Truly sublime!!! Stephen Foster would surely approve!!! I grew up in a town where the grade schools are named after carpet baggers & most dads worked for the company that owned all the post-bellum slaves in Alabama. (Why did it take coal miners in Pa., W.V., Ohio & Md. so long to get their rights? 'Cause US Steel had THOUSANDS of slaves in the Pittsburgh of the South!) Add Stephen Foster's love of & longing for the South to the mix & you've got one twisted mess in the Birmingham of the North!!!
I love this video! I sometimes go to Civil War reenactments and play my banjo with my roomate on mandolin, but I would love an old minstrel style banjo like that!
thanks for this song, too many people make this into a a dirge, rather than a an appreciation of the the hardships of the poorer of our society.... thanks again
Thanks to all for the very kind comments! No, I didn't make the banjo or the hat, but we do strive for the correct period sound and appearance when we do 19th century material. Glad that you appreciate it! Thanks again!
Lovely!
jedmarum 4 months ago
Truly sublime!!! Stephen Foster would surely approve!!! I grew up in a town where the grade schools are named after carpet baggers & most dads worked for the company that owned all the post-bellum slaves in Alabama. (Why did it take coal miners in Pa., W.V., Ohio & Md. so long to get their rights? 'Cause US Steel had THOUSANDS of slaves in the Pittsburgh of the South!) Add Stephen Foster's love of & longing for the South to the mix & you've got one twisted mess in the Birmingham of the North!!!
OutlawMinniePearl 10 months ago
Wonderful! I imaging that Stephen Foster had your version in mind when he wrote this song. Great rendition!
hautebush 10 months ago
I love this video! I sometimes go to Civil War reenactments and play my banjo with my roomate on mandolin, but I would love an old minstrel style banjo like that!
G1le 1 year ago
Congrats, i love this song. The banjo is superb
Razielmcfly 2 years ago
Exellent. Nice touch with great feeling.
banjowatcher 3 years ago
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banjowatcher 3 years ago
thanks for this song, too many people make this into a a dirge, rather than a an appreciation of the the hardships of the poorer of our society.... thanks again
peterthebiker 3 years ago
Thanks to all for the very kind comments! No, I didn't make the banjo or the hat, but we do strive for the correct period sound and appearance when we do 19th century material. Glad that you appreciate it! Thanks again!
HistoricalDiversions 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this. Certainly gives us a flavour of how players would have looked and sounded in the 19th C. Did you make your hat and banjo?
ks9incanada 3 years ago
one of the best versions of this all time classic i have heard in a long time
thank you for posting
nailerrr 3 years ago
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
Now, what I'd really like to see is a live video of you all performing though the stills were nice and very artisitic.
Cheers.
BanjoInKorea 4 years ago
Simple and beautiful, a song I hadn't heard, thank you for posting!
comment99 4 years ago