Oh Dem Golden Slippers - Vernon Dalhart & Carson Robison - 1927 Edison Electric Record

Here from 1927 is Vernon Dalhart & Carson Robison, backed by Jew's Harp, Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica & Violin, singing "Oh Dem Golden Slippers" on an Electric Diamond Disc Record. The great African American Minstrel, Song Writer, and Musician, James A. Bland wrote this classic in 1879, and it quickly became a popular sheet music best Seller. He composed over 700 songs in his lifetime, and Over the next 20+ years, he toured the United States and Europe, with the Minstrel Company, and as a Solo Artist, performing before the President of the United States and the Crown Heads of Europe. Tragically, he died in obscurity in 1911 of Tuberculosis and was buried in an unmarked grave. In 1946 an suitable gravestone and historic marker was finally erected in his memory, and in 1970 he was inducted into the Song Writers Hall of Fame.

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[sideshowtink]

That is one awesome Diamond Disc!  Just pure magical! So fun to hear the original of a very familiar tune used so much over time! Sound quality perfect! Thanks, Victrolaman!

[victrolaman]

@sideshowtink Thank you for those wonderful comments. Yes, the song and the music transports you back in time to those post civil war days, when Minstrel shows dominated that Entertainment scene in America. James Bland was a famous and beloved Black Minstrel performing in black Minstrel groups, and he wrote this song and many of the others he composed for this long abandoned source of American Entertainment. Thanks for watching.

Victrolaman

[amiedetherese]

Beautiful! I always thought this was about dancing, like in the scene from John Ford's Fort Apache, when it is really about dancing in the great beyond.

[victrolaman]

@amiedetherese Yes, thank you, in the first verse he is setting aside his fine clothes, including Golden slippers, for the ride to heaven, and to "Walk the Golden Streets", The second stanza describes his meeting with other family members after his chariot ride. In the third verse, he tells the children how to prepare themselves for their own chariot ride. Thank you again for your insightful comments, and for watching the Victrolaman Channel.

Victrolaman

[chiconian49]

Great find!

[victrolaman]

@chiconian49 Thanks, I just love the wonderful two part Harmony by Dalhart and Robison, and especially the Banjo and Jews Harp solos along the way.

Victrolaman

[kirtley2010]

by far my favorite song i have heared on diamond disc

[RCALennon]

Quite the story, thanks for sharing! Beautiful player aswell.

[desoto1961]

A time machine record!! Takes you right back. Very nice...

[Westtoledoguy]

its good to hear it on Edison I have a few of Dalhart on Diamond Disk but no machine to play them on ....I have about 20 cylinders of his will one day post them

[DIYPhonophile]

Wonderful.

The story behind it makes

it so much more interesting

Thanks