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Ft Delaware 2003 (R. Szabo)

3-16-08 I added some MP3's from our performance at Waretown on the Music page!

12-13-07 Check out the you tube video of the band at Fredericksburg in December. See the Journal section. Scroll down and you can also watch a video from the Early Banjo Conference where Renny introduces Rose of Alabama with a real Civil War joke!

The Camptown Shakers recreate the early minstrel music that was wildly popular during the Civil War era playing instruments and styles that are truly accurate to the period. Their repertoire includes songs from the minstrel stage including the works of Stephen Foster, Dan Emmett, and the other songwriters of the time; as well as fiddle tunes, reels, breakdowns, and jigs documented to antebellum times. The Shakers lineup includes Dave Culgan on gut-strung fretless banjos, Renny Allgyer on fiddle, and King Bennett on tambourine and rhythm bones.