St. Helena sits in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, thousands of miles from anywhere. There are 4000 residents there. Four of those residents sat in a cosy living room, and played some songs.
St. Helena's relatively unique position in the world has given it an interesting music-making tradition and culture. There is an affinity for American country music, something inherited from the US military presence on the (kinda) nearby Ascension Island. Those that grew up in the good old days making that kind of music on fiddles and banjos are getting fewer and fewer, and as the younger generations are moving on to different styles of music, it seems that traditional music will become more and more rare. Therefore, it is a privilege to have been able to document it.
The Dry Bottle Band is comprised of:
Vincent March - Vocals, Mandolin
Vilma March - Vocals, Guitar, Accordian,
George March - Harmonica
Jackie Stevens - Fiddle
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This live performance is also available as a high quality download from bandcamp here:
fantomislandstudios.bandcamp....
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This video is part of a bigger series of videos of musicians on St. Helena. I hope this will in some way serve as a kind of archive of the unique music scene on St. Helena Island.
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The Mansion You Stole was originally recorded by Johnny Horton, Copyright Universal - Songs of Polygram Internationalal Inc. o/b/o Vogue
The God on The Mountain was originally recorded by Tracy G. Dartt, and the Copyright is held by Clearbox Rights, LLC o/b/o Gaviota Music
Go Rest on the Mountain was originally recorded by Vince Gill, Copyright held by Sony, ATV Tunes LLC
Maggie (Nora) was originally recorded by Jeff Wolpert, Copyrighted by Polaris Hub AB
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This video was made in partnership with the talented Louis Youde at Smudge Dog Media. Check out his website:
smudgedogmedia.com/
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