music represented by the EH - With additional commentary from The Ebony Hillbillies, Keith Richards, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt and Chuck D. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hZMHLGMpzc
 

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THE EH AT THE IBMA'S WORLD OF BLUEGRASS' SHOUT AND SHINE JAM AT THE POUR HOUSE IN RALEIGH, NC - SEPT. 26TH

Bob Dylan's "Bucket's Of Rain" taken from the Ebony Hillbillies’ album “Barefoot and Flying” 

"What a great time had by all with the great Garland Jeffreys!!! "- The EH

Here is an excerpt from Garland Jeffrey's promo to fans....

http://www.wildinthestreets.net/mash-it-up/influences/bob-dylan/

Hello to all, 

Like everybody else I’ve been a great Bob Dylan fan since he came on the scene in the early 1960’s. I was asked by my friend Richard Alderman to listen to a couple of songs he had in mind for a new album he was producing for The Ebony Hillbillies. What a great name for a band I thought! One of the song choices for the new EH album was BUCKETS OF RAIN. They asked me would I sing it as a favor and I said yes and jumped in with both feet. Now it just so happens that Bob Dylan’s Birthday is comin’ up soon like next week (May 24), and I’ll be headlining a don’t miss Happy Birthday Bob Dylan Tribute concert that takes place at Mexicali Live on that day. And of course I’ll be singing BUCKETS OF RAIN (as well as other Dylan classics). Now don’t miss the Ebony Hillbillies new album, The Bob Dylan Concert, and a cool version of BUCKETS… 

Very best to all, 

Garland Jeffreys

- The Ebony Hillbillies evoke the traditional sounds of 19th century African American music. Here,
the group performs at the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival's Music of Monticello and the Blue Ridge
concert, sponsored by the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

https://youtu.be/ZdPNd_-ugYw



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THE EBONY HILLBILLIES BRING OLE TIMEY (AMERICANA) MUSIC
TO LINCOLN CENTER'S SPECIAL OUT-OF-DOORS PERFORMANCES
As one of the last black string bands in the U.S., the Hillbillies keep an important legacy alive with a rootsy, homegrown style that was a key element in the genesis of all-American music: jazz, blues, bluegrass, rockabilly, rock and roll, and country.