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Old Time Blues in Today's Blues Hubby
Jenkins. Hello, I'm Gail Nobles.

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Welcome to Podcasting Blues Today. We're
gonna talk about old time blues in today's

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blues through the talent of Hobby Jenkins. Hubby Jenkins is a multi instrumentalist who

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studies and performs old time American music. He is a former member of the

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Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Rehinning Giddons
Band, and has been nominated for Grammy

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and Americana Awards. Hubby Jenkins was
born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.

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As a young man, he played
the saxophone and bass guitar. After

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discovering the music of Skip James and
Buckle White, he began exploring how African

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Americans influenced American roots music. From
two thousand ten to two thousand sixteen,

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Jenkins was a member of the Carolina
Chocolate Drops, playing instruments including guitar,

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banjo, and bones. Their album
Leaving Eden was nominated for a Grammy Award

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for Best Folk Album in two thousand
twelve. Along with other members, he

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was later part of the Rhanna Giddon's
band. The two groups played a major

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role in the revival of black screen
band tradition. Jenkins was nominated for Instrumentalist

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of the Year at the two thousand
fifteen Americana Awards. You can hear Hubby

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Jenkins music on Spotify. To find
out more about Jenkins, go to Hubbyjenkins

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dot com.