San Francisco Minstrels
Event Information
Venue(s):
San Francisco Opera House
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
28 December 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
30 Nov 1874, Evening01 Dec 1874, Evening
02 Dec 1874, Evening
03 Dec 1874, Evening
04 Dec 1874, Evening
05 Dec 1874, Evening
05 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: San Francisco Minstrels; Mackin and Wilson [song and dance]; Billy Birch [minstrel]; David S. Wambold; Charley Backus; Add Ryman; Carl [minstrel] Rudolph; Foley McKeever [Ethiopian vocalist] Ricardo; W. Mullaly; A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham; Eugene [minstrel baritone] Tremaine; [minstrel] Barron; Arthur Bent
6)
aka You never miss the lager till the keg runs dry
Composer(s): Howard
Participants: David S. Wambold
Citations
2)
“…Wambold’s tenor voice, another great attraction of the San Fraqncisco Minstrels, was heard last week in a new ballad of the old school, “You Never Miss the Water till the Well Runs Dry, a simple composition, set to effective verses, which embody an excellent, if somewhat hackneyed, moral. As a musical composition, of course, this ballad is scarcely a subject for criticism, but Wambold imparts to it a characteristic coloring and pathos which make it very acceptable….”