STEPHEN FOSTER'S AMERICA

JIMERSON (Artist), DOUGLAS (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: AMERIMUSIC
• ASIN: B00000AEKT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,177 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Oh, Susannah

2. Massa's in de Cold Ground

3. Old Folks at Home

4. Camptown Races

5. Beautiful Dreamer

6. Nelly Bly

7. I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair

8. Gentle Annie

9. Hard Times (Come Again No More)

10. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

11. Deep River

12. He's Got the Whole World in His Hand

13. If You've Only Got a Moustache

14. Old Dog Tray

15. The Glendy Burk

16. My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night

17. Some Folks

18. When This Dreadful War Is Ended

19. Was My Brother in the Battle?

20. Nothing But a Plain Old Soldier

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Politally Correct or Stupid?, February 27, 2001

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Robert P. Brown (Head of Jeddore, Nova Scotia Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: STEPHEN FOSTER'S AMERICA (Audio CD)

The major thing wrong with this recording is the editing out of the word "darkies" which is like eliminating "cowboy" from western songs. If this guy is so sensitive, why include "Massa" which is a tribute to a slave master. Also, He's Got The Whole World In His Hand is generally attributed to the modern age.

If you want to hear a much better rendition of Foster, and other music of the period, try and find Thomas Hampson, "American Dreamer" and "An Old Song Re-Sung".

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars PC Pablum, November 4, 2000

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This review is from: STEPHEN FOSTER'S AMERICA (Audio CD)

The tenor is fine, but the musical accompaniment is primitive. However, my main objection is that I do not at all approve of PC censorship and Bowdlerization. As if anyone who might be offended by the term "darkey" is going to be listening to Stephen Foster anyway! Get a life.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Careful historical recreation, January 1, 2001

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cjerson (Reading, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: STEPHEN FOSTER'S AMERICA (Audio CD)

This recording is a good representation of the fine performance I heard Mr. Jimerson give at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. It is a careful historical recreation by an outstanding tenor. In regard to the minimal editing for today's audiences, the only "modernization" that I found in the texts is the substitution of non-pejorative nouns for the original "darkies."