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Character Songs.
Greene’s material is mostly of the “coon” variety, with the exception of one number which is Italian, which should be done away with.
Piano is used as accompaniment.
The Lasses Candy Child.
For the encore he delivers " Casey Jones" in a fashion such as has never been heard in this city, in fact you have never really heard it sung until you have heard Greene. After this, he was forced to take bow after bow, and the audience would not let him go until Greene had made a speech, which, while short, let him exit with a laugh.
If Gene Greene keeps up the pace he has set for himself, it won't be long before he find himself in the headline position. His act is one that is distinctly worth while, and was the hit of a rather classy bill this week.
The act runs 15 minutes.
The turn is one of the best character singing acts New York has had for a long while.
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Variety 20:1 ( September 10, 1906)