Comment by marc dalmasso on February 27, 2012 at 20:19

Bertie Bassett is today under the lights of  U_Tube  with this beautiful tune  . no doubt he was  a main member of the CB  ' scene . Not an easy tune because of the un_usual fingerings and the 4 notes ' chords .

Comment by Mike Moss on February 27, 2012 at 21:01

Interesting; very well played, Marc, nice job with the piano interludes.

It's intersting to point out how much the banjo was associated with "coon songs" back then; Bert Basset called this one "A Coon Song (without words)" in which the banjo itself evokes the entire genre.

For instance, in this one (which helped define the genre), the singer is clearly accompanied by fingerstyle banjo:

It is interesting to point out that Ernest Hogan, the author of the above song, was an African-American and that his contribution to the racist "coon song" genre haunted him for the rest of his life.

Comment by thereallyniceman on February 28, 2012 at 9:46

A very nice piece and good performance. It sounds deceptively simple and yet very effective. I like the piano break too and the vocal accompaniment reminded me of Charles Aznavour, or was it the face that reminded me of him??

It was absolutely great, and worth a second listen now!

Ian

Comment by thereallyniceman on February 28, 2012 at 10:16

If you would like to "Play along with Marc" you now can, as I have uploaded the sheet music, with piano part and second banjo part, to the MUSIC LIBRARY.

Comment by marc dalmasso on February 28, 2012 at 11:26

Thx

Ah OK Mike ; i went to " wiki " and i understand  now for " coon song "

For me , it was the " raton laveur " ( the animal )

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