Golden Slippers

Katie Glassman - Fiddle
Sydney Green - Guitar

We've been playing Texas style fiddle music together since we were teenagers. Our favorite weekend activity is to sit and play tunes together all night long!

This song (formally titled Oh, Dem Golden Slippers) was composed by prominent African-American minstrel songwriter and banjo player James A. Bland in 1879. The melody later passed from the minstrel stage into folk and fiddling tradition. Oh, Dem Golden Slippers was originally a mockery of Golden Slippers, a spiritual song sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Bland's version surpassed the Fisk song in popularity and is now commonly referred to as Golden Slippers. (http://www.balladofamerica.com/music/...)