[Dixielandjazz] Shine (was All the Girls Go Crazy)

[Phil Wilking]

I would be willing to bet that a majority of musicians who play "Shine" in
the late 1920's version do not know that it is a revival of the chorus of
"That's Why They Call Me Shine," by Ford Dabney and Cecil Mack, from 1910.

The original verse quite clearly tells the story that it is about what an
decent black man had to put up with from not-so-decnt whites.

I can send the original tune to anyone, either the piano/vocal or a lead
sheet or both.

Phil Wilking

Those who would exchange freedom for
security deserve neither freedom nor security.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen G Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>
> BTW, I assume you are talking about the way I present "Shine". Couple  of
> corrections.  I am not neither an apologist  nor feel I have to  explain
> the song before my band plays it.
>
> I simply choose to explain it, first by poking fun at those ridiculous
> "shine your shoesies" lyrics that someone added to a song two decades  or
> so after it was written and second by explaining what the original  song
> meant to convey to the audience.
>