Originally posted in 2011. How fitting that the Father of American Songwriting was born on the Glorious Fourth (1826). Stephen Foster grew up in Western Pennsylvania where his education included some formal training in music. In the 1840s he met the clown Dan Rice, a friend of his brother’s, who was to be a major influence on him. […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:50AM on July 4, 2013