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F O S T E R T W O
Text and music by Corky Cochran
I have for you LOADSTARites, 10
more songs by the late great Stephen
C. Foster. I think you will agree the
man had talent, and a way with words.
When I was working on these song it
struck me that the terms like den,
whar, and gwine are still in use
today. If you have heard any Rap or
Hip-Hop music you will hear these
terms used quite often by the singers
of those song. So I don't believe
there are all that offensive. Seems
the more things change, the more they
stay the same.
More background on Mr. Stephen
Collins Foster:
Stephen was the ninth of ten
children, but the tenth died as an
infant and left Stephen the baby of
the family. His family was well to do
so he received the best education
avalible, including instruction in
music -- in which he excelled, writing
music as young a 16 years old.
At 20 he worked for his brother
Dunning as a bookkeeper. When he was
24 in 1850 he married Jane Denny
MacDowell and launched his career as a
songwriter. His only daughter, Marion,
was born a year later. In 1852 he and
his wife took a delayed honeymoon to
New Oleans, his only trip to the Deep
South. He spend months crafting his
words and melodies to humanize the
subjects in his songs. He wanted to
convey that no matter the person's
ethnic background, all wanted and had
the same longings and needs for family
and home.
He refined the trashy, offensive
minstrel music of the time. Much of
his Plantation music was performed by
the Christy Minstrels -- a well known
touring troop of the era.
I'll have more on his life and
death in the next Jukebox.
Enjoy!
CC