1904 Everlasting Cylinder Record ST. LOUIS TICKLE

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Jun 26, 2011 Sold Date

Jun 21, 2011 Start Date

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This is an Everlasting 2 Minute Indestructible Cylinder Record of Vess Ossman performing The St. Louis Tickle.

Sylvester Louis Ossman was born in Hudson, New York, and made his first recordings in 1893. He became one of the most recorded musicians of his day, recording marches, cakewalks, rags, and other instrumentals. He also accompanied popular singers including Arthur Collins and Len Spencer.

Ossman married Eunice Smith and they had three children, Vess Jr., Raymond, and Annadele.

In 1900 and 1903, when Ossman's reputation and fame had spread internationally, he went on tour, as well as recorded, in England. Together with Audley Dudley, he performed in the Ossman-Dudley Trio. He also led his own dance band, the Ossman's Singing and Playing Orchestra, in Dayton, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana. The increasing popularity of his rival Fred Van Eps, after 1910, made Ossman's name appear less frequently in record companies supplements. He temporarily ceased recording in 1913 but resumed his recording career in late 1915. In April 1917, he became a member of the Popular Talking Machine Artists; a group of unrelated artists who toured together as an act. By the early 1920s, he had left the touring act.

On December 14, 1917 he made his final recordings for the Columbia label. He continued to travel with his dance orchestra working in hotels all over the Midwest while living in Dayton with his family. In 1923, he joined B. F. Keith's Vaudeville houses on tour together with his son Vess Jr. At a theater show in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ossman suffered a heart attack. He was brought to hospital but soon returned to the show. Later, in Fairmont, Minnesota, he suffered another heart attack, this time fatal, after his last performance on stage. He was buried in Valhalla Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.

Ossman played in what is now known as the classical banjo style. He fingerpicked gut strings using a technique similar to classical guitarists.

The record and cover are in excellent+ condition. The cylinder looks as if it's only been played a couple times. There is no lid to the cover but the graphics are outstanding. This recording is numbered 1453. Buyer will include $4 for shipping. Thanks.

Some of his recordings include "St. Louis Tickle", "Yankee Doodle", "Rusty Rags", "Maple Leaf Rag", "The Stars and Stripes Forever", "A Bit of Blarney", "My Irish Molly O", "A Gay Gosson", "Yankee Girl", "Bill Simmons", "Karama". His recordings also include songs with less politically correct titles such as "A Coon Band Contest", "The Darkies' Awakening" and "All Coons Look Alike To Me."

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