"My view on title-- just change them if you want (but be mindful of the original title and ready to discuss or elaborate historical context). "Coon Songs" are tough though, and despite the lyrics, were popular for a reason as the melodies…"

"I tend to be careful with any music from this period that doesn't have a specific title associated with it...so I look them up. The whole period is full of horrific lyrics. All of those songs were exceptionally popular in the 1890s..."Hot…"

"Yikes, that sours me on the project. Horrible words to those songs."

"According to the internet, the tunes in the medley are: "Mr. Johnson, turn me loose", "All Coons look alike to me", and There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight.""

"Having entered the recording into The Amazing Slowdowner I can now see that the transcription is not entirely representative of what is on the recording (it never is with Ossman) but it's a very good start to getting a handle on this banjo…"

"And the youtube recording is closer to A 440 D minor therefore a bit slower than the recording here, which is more or less a half step higher and very fast,"

"The 1898 Ossman recording is, to my mind, of some astonishing banjo playing. There's a cylinder playback on Youtube that is in better sonic condition than the one in the Original Recordings here on this…"

"Yup. Here's the CE version..."

"I think Tony was Oakley's Sons name. Likewise he also named a piece after his wife “Winifred Mazurka”"

"The peace is “Tony” Written by Olly Oakley"

"My transcription is of a version dubbed many years ago onto low-fi reel tape- probably some minor differences from the version posted here."

"The first 34 seconds :"Josephine My Jo" verse & chorus; music by Jas. T. Brymn ; 34 sec - 1:04 : "I Wants to be the Leadin' Lady" chorus; music by Harry Von Tilzer; 1:04 to end : " My Lady Hottentot" chorus;…"

"Sorry For the lack of information There. Yes Your info is correct it is Vess ossman playing.    Matrix # 1664 It’s a 7 inch Victor       The first song in the medley is “Josephine My Jo” I’m not sure…"

"Any information on this record? Who's playing, who pressed it, date, etc?"