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The Freight Hoppers

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The Freight Hoppers have been presenting Old Time String Band music for more than 20 years. The band started presenting their energetic take on fiddle band music 4 times a day, 7 days a week at the Great Smoky Mountains Railway shortly after forming back in 1992. This afforded the group plenty of paid rehearsal time to hone a sound that has proven entertaining and distinctively theirs. Their repertoire includes music that was first recorded in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and spans geographically from Mississippi to West Virginia. The Freight Hoppers play hard driving old time music with an emotional, raw excitement that keeps one foot planted in the past and the other in the present. Of course that’s only when they keep their feet still, for this is high energy dance music of an older

     
Members
PortraitCary Fridley
voc, g US
PortraitFrank Lee
voc, bj
David Bass
vn
Popular Tracks   
Hound Chase on Mile Marker by The Freight Hoppers
Lost Indian on Mile Marker by The Freight Hoppers
Backstep Cindy on Waiting On The Gravy Train by The Freight Hoppers
Been to the East Been to the West on Mile Marker by The Freight Hoppers
Elzik's Farewell on Where'd You Come From, Where'd You Go? by The Freight Hoppers
Fort Smith Breakdown on Waiting On The Gravy Train by The Freight Hoppers
How Many Biscuits Can You Eat This Morning? on Where'd You Come From, Where'd You Go? by The Freight Hoppers
Cotton Eyed Joe on Where'd You Come From, Where'd You Go? by The Freight Hoppers
Pretty Little Girl on Where'd You Come From, Where'd You Go? by The Freight Hoppers
Mississippi Breakdown on Where'd You Come From, Where'd You Go? by The Freight Hoppers

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Waiting On The Gravy TrainThe Freight Hoppers1998Album
Where'd You Come From, Where'd You Go?The Freight Hoppers1996Album
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