They were a black string band, they recorded in the 1940s and by most definitions, they're actually an early bluegrass band.

他们是一支在20世纪40年代录制的黑色弦乐乐队，根据大多数定义，他们实际上是一支早期的蓝草乐队。

A string band was playing the stringed instruments.

一支弦乐队在演奏弦乐器。

I was a member of a string band in Philadelphia for many years.

多年来，我一直是费城一个弦乐队的成员。

We know that many of the Black string bands at that time, including Gribble, Lusk, and York, had separate repertoire that they played for Black people then they played for white people.

我们知道当时的许多黑人弦乐队，包括格里布尔、鲁斯克和约克，都有各自的曲目，分别为黑人和白人演奏。

The end result of that was that Black people who played what might have been considered hillbilly music which would have been early country string band music… they were not recorded because they weren't marketable in that category.

最终的结果是，黑人演奏的可能被认为是乡村音乐的乐曲，可能是早期的乡村弦乐乐队音乐，他们没有被录制下来，因为他们在那个类别中没有销路。