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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Dom Flemons
| name = Dom Flemons
| image = File:Dom Flemons of the Carolina Chocolate Drops.jpg
| image = File:Don Flemons after a performance of The Blacksmith by Philidor ar The Barns at Wolf Trap.jpg
| caption = Dom Flemons playing the quills, a traditional African American pan flute, suspending it in front of his mouth with a [[Harmonica#Rack or holder|harmonica rack]]
| caption = Dom Flemons in September 2021, after a performance at [[Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts|The Barns at Wolf Trap]]
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| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Dominique Flemons
| birth_name = Dominique Flemons
| alias =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|08|30}}
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| birth_place = [[Phoenix, Arizona]], United States
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|08|30}}
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| death_date =
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| birth_place = [[Phoenix, Arizona]], United States
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| instrument = [[Banjo]], [[Bones (instrument)|bones]], [[Jug (instrument)|jug]], [[pan flute|quills]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqIdB9cNt5Q&ab_channel=DomFlemons|title=How to Play Quills with Dom Flemons|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> guitar, harmonica, drums, vocals
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| genre = [[Old-time music]], [[Piedmont blues]], [[Neotraditionalist country]]
| instrument = [[Banjo]], [[Bones (instrument)|bones]], [[Jug (instrument)|jug]], guitar, harmonica, drums, singer
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| occupation = Multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter
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| genre = [[Old-time music]], [[Piedmont blues]], [[Neotraditionalist country]]
| years_active = 2000s–present
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| occupation = Multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter
| years_active = 2000s–present
| label = Various
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| associated_acts = [[Carolina Chocolate Drops]]
| label = Various
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| associated_acts = [[Carolina Chocolate Drops]]
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A member of the [[Carolina Chocolate Drops]] from their inception in 2005 until 2013, Flemons has released five albums in his own name, although two of those were collaborations with other musicians. Flemons appreciates the tradition inherent in his solo work and once stated, "I want to experiment rather than to merely replicate. It can never be as good as the original, so I make the music fit my own style. I look at the old time music, the originals of black banjo music for the Carolinas, the fiddle and the sounds of folks like [[Sid Hemphill]], [[Henry Thomas (blues musician)|Henry Thomas]] and [[Peg Leg Howell]]."<ref name="Country"/>
A member of the [[Carolina Chocolate Drops]] from their inception in 2005 until 2013, Flemons has released five albums in his own name, although two of those were collaborations with other musicians. Flemons appreciates the tradition inherent in his solo work and once stated, "I want to experiment rather than to merely replicate. It can never be as good as the original, so I make the music fit my own style. I look at the old time music, the originals of black banjo music for the Carolinas, the fiddle and the sounds of folks like [[Sid Hemphill]], [[Henry Thomas (blues musician)|Henry Thomas]] and [[Peg Leg Howell]]."<ref name="Country"/>


His latest album, ''Black Cowboys'' (2018), was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Folk Album]] at the [[61st Annual Grammy Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards|title=61st Annual GRAMMY Awards|date=December 6, 2018|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref> and for a [[Blues Music Award]] at the 40th Blues Music Award ceremony in the 'Acoustic Album' category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blues.org/40th-blues-music-award-nominations-announced/|title=40TH BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED|date=January 7, 2019|website=Blues.org|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref>
His album, ''Black Cowboys'' (2018), was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Folk Album]] at the [[61st Annual Grammy Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards|title=61st Annual GRAMMY Awards|date=December 6, 2018|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref> and for a [[Blues Music Award]] at the 40th Blues Music Award ceremony in the 'Acoustic Album' category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blues.org/40th-blues-music-award-nominations-announced/|title=40TH BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED|date=January 7, 2019|website=Blues.org|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
===Early life===
Flemons was born in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], United States.<ref name="Maker"/> He is of African American and Mexican heritage. He played percussion in his high school band, and whilst a teenager played guitar and harmonica in local coffee houses.<ref name="Country"/> He grew up listening to his parents record collection, and expanded his knowledge by studying recordings by [[Bob Dylan]], [[the Beatles]], and [[Chuck Berry]]. This led him to the pioneers of [[American folk music]], including [[Woody Guthrie]], [[Tom Paxton]], and [[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]].<ref name="AMG"/> Flemons became a frequent busker and performer on the Arizona music scene. He obtained a major in English at [[Northern Arizona University]], in [[Flagstaff, Arizona]], and partook in two national [[poetry slam]]s in 2002 and 2003.<ref name="Country"/> In Flagstaff, Flemons met Sule Greg Wilson, a local percussionist, banjo player, and folklorist. Wilson became a mentor to Flemons assisting his playing techniques and understanding of the history of the [[blues]] and [[American folk music]].<ref name="AMG"/>
Flemons was born in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], United States.<ref name="Maker"/> He is of African American and Mexican heritage. He played percussion in his high school band, and whilst a teenager played guitar and harmonica in local coffee houses.<ref name="Country"/> He grew up listening to his parents' record collection, and expanded his knowledge by studying recordings by [[Bob Dylan]], [[the Beatles]], and [[Chuck Berry]]. This led him to the pioneers of [[American folk music]], including [[Woody Guthrie]], [[Tom Paxton]], and [[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]].<ref name="AMG"/> Flemons became a frequent busker and performer on the Arizona music scene. He obtained a major in English at [[Northern Arizona University]], in [[Flagstaff, Arizona]], and partook in two national [[poetry slam]]s in 2002 and 2003.<ref name="Country"/> In Flagstaff, Flemons met Sule Greg Wilson, a local percussionist, banjo player, and folklorist. Wilson became a mentor to Flemons, assisting with his playing techniques and understanding of the history of the [[blues]] and [[American folk music]].<ref name="AMG"/>


===Carolina Chocolate Drops===
===Carolina Chocolate Drops===
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Formed in November 2005, following the members' attendance at the first Black Banjo Gathering, held in [[Boone, North Carolina]], in April 2005, the group grew out of the success of Sankofa Strings, an ensemble that featured Dom Flemons on [[bones (instrument)|bones]], [[jug (instrument)|jug]], guitar, and four-string banjo, [[Rhiannon Giddens]] on banjo and fiddle and Súle Greg Wilson on [[bodhrán]], brushes, [[washboard (musical instrument)|washboard]], bones, tambourine, banjo, banjolin, and ukulele, with Justin Robinson as an occasional guest artist.
Formed in November 2005, following the members' attendance at the first Black Banjo Gathering, held in [[Boone, North Carolina]], in April 2005, the group grew out of the success of Sankofa Strings, an ensemble that featured Dom Flemons on [[bones (instrument)|bones]], [[jug (instrument)|jug]], guitar, and four-string banjo, [[Rhiannon Giddens]] on banjo and fiddle and Súle Greg Wilson on [[bodhrán]], brushes, [[washboard (musical instrument)|washboard]], bones, tambourine, banjo, banjolin, and ukulele, with Justin Robinson as an occasional guest artist.


The Carolina Chocolate Drops released five albums including 2012's ''[[Leaving Eden (Carolina Chocolate Drops album)|Leaving Eden]]'', and one EP, whilst Flemons was a member, and opened for [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] and, in 2011, [[Bob Dylan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pas.appstate.edu/tajmahal.php |title=Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts &#124; Boone, North Carolina |website=Pas.appstate.edu |accessdate=27 May 2017}}</ref> They performed on ''[[Mountain Stage]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99047558 |title=Carolina Chocolate Drops on Mountain Stage |publisher=NPR |accessdate=27 May 2017}}</ref> [[MerleFest]], and at the [[Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention]]. Additionally they have performed on ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'', ''[[Fresh Air]]'', and [[BBC Radio]] in early 2010, and at the 2010 [[Bonnaroo Music Festival]] in [[Manchester, Tennessee]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonnaroo.com/Artists.aspx |title=Bonnaroo – Artists |website=Web.archive.org |accessdate=27 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531053401/http://www.bonnaroo.com/Artists.aspx |archivedate=May 31, 2010 }}</ref> and at the 2011 Romp,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/home.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=30 November 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502142523/http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/home.php |archivedate=May 2, 2009 }}</ref> in [[Owensboro, Kentucky]]. On January 17, 2012 they appeared live on BBC Radio 3.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carolina Chocolate Drops Live at BBC Radio 3 'In Tune' on 17 January 2012|date=January 17, 2012|url=https://archive.org/details/ccd2012-01-17.flac16|website=Archive.org|accessdate=3 September 2017}}</ref> They performed on the [[Grand Ole Opry]] several times. They also appeared on the UK's [[BBC Television]] program, ''[[Later... with Jools Holland]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/carolina-chocolate-drops-perform-on-later-with-jools-holland-tour-california-2009-11-05|title=Carolina Chocolate Drops Perform on "Later ... with Jools Holland," Tour California – Nonesuch Records|website=Nonesuch.com|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref>
The Carolina Chocolate Drops released five albums including 2012's ''[[Leaving Eden (Carolina Chocolate Drops album)|Leaving Eden]]'', and one EP, whilst Flemons was a member, and opened for [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] and, in 2011, [[Bob Dylan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pas.appstate.edu/tajmahal.php |title=Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts &#124; Boone, North Carolina |website=Pas.appstate.edu |access-date=27 May 2017}}</ref> They performed on ''[[Mountain Stage]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99047558 |title=Carolina Chocolate Drops on Mountain Stage |publisher=NPR |access-date=27 May 2017}}</ref> [[MerleFest]], and at the [[Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention]]. Additionally they have performed on ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'', ''[[Fresh Air]]'', and [[BBC Radio]] in early 2010, and at the 2010 [[Bonnaroo Music Festival]] in [[Manchester, Tennessee]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonnaroo.com/Artists.aspx |title=Bonnaroo – Artists |access-date=27 May 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531053401/http://www.bonnaroo.com/Artists.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2010 }}</ref> and at the 2011 Romp,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/home.php |title=International Bluegrass Music Museum |access-date=30 November 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502142523/http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/home.php |archive-date=May 2, 2009 }}</ref> in [[Owensboro, Kentucky]]. On January 17, 2012, they appeared live on BBC Radio 3.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carolina Chocolate Drops Live at BBC Radio 3 'In Tune' on 17 January 2012|date=January 17, 2012|url=https://archive.org/details/ccd2012-01-17.flac16|website=Archive.org|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref> They performed on the [[Grand Ole Opry]] several times. They also appeared on the UK's [[BBC Television]] program, ''[[Later... with Jools Holland]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/carolina-chocolate-drops-perform-on-later-with-jools-holland-tour-california-2009-11-05|title=Carolina Chocolate Drops Perform on "Later ... with Jools Holland," Tour California – Nonesuch Records|website=Nonesuch.com|date=November 5, 2009 |access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref>


On November 12, 2013, the Chocolate Drops announced that Flemons would be leaving to continue his own solo career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/07/30/336577946/dom-flemons-holds-onto-that-old-time-root|title=Dom Flemons Holds on To Those Old-Time Roots|publisher=NPR|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref>
On November 12, 2013, the Chocolate Drops announced that Flemons would be leaving to continue his own solo career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/07/30/336577946/dom-flemons-holds-onto-that-old-time-root|title=Dom Flemons Holds on To Those Old-Time Roots|publisher=NPR|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref>


===Solo career===
===Solo career===
Flemons solo career began while he was still a member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. He self-released his debut solo album in 2007, ''Dance Tunes Ballads & Blues''.<ref name="AMG"/> His next album was issued the following year. ''American Songster'' was Flemons first release on [[Music Maker (label)|Music Maker]].<ref name="Maker"/> He was then featured on [[NPR]] performing at the [[Newport Folk Festival]].<ref name="Country"/> Over the past decade Flemons has performed as a soloist at venues such as, [[Carnegie Hall]] as part of a [[Lead Belly]] tribute; [[English Folk Dance and Song Society|Cecil Sharp House]]; the [[Grand Ole Opry]]; at the opening ceremonies for the [[National Museum of African American History and Culture]]; at the [[National Cowboy Poetry Gathering]]; and represented the United States at the 2017 [[Rainforest World Music Festival]] in [[Kuching]], Malaysia.<ref name="Chamber">{{cite web|url=http://www.chambermusicpittsburgh.org/our-concerts/series/just-summer/just-summer-dom-flemons|title=Just Summer: Dom Flemons|date=April 26, 2018|website=Chambermusicpittsburgh.org|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref>
Flemons' solo career began while he was still a member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. He self-released his debut solo album in 2007, ''Dance Tunes Ballads & Blues''.<ref name="AMG"/> His next album was issued the following year. ''American Songster'' was Flemons' first release on [[Music Maker (label)|Music Maker]].<ref name="Maker"/> He was then featured on [[NPR]] performing at the [[Newport Folk Festival]].<ref name="Country"/> Over the past decade Flemons has performed as a soloist at venues such as, [[Carnegie Hall]] as part of a [[Lead Belly]] tribute; [[English Folk Dance and Song Society|Cecil Sharp House]]; the [[Grand Ole Opry]]; at the opening ceremonies for the [[National Museum of African American History and Culture]]; at the [[National Cowboy Poetry Gathering]]; and representing the United States at the 2017 [[Rainforest World Music Festival]] in [[Kuching]], Malaysia.<ref name="Chamber">{{cite web|url=http://www.chambermusicpittsburgh.org/our-concerts/series/just-summer/just-summer-dom-flemons|title=Just Summer: Dom Flemons|date=April 26, 2018|website=Chambermusicpittsburgh.org|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>


In 2014, ''Prospect Hill'' saw Flemons enlist other musicians on his recording. These included Ron Brendle (bass), [[Guy Davis (musician)|Guy Davis]] (banjo, harmonica, percussion and backing vocals), Keith Ganz (banjo and guitar), Brian Horton (clarinet, saxophone), Ben Hunter (drums, fiddle, backing vocals), [[Pura Fé]] (backing vocals), Joe Seamons (backing vocals) and [[Kobie Watkins]] (drums).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/prospect-hill-mw0002682744/credits|title=Prospect Hill – Dom Flemons – Credits|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=February 24, 2019}}</ref> The album saw releases on both the [[Fat Possum Records|Fat Possum]] and Music Maker labels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/prospect-hill-mw0002682744/releases|title=Prospect Hill – Dom Flemons – Releases|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=February 24, 2019}}</ref> The album received national press coverage.<ref name="Maker"/> ''Prospect Hill'' contained seven of Flemon's own penned tracks out of a total of fourteen on the collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/prospect-hill-mw0002682744|title=Prospect Hill – Dom Flemons – Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=February 24, 2019}}</ref> Flemons was then a member of Music Maker Relief Foundation's Next Generation Artists program, and served on Music Maker's board of directors. He continues to discover young talent for the Foundation to assist and has promoted, recorded, and performed with more mature Music Maker artists including [[John Dee Holeman]], Boo Hanks, Captain Luke, and Macavine Hayes.<ref name="Maker">{{cite web|url=https://musicmaker.org/artists/dom-flemons/|title=Dom Flemons|website=Musicmaker.org|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref>
In 2014, ''Prospect Hill'' saw Flemons enlist other musicians on his recording. These included Ron Brendle (bass), [[Guy Davis (musician)|Guy Davis]] (banjo, harmonica, percussion and backing vocals), Keith Ganz (banjo and guitar), Brian Horton (clarinet, saxophone), Ben Hunter (drums, fiddle, backing vocals), [[Pura Fé]] (backing vocals), Joe Seamons (backing vocals) and [[Kobie Watkins]] (drums).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/prospect-hill-mw0002682744/credits|title=Prospect Hill – Dom Flemons – Credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 24, 2019}}</ref> The album saw releases on both the [[Fat Possum Records|Fat Possum]] and Music Maker labels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/prospect-hill-mw0002682744/releases|title=Prospect Hill – Dom Flemons – Releases|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 24, 2019}}</ref> The album received national press coverage.<ref name="Maker"/> ''Prospect Hill'' contained seven of Flemons' own penned tracks out of a total of fourteen on the collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/prospect-hill-mw0002682744|title=Prospect Hill – Dom Flemons – Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 24, 2019}}</ref> Flemons was then a member of Music Maker Relief Foundation's Next Generation Artists program, and served on Music Maker's board of directors. He continues to discover young talent for the Foundation to assist and has promoted, recorded, and performed with more mature Music Maker artists including [[John Dee Holeman]], Boo Hanks, Captain Luke, and Macavine Hayes.<ref name="Maker">{{cite web|url=https://musicmaker.org/artists/dom-flemons/|title=Dom Flemons|website=Musicmaker.org|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>


His next album required Flemons to undertake some research work, and thus become a scholar, old record collector and part historian.<ref name="Susque">{{cite web|url=https://www.susquehannafolkfestival.org/dom-flemons|title=Dom Flemons – Susquehanna Folk Festival|website=Susquehannafolkfestival.org|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref> The project entailed depicting the story of African Americans who helped to shape the [[Western United States|American West]], and the tunes they were familiar with.<ref name="Smithsonian"/> They included "[[Home on the Range]]", which the field recorder and musicologist [[John Lomax]] recorded from a black cook in [[San Antonio]]. Equally "[[Goodbye Old Paint]]" was first recorded by Lomax as performed by a white fiddler, but Flemons discovered that "... another musician talked about how he learned the song from an ex-slave who worked for his father on the ranch." That has been credited as the black cowboy and former slave, Charley Willis. Thus the songs and poems that were used in the ensuing album depicted a century old story, following the footsteps of thousands of African American pioneers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theamericansongster.com/|title=Dom Flemons The American Songster|website=Theamericansongster.com|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref> The individuals unearthed included [[Nat Love]] and [[Bass Reeves]], the latter being the first black [[United States Marshals Service|Deputy US Marshal]] west of the Mississippi, who some believe was the model for the [[Lone Ranger]]. Flemons duly wrote a song about the leading black movie cowboy of his time, [[Bill Pickett]], and used other stories including cowboys who became [[Pullman porter]]s and, in turn, became important figures in the [[civil rights movement]]. ''Black Cowboys'' (2018) was issued as part of the African American Legacy Recordings series issued in conjunction with the [[Smithsonian Institution]]'s [[National Museum of African American History and Culture]]. Flemons played old musical instruments such as the [[Banjo guitar|six-string banjo]] and [[pan flute|the quills]], as was originally used by [[Henry Thomas (blues musician)|Henry Thomas]].<ref name="Smithsonian">{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/songster-dom-flemons-carolina-chocolate-drops-brings-back-melodies-poems-black-cowboy-180969181/|title=Songster Dom Flemons Brings Back the Melodies of the Black Cowboy|first=Roger|last=Catlin|website=Smithsonianmag.com|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref>
His next album required Flemons to undertake some research work, and thus become a scholar, old record collector and part historian.<ref name="Susque">{{cite web|url=https://www.susquehannafolkfestival.org/dom-flemons|title=Dom Flemons – Susquehanna Folk Festival|website=Susquehannafolkfestival.org|access-date=February 21, 2019|archive-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226172717/https://www.susquehannafolkfestival.org/dom-flemons|url-status=dead}}</ref> The project entailed depicting the story of African Americans who helped to shape the [[Western United States|American West]], and the tunes they were familiar with.<ref name="Smithsonian"/> They included "[[Home on the Range]]", which the field recorder and musicologist [[John Lomax]] recorded from a black cook in [[San Antonio]]. Equally "[[Goodbye Old Paint]]" was first recorded by Lomax as performed by a white fiddler, but Flemons discovered that "... another musician talked about how he learned the song from an ex-slave who worked for his father on the ranch." That has been credited as the black cowboy and former slave, Charley Willis. Thus the songs and poems that were used in the ensuing album depicted a century-old story, following the footsteps of thousands of African American pioneers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theamericansongster.com/|title=Dom Flemons The American Songster|website=Theamericansongster.com|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref> The individuals unearthed included [[Nat Love]] and [[Bass Reeves]], the latter being the first black [[United States Marshals Service|Deputy US Marshal]] west of the Mississippi, who some believe was the model for the [[Lone Ranger]]. Flemons duly wrote a song about the leading black movie cowboy of his time, [[Bill Pickett]], and used other stories including cowboys who became [[Pullman porter]]s and, in turn, became important figures in the [[civil rights movement]]. ''Black Cowboys'' (2018) was issued as part of the African American Legacy Recordings series issued in conjunction with the [[Smithsonian Institution]]'s [[National Museum of African American History and Culture]]. Flemons played old musical instruments such as the [[Banjo guitar|six-string banjo]] and [[pan flute|the quills]], as was originally used by [[Henry Thomas (blues musician)|Henry Thomas]].<ref name="Smithsonian">{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/songster-dom-flemons-carolina-chocolate-drops-brings-back-melodies-poems-black-cowboy-180969181/|title=Songster Dom Flemons Brings Back the Melodies of the Black Cowboy|first=Roger|last=Catlin|website=Smithsonianmag.com|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>


In 2017, Flemons was featured on ''[[David Holt (musician)|David Holt]]'s State of Music'' on [[PBS]]. He also performed as the bluesman [[Joe Hill Louis]] on [[CMT (U.S. TV channel)|CMT]]'s television program ''Sun Records''. Flemons launched a [[podcast]], American Songster Radio, on [[WUNC (FM)|WUNC]] [[NPR|National Public Radio]] and issued a couple of instructional DVD's via [[Stefan Grossman]]’s Guitar Workshop.<ref name="Oxford">{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordamerican.org/events/item/1484-dom-flemons-americana-series|title=Dom Flemons [Americana Series]|website=Oxfordamerican.org|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref>
In 2017, Flemons was featured on ''[[David Holt (musician)|David Holt]]'s State of Music'' on [[PBS]]. He also performed as the bluesman [[Joe Hill Louis]] on [[CMT (U.S. TV channel)|CMT]]'s television program ''Sun Records''. Flemons launched a [[podcast]], American Songster Radio, on [[WUNC (FM)|WUNC]] [[NPR|National Public Radio]] and issued a couple of instructional DVD's via [[Stefan Grossman]]’s Guitar Workshop.<ref name="Oxford">{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordamerican.org/events/item/1484-dom-flemons-americana-series|title=Dom Flemons [Americana Series]|website=Oxfordamerican.org|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>


===Collaborations===
===Collaborations===
In 2012, Flemons collaborated to record an album with the [[Piedmont blues]] guitarist and singer [[Boo Hanks]], entitled ''Buffalo Junction''.<ref name="AMG"/> Four years later, Flemons played alongside with the British guitarist [[Martin Simpson]], to jointly record the album, ''A Selection of Ever Popular Favourites''.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dom-flemons-mn0000578398/biography|title=Dom Flemons – Biography & History|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref> It was released on [[Fledg'ling Records]].<ref name="Albums"/>
In 2012, Flemons collaborated to record an album with the [[Piedmont blues]] guitarist and singer [[Boo Hanks]], entitled ''Buffalo Junction''.<ref name="AMG"/> Four years later, Flemons played along with the British guitarist [[Martin Simpson]], to jointly record the album, ''A Selection of Ever Popular Favourites''.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dom-flemons-mn0000578398/biography|title=Dom Flemons – Biography & History|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref> It was released on [[Fledg'ling Records]].<ref name="Albums"/>
[[File:Dom Flemons, Carolina Chocolate Drops.jpg|thumb|Dom Flemons in May 2010, performing at [[Hugh's Room]]]]

===Musical instruments===
===Musical instruments===
Flemons' foremost instrument is the banjo, with [[Mike Seeger]] having had an influence on Flemons playing style. Flemons plays a [[Deering Banjo Company|Deering]] 4-string banjo, a Gibson GB-1 [[Banjo guitar|6-string]] and a rare, oversized 1920s era Clef Club banjo.<ref name="Country">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecountryblues.com/artist-reviews/dom-flemons/|title=Dom Flemons|date=August 30, 2014|website=Thecountryblues.com|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref>
Flemons' foremost instrument is the banjo, with [[Mike Seeger]] having had an influence on Flemons playing style. Flemons plays a [[Deering Banjo Company|Deering]] 4-string banjo, a Gibson GB-1 [[Banjo guitar|6-string]] and a rare, oversized 1920s era Clef Club banjo.<ref name="Country">{{cite web|url=https://www.thecountryblues.com/artist-reviews/dom-flemons/|title=Dom Flemons|date=August 30, 2014|website=Thecountryblues.com|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>


===Recent times===
===Recent times===
He currently lives in the Washington, D.C. area.<ref name="Passim">{{cite web|url=https://www.passim.org/live-music/events/dom-flemons/|title=Dom Flemons|website=Passim.org|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref> Flemons has a European dates planned in mid-2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songkick.com/artists/801379-dom-flemons|title=Dom Flemons|website=Songkick.com|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref>
As of 2019, Flemons lived in the Washington, D.C. area.<ref name="Passim">{{cite web|publisher=[[Club Passim|Passim]]|url=https://www.passim.org/live-music/events/dom-flemons/|title=Dom Flemons|website=Passim.org|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>


===Accolades and awards===
===Accolades and awards===
''[[The Boston Globe]]'' commented that ''"most folk artists go by "singer-songwriter" or simply "musician." But "American songster" speaks to a greater truth about the work Flemons, a multi-instrumentalist, has accomplished as a founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and now..., as a solo artist."''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meandthee.org/concerts/dom-flemons-2019/|title=Dom Flemons|website=Meandthee.org|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref>
''[[The Boston Globe]]'' commented that ''"most folk artists go by "singer-songwriter" or simply "musician." But "American songster" speaks to a greater truth about the work Flemons, a multi-instrumentalist, has accomplished as a founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and now..., as a solo artist."''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meandthee.org/concerts/dom-flemons-2019/|title=Dom Flemons|website=Meandthee.org|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>


Flemons won a Grammy Award as part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops for their album, ''[[Genuine Negro Jig (album)|Genuine Negro Jig]].'' His latest solo album, ''Black Cowboys'' (2018), was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Folk Album]] and for a 2019 [[Blues Music Award]] in the 'Acoustic Album' category.
Flemons won a Grammy Award as part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops for their album, ''[[Genuine Negro Jig (album)|Genuine Negro Jig]].'' His latest solo album, ''Black Cowboys'' (2018), was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Folk Album]] and for a 2019 [[Blues Music Award]] in the 'Acoustic Album' category.
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|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.needtoknowmusic.com/product/dom-flemons-3-songs-black-7-single|title=Dom Flemons – 3 SONGS! (Black 7" SINGLE)|website=Needtoknowmusic.com|access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref>


===Selected other recordings===
===Selected other recordings===
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*2013: ''Celebrates 50 Years of Music'' : [[Tom Rush]] :Banjo, composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Pan Pipes, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
*2013: ''Celebrates 50 Years of Music'' : [[Tom Rush]] :Banjo, composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Pan Pipes, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
*2014: ''[[Haven't Got the Blues (Yet)]]'' : [[Loudon Wainwright III]] :Harmonica, Jug
*2014: ''[[Haven't Got the Blues (Yet)]]'' : [[Loudon Wainwright III]] :Harmonica, Jug
*2015: ''American Originals'' : [[Cincinnati Pops Orchestra]] / [[John Morris Russell]] :Banjo, Harmonia, Percussion, Vocals<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dom-flemons-mn0000578398/credits|title=Dom Flemons – Credits|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}</ref>
*2015: ''American Originals'' : [[Cincinnati Pops Orchestra]] / [[John Morris Russell]] :Banjo, Harmonia, Percussion, Vocals<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dom-flemons-mn0000578398/credits|title=Dom Flemons – Credits|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>


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Dom Flemons
Dom Flemons in September 2021, after a performance at The Barns at Wolf Trap
Dom Flemons in September 2021, after a performance at The Barns at Wolf Trap
Background information
Birth nameDominique Flemons
Born (1982-08-30) August 30, 1982 (age 41)
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
GenresOld-time music, Piedmont blues, Neotraditionalist country
Occupation(s)Multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Banjo, bones, jug, quills,[1] guitar, harmonica, drums, vocals
Years active2000s–present
LabelsVarious

Dominique Flemons (born August 30, 1982) is an American old-time music, Piedmont blues, and neotraditional country multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. He is a proficient player of the banjo, fife, guitar, harmonica, percussion, quills, and rhythm bones.[2] He is known as "The American Songster" as his repertoire of music spans nearly a century of American folklore, ballads, and tunes.[3] He has performed with Mike Seeger, Joe Thompson, Martin Simpson, Boo Hanks, Taj Mahal, Old Crow Medicine Show, Guy Davis, and The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band.[2]

A member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops from their inception in 2005 until 2013, Flemons has released five albums in his own name, although two of those were collaborations with other musicians. Flemons appreciates the tradition inherent in his solo work and once stated, "I want to experiment rather than to merely replicate. It can never be as good as the original, so I make the music fit my own style. I look at the old time music, the originals of black banjo music for the Carolinas, the fiddle and the sounds of folks like Sid Hemphill, Henry Thomas and Peg Leg Howell."[4]

His album, Black Cowboys (2018), was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Folk Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards,[5] and for a Blues Music Award at the 40th Blues Music Award ceremony in the 'Acoustic Album' category.[6]

Biography

Early life

Flemons was born in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.[7] He is of African American and Mexican heritage. He played percussion in his high school band, and whilst a teenager played guitar and harmonica in local coffee houses.[4] He grew up listening to his parents' record collection, and expanded his knowledge by studying recordings by Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and Chuck Berry. This led him to the pioneers of American folk music, including Woody Guthrie, Tom Paxton, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott.[8] Flemons became a frequent busker and performer on the Arizona music scene. He obtained a major in English at Northern Arizona University, in Flagstaff, Arizona, and partook in two national poetry slams in 2002 and 2003.[4] In Flagstaff, Flemons met Sule Greg Wilson, a local percussionist, banjo player, and folklorist. Wilson became a mentor to Flemons, assisting with his playing techniques and understanding of the history of the blues and American folk music.[8]

Carolina Chocolate Drops

Main article: Carolina Chocolate Drops
The Carolina Chocolate Drops performing at the City Stages Festival, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States in 2008. From left to right: Dom Flemons, jug; Rhiannon Giddens, 5-string banjo; Justin Robinson, fiddle

The Carolina Chocolate Drops is an old-time string band from Durham, North Carolina. Their 2010 album, Genuine Negro Jig, won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.[9]

Formed in November 2005, following the members' attendance at the first Black Banjo Gathering, held in Boone, North Carolina, in April 2005, the group grew out of the success of Sankofa Strings, an ensemble that featured Dom Flemons on bones, jug, guitar, and four-string banjo, Rhiannon Giddens on banjo and fiddle and Súle Greg Wilson on bodhrán, brushes, washboard, bones, tambourine, banjo, banjolin, and ukulele, with Justin Robinson as an occasional guest artist.

The Carolina Chocolate Drops released five albums including 2012's Leaving Eden, and one EP, whilst Flemons was a member, and opened for Taj Mahal and, in 2011, Bob Dylan.[10] They performed on Mountain Stage,[11] MerleFest, and at the Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention. Additionally they have performed on A Prairie Home Companion, Fresh Air, and BBC Radio in early 2010, and at the 2010 Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee,[12] and at the 2011 Romp,[13] in Owensboro, Kentucky. On January 17, 2012, they appeared live on BBC Radio 3.[14] They performed on the Grand Ole Opry several times. They also appeared on the UK's BBC Television program, Later... with Jools Holland.[15]

On November 12, 2013, the Chocolate Drops announced that Flemons would be leaving to continue his own solo career.[16]

Solo career

Flemons' solo career began while he was still a member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. He self-released his debut solo album in 2007, Dance Tunes Ballads & Blues.[8] His next album was issued the following year. American Songster was Flemons' first release on Music Maker.[7] He was then featured on NPR performing at the Newport Folk Festival.[4] Over the past decade Flemons has performed as a soloist at venues such as, Carnegie Hall as part of a Lead Belly tribute; Cecil Sharp House; the Grand Ole Opry; at the opening ceremonies for the National Museum of African American History and Culture; at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering; and representing the United States at the 2017 Rainforest World Music Festival in Kuching, Malaysia.[17]

In 2014, Prospect Hill saw Flemons enlist other musicians on his recording. These included Ron Brendle (bass), Guy Davis (banjo, harmonica, percussion and backing vocals), Keith Ganz (banjo and guitar), Brian Horton (clarinet, saxophone), Ben Hunter (drums, fiddle, backing vocals), Pura Fé (backing vocals), Joe Seamons (backing vocals) and Kobie Watkins (drums).[18] The album saw releases on both the Fat Possum and Music Maker labels.[19] The album received national press coverage.[7] Prospect Hill contained seven of Flemons' own penned tracks out of a total of fourteen on the collection.[20] Flemons was then a member of Music Maker Relief Foundation's Next Generation Artists program, and served on Music Maker's board of directors. He continues to discover young talent for the Foundation to assist and has promoted, recorded, and performed with more mature Music Maker artists including John Dee Holeman, Boo Hanks, Captain Luke, and Macavine Hayes.[7]

His next album required Flemons to undertake some research work, and thus become a scholar, old record collector and part historian.[2] The project entailed depicting the story of African Americans who helped to shape the American West, and the tunes they were familiar with.[21] They included "Home on the Range", which the field recorder and musicologist John Lomax recorded from a black cook in San Antonio. Equally "Goodbye Old Paint" was first recorded by Lomax as performed by a white fiddler, but Flemons discovered that "... another musician talked about how he learned the song from an ex-slave who worked for his father on the ranch." That has been credited as the black cowboy and former slave, Charley Willis. Thus the songs and poems that were used in the ensuing album depicted a century-old story, following the footsteps of thousands of African American pioneers.[22] The individuals unearthed included Nat Love and Bass Reeves, the latter being the first black Deputy US Marshal west of the Mississippi, who some believe was the model for the Lone Ranger. Flemons duly wrote a song about the leading black movie cowboy of his time, Bill Pickett, and used other stories including cowboys who became Pullman porters and, in turn, became important figures in the civil rights movement. Black Cowboys (2018) was issued as part of the African American Legacy Recordings series issued in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Flemons played old musical instruments such as the six-string banjo and the quills, as was originally used by Henry Thomas.[21]

In 2017, Flemons was featured on David Holt's State of Music on PBS. He also performed as the bluesman Joe Hill Louis on CMT's television program Sun Records. Flemons launched a podcast, American Songster Radio, on WUNC National Public Radio and issued a couple of instructional DVD's via Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop.[23]

Collaborations

In 2012, Flemons collaborated to record an album with the Piedmont blues guitarist and singer Boo Hanks, entitled Buffalo Junction.[8] Four years later, Flemons played along with the British guitarist Martin Simpson, to jointly record the album, A Selection of Ever Popular Favourites.[8] It was released on Fledg'ling Records.[24]

Dom Flemons in May 2010, performing at Hugh's Room

Musical instruments

Flemons' foremost instrument is the banjo, with Mike Seeger having had an influence on Flemons playing style. Flemons plays a Deering 4-string banjo, a Gibson GB-1 6-string and a rare, oversized 1920s era Clef Club banjo.[4]

Recent times

As of 2019, Flemons lived in the Washington, D.C. area.[3]

Accolades and awards

The Boston Globe commented that "most folk artists go by "singer-songwriter" or simply "musician." But "American songster" speaks to a greater truth about the work Flemons, a multi-instrumentalist, has accomplished as a founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and now..., as a solo artist."[25]

Flemons won a Grammy Award as part of the Carolina Chocolate Drops for their album, Genuine Negro Jig. His latest solo album, Black Cowboys (2018), was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Folk Album and for a 2019 Blues Music Award in the 'Acoustic Album' category.

Discography

Albums

Year Title Collaboration Record label
2007 Dance Tunes Ballads & Blues CD Baby
2008 American Songster Music Maker
2012 Buffalo Junction with Boo Hanks Music Maker
2014 Prospect Hill Fat Possum Records / Music Maker
2016 A Selection of Ever Popular Favourites with Martin Simpson Fledg'ling Records
2018 Black Cowboys Smithsonian Folkways
2023 Traveling Wildfire Smithsonian Folkways

[24]

Singles

Year A-side B-side Record label
2019 "Long Journey Home" & "There's A Brown Skinned Girl Down The Road" "Po' Black Sheep" Need to Know

[26]

Selected other recordings

References

  1. ^ "How to Play Quills with Dom Flemons" – via YouTube.
  2. ^ a b c "Dom Flemons – Susquehanna Folk Festival". Susquehannafolkfestival.org. Archived from the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Dom Flemons". Passim.org. Passim. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Dom Flemons". Thecountryblues.com. August 30, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  5. ^ "61st Annual GRAMMY Awards". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. December 6, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  6. ^ "40TH BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED". Blues.org. January 7, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d "Dom Flemons". Musicmaker.org. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Dom Flemons – Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  9. ^ "Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  10. ^ "Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts | Boone, North Carolina". Pas.appstate.edu. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  11. ^ "Carolina Chocolate Drops on Mountain Stage". NPR. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  12. ^ "Bonnaroo – Artists". Archived from the original on May 31, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  13. ^ "International Bluegrass Music Museum". Archived from the original on May 2, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2006.
  14. ^ "Carolina Chocolate Drops Live at BBC Radio 3 'In Tune' on 17 January 2012". Archive.org. January 17, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  15. ^ "Carolina Chocolate Drops Perform on "Later ... with Jools Holland," Tour California – Nonesuch Records". Nonesuch.com. November 5, 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  16. ^ "Dom Flemons Holds on To Those Old-Time Roots". NPR. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  17. ^ "Just Summer: Dom Flemons". Chambermusicpittsburgh.org. April 26, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  18. ^ "Prospect Hill – Dom Flemons – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  19. ^ "Prospect Hill – Dom Flemons – Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  20. ^ "Prospect Hill – Dom Flemons – Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  21. ^ a b Catlin, Roger. "Songster Dom Flemons Brings Back the Melodies of the Black Cowboy". Smithsonianmag.com. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  22. ^ "Dom Flemons The American Songster". Theamericansongster.com. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  23. ^ "Dom Flemons [Americana Series]". Oxfordamerican.org. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  24. ^ a b "Dom Flemons – Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  25. ^ "Dom Flemons". Meandthee.org. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  26. ^ "Dom Flemons – 3 SONGS! (Black 7" SINGLE)". Needtoknowmusic.com. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  27. ^ "Dom Flemons – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

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