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]
^"How to Play Quills with Dom Flemons" – via YouTube.
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^"61st Annual GRAMMY Awards". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. December 6, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
^"40TH BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED". Blues.org. January 7, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
2005 until 2013, Flemons has released five albums in his own name, although two of those were collaborations with other musicians. Flemons appreciates the...
the 1920s, and the Delta blues musician Sid Hemphill. More recently, DomFlemons has revived the playing of the quills. Soinari Larchemi Ulrich Herkenhoff...
original three members: Giddens, Flemons, and Robinson, were all in their twenties when the group formed after Flemons' move from Phoenix (where he and...
of the Punch Brothers) 2 nominations Judy Collins Madison Cunningham DomFlemons (one as a member of The Carolina Chocolate Drops) Patty Griffin Laura...
Diddley. Hanks and Flemons take on Blind Boy Fuller's song "Truckin' My Blues Away" was another number on the album. Hanks and Flemons toured in the US...
Strings—Sankofa—recording "The Uptown Strut" (with Grammy award-winning artist DomFlemons, the Lovin' Spoonful's John Sebastian, Grammy-nominated Professor Louie...
Strings, founded in 2005 by Sule Greg C. Wilson, Rhiannon Giddens, and DomFlemons, was featured in the 2007 jug band documentary Chasin' Gus' Ghost. The...
Greta Van Fleet Imelda May Jay Bentley Corb Lund Morgan Wade Teddy Atlas DomFlemons Jackson Browne Hardy Charlie Worsham Tom Beajour and Rich Bienstock Lake...
Banjo Then and Now Gathering, in Boone, North Carolina. There she met DomFlemons and Súle Greg Wilson. The three started playing together professionally...
Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr. In October 2016, Simpson collaborated with DomFlemons (formerly of the Carolina Chocolate Drops) to release A Selection of...
Alison Krauss, and Buddy Miller with Viktor Krauss as headliners and DomFlemons as host, with special appearances by Lucinda Williams, Alvin Youngblood...
Ashore – Punch Brothers Whistle Down the Wind – Joan Baez Black Cowboys – DomFlemons Rifles & Rosary Beads – Mary Gauthier Weed Garden – Iron & Wine Best...
Keillor (of Prairie Home Companion), Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Charlie Parr, DomFlemons of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, and Baby Gramps among others. King,...
official balladeer of Arizona Esteban – guitarist Frank Fafara – musician DomFlemons – multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter Jeff Freundlich – songwriter...
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album. Members Rhiannon Giddens, DomFlemons, and Justin Robinson play a variety of instruments including fiddle,...
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