PUBLISHED: Dec 01, 2011
DESCRIPTION:
This was one of a few rags that were republished as songs to continue their popularity, but Craig & Meredith are playing the instrumental version here.
Craig and Meredith play on Wednesdays at Cafe Devine in San Francisco.
This was recorded at the 25th annual West Coast Ragtime Festival, 19 November 2011, in Sacramento, California. http://www.westcoastragtime.com
Composed by Ted Snyder.
You can download the original piano score from 1908 here:
http://digital.library.msstate.edu/collections/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/SheetMusic&CISOPTR=27038 (and click "Access this item").
You can hear a period piano roll arrangement here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLqQQnhD19w
An orchestral recording from 1910:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODCUjFStyY4
And a recording of the song version from about the same time (note that it is presented as a "coon song" so avoid the link if you have difficulty accepting that "coon" then was as innocuous as "redneck" today):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ipe1tdTHSw