I discovered this song only today because of your upload! I have since found the lyrics and listened to other renditions. Your rendering here is, in my opinion, the most sensitive to the sentaments of this plaintive song! Thank you so much! God bless!
People say that if you play faster you have more fun... sincerely, I've played it tones of times with my guitar, faster and faster, and I reached a point where I found out that the slower you played this song, the more you got touched by it's melody. I personally prefer it slower, but it's an opinion, as many others. For me, that tempo is just perfect :)
old black joe is about a faithful servant who despite slavery, racism and cruelty, loved his white masters and longed for the carefree plantation life
Stephen Foster was a Yankee abolitionist from Pittsburgh. His songs, especially "My Old Kentucky Home," were meant to ignite abolitionist sentiment by dramatizing the cruelty of the slave system. Slavery was the only racial issue of his day, and he was firmly on the right side of the issue.
I discovered this song only today because of your upload! I have since found the lyrics and listened to other renditions. Your rendering here is, in my opinion, the most sensitive to the sentaments of this plaintive song! Thank you so much! God bless!
StephanusTacitus 9 months ago
People say that if you play faster you have more fun... sincerely, I've played it tones of times with my guitar, faster and faster, and I reached a point where I found out that the slower you played this song, the more you got touched by it's melody. I personally prefer it slower, but it's an opinion, as many others. For me, that tempo is just perfect :)
SondaroSasuke 1 year ago
The tempo is just fine; it is meant to be a slow, spiritual song. Thank you for sharing your talent with us!
hovanti 1 year ago
beautiful... but i think if u play faster it'll be very fun
p63sg26 1 year ago
Yes, and the once-great, and now-trashed, cities of the north stand in tribute to how right he was.
mindspring57 1 year ago
old black joe is about a faithful servant who despite slavery, racism and cruelty, loved his white masters and longed for the carefree plantation life
BrokenneckYgor 2 years ago
do u have this piano score ???
evelyn9495 2 years ago
Nice playing but it's a bit too slow. I can't believe this clip is so old! :D
MegaBmax 2 years ago
can you give a tutorial ?
diamondmichellej 2 years ago
Very Good!!excellent!!
yubrandon 2 years ago
thanks for playing a classic
seaweed555 3 years ago
beautiful....
lovelysara87 3 years ago 2
this is nice for a smooth flowing song but f you play it faster it'll be fun!
Keep it up!
shark8789 3 years ago 6
If i played song here in Dayton Ohio it could casue me alot of pain,
cycimian 3 years ago
I'm not very sensitive, but i almost cry.
guillelrrealmadrid 4 years ago 3
It may be politically incorrect to-day in the USA, but not 150 years ago. Thanks for preserving and promoting this piece of wonderful art work.
yickmantam 4 years ago 7
okay
dirkplummer 4 years ago 2
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Stephen was a racist also are you???
shophar 4 years ago
Stephen Foster was a Yankee abolitionist from Pittsburgh. His songs, especially "My Old Kentucky Home," were meant to ignite abolitionist sentiment by dramatizing the cruelty of the slave system. Slavery was the only racial issue of his day, and he was firmly on the right side of the issue.
allenjmsmith 4 years ago
The aithor is Stephen C. Foster (1826-1864)
Mastermind1988 4 years ago 3
hey thank you!!! :D
JennyB4ever 4 years ago