[dp0622]

Another thing I had to look up :)

Great song. Thick blackface :)

It’s obviously not worn as an insult. But almost all of the comments underneath on youtube took it as such. Mostly snowflakes.

Al Jolson performing it in his 50s. Looks and sounds great.

Doesn’t matter if one is a fan of MUCH different types of music. Talent is talent.

And in a lot of cases, a lot more talent is shown than today.

That being said, I won’t even MENTION my favorite band as they are so out of place in this conversation!!

[nopardons]

It was written by STEPHEN FOSTER and Al Jolson does a turn ( almost the leading man ) in one of the three movies about Foster. Two of these movies, SWANEE RIVER ( the one in which Jolson does a start turn ) and I DREAM OF JEANIE contain wonderful, full on minstrel shows; yes, done in blackface, which was NEVER meant as an insult!

I DREAM OF JEANIE can be watched on line, via YouTube.