Golden Slippers

[kayspaw]

Fantastic......:)

[jack002tuber]

I love it! I have tried to emulate you, but its so hard. If this is not the best youtube out there! :D Thanks for posting it!

[barbarajaneward]

wow. you did such a great job on this. I'm just learning, haven't played in 43 years, please, would you tell me what key you are playing this, golden slippers in?

[icomfire]

Sounds awesome...i play it in the key of G

[majormusicnerds112]

2 people have never worn dem golden slippers to cross the golden road... losers.

[mlharnett]

This is absolutely fantastic. Again, why would anyone dislike, unless they're jealous.

[MrSkidooguy1]

i have not played fiddle seince i was 9 :( i'm 15 and want to start again, this video is the best ever, i love it!

[TheFreakyVamp]

cool!

[zcobryant]

who disliked?!

[BanjoBoyMatteo]

You are an awesome fiddler...great job on those double stops!!

[Fusion2222]

yahoo!! it is awesome;P

[Classiccountry09]

Amazing fiddling!! 5/5

[dohertykaki]

Great fiddling!! Interesting perspective!!

[mynameistyler]

Mr. McGee, I recently picked up the fiddle not quite a month ago and your videos are a serious inspiration to me. Your rendition of this song, Faded Love, and Mississippi Sawyer have been the predominant versions of the songs in my head and I hope to learn them in at least a similar fashion as you've played them beautifully. Thanks for posting these videos.

[radar200]

i really like your fiddle clips,,thanks a million Rex mcgee!!!

[banjorex]

O dem golden slippers, O dem golden slippers

dem golden slippers I'm gwine to wear cause they look so neat;

O dem golden slippers, O dem golden slippers

dem golden slippers I'm gwine te wear to cross the golden street.

Oh, my old banjo hangs on the wall,

'Cause it ain't been tuned since way last fall,

But the old folks say we will have a good time,

When we ride up in the chariot in the morning,

[reptiboi]

where does this tune come from???

because i come from shetland and i would like to know! :)

[banjorex]

So sayeth the Fiddler's Companion.:American song composed by prominent black minstrel songwriter and banjo player (with Haverly's Minstrels) James A. Bland in 1870 as "Oh! Dem Golden Slippers," which later passed into folk and fiddling tradition.

[alliecat1941]

You are good..id like to hear you with accompaniment..like a guitar and banjo..that would sound awesome.

[raininggently]

My strumming hand is burning in anticipation! Your version has lots of ooompfy life! Wicked!

[jbtml]

awesome job!!

[dowhatucan]

great stuff. love all your wee fiddle clips. however, i like this one even more cos' i can see what your right han's doin!!

more more more

thanks

[TheShufflemeister]

Some of the best old time fiddling I've ever seen. That's all I have to say.

[ktbriggs]

Nice clean bowing. Thanks.

[iradexxx]

nice sound, but please take your pants on again :D

[hostilerosstyle]

wish i could play golden slippers that good

[dewjb]

man you can play that violin/fiddle

[8STRINGR]

A HUGE Thank you! The night before, I received an email of the song list that our band is to play at a Benefit (Cancer) Concert this evening and "Golden Slippers" was one of the tunes included that I'm not at all fimiliar with. I'll be able to relate this to my mandolin for the tune!

Nice Job, by the way!! :)

[MacArsenault]

Nice stuf bud.

Your version is awesome.

Keep the vids coming.

[bugs5ca]

Beautiful......could listen all day

[MizLonie]

great job on this, just make sure you tell your viewers that this is a trad. way to hold a fiddle & that it is better not to let your left wrist support the fiddle. The chin should do that. this is a really well made video & you play really well. i enjoyed this version of golden slippers. really fast & more Appalachian/old timey style to it. :D

[zloop]

love your stuff dude

[dec11ad]

hi there,

Would you happen to have the sheetmusic for that song?

I would be very happy to have it!!

[frenchingermany]

thanks so much for this. it is of great value to someone trying to learn to fiddle in fiddle diaspora (germany).

the camera angle is perfect. i try to listen, watch and study and practice over and over again.

i just wish youtube would allow me to slow it down.

please keep these coming. you don't believe how useful they are.

thanks!

- tom

[eileenmclain]

Record it with your sound card's recorder feature, and make sure it records in the mp3 format. Then when you play it, use the slow-down feature in Windows Media Player. Works great.

[frenchingermany]

well, that's a good idea.

thanks!

[mythikyle]

something nice to play with my banjo.yeeehaaaa

[photofiddler]

Great job!

[snufkin789]

i love it :)