# Favorite Boogie Woogie Piano? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552 "2008-06-28T06:31:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/1 "2008-06-28T06:31:25Z")
I submit for your approval: Allman Brothers: Pony Boy Little Feat: Old Folks Boogie Steely Dan: Bodisativa lay it on me… ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/2 "2008-06-28T07:23:20Z")
OK, your favorite piano instrumental song? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/3 "2008-06-28T13:11:24Z")
Meade ‘Lux’ Lewis - [Boogie Woogie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28_wHq8MsjU) Albert Ammons - [Boogie Woogie Dream](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIVJw8yX6GY) I’m more of a fan of stride piano, so guys like Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith and Luckey Roberts are who really turn my crank. Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines and Thelonious Sphere Monk deserve a mention for their solo piano albums, too. Look for the ‘Hines plays Ellington’ and a Columbia set ‘The Solo Piano of Monk’. Closer to the style of the people you mentioned - how do you feel about Jerry Lee Lewis? ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/4 "2008-06-28T13:45:51Z")
Bumble Boogie [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJF74gnp8ZQ) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/5 "2008-06-28T14:01:34Z")
Look no further than right [here](http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MS-030) (link to website). Mosaic records - which is kinda like the Rhino reissue for jazz - has just released a 3-CD collection of amazing Blues and Boogie Woogie piano. I just got it for Father’s Day and LOVE it. It has the stuff \*\*the Ministre \*\* mentions and so much, much more. When you hear Disc 1, Track 10 - Pete Johnson’s Boogie Woogie, or Disc 3, Track 1 - Mary Lou Williams’ Little Joe from Chicago - you will be completely sucked in. The best collection I have heard - it has great blues piano and some tracks feature Big Joe Turner on vocals - what more do you need to hear?? 😉 Limited edition run of 5000 copies - jump on it. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/6 "2008-06-28T23:52:33Z")
Louis Jordan, “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens” Loggins & Messina, “Your Mama Don’t Dance” ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/7 "2008-06-29T13:33:10Z")
Okay, thanks Guys! This is wonderful stuff!! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/8 "2008-06-29T16:38:12Z")
The Tubes’ [Proud to be an American](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJmB75jzzIE) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/9 "2008-06-29T18:21:53Z")
Give a listen to Jelly Roll Morton’s [Piano Rolls](http://www.amazon.com/Piano-Rolls-Jelly-Roll-Morton/dp/B000005J3E/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1214761811&sr=1-5) for some early Boogie Woogie with Ragtime influences. This is especially noticeable in “Original Jelly Roll Blues”. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/10 "2008-06-29T19:39:33Z")
Not instrumental, but if you like boogie woogie piano you **really** need to check out [Commander Cody.](http://music.yahoo.com/ar-286317-downloads-1-Commander-Cody). Particularly recommended are “Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar,” “Boogie Man Boogie,” “Rock that Boogie,” “House of Blue Lights,” “Four or Five Times.” If the only reason you know of Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen is “Hot Rod Lincoln,” you’re missing an amazingly versatile band. Jump blues, r & b, rockabilly, western swing and pure rock and roll await you, all anchored by George Frayne’s (the Commander’s real name) fabulous piano work. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/11 "2008-06-30T05:04:53Z")
Go to Youtube and search “rob rio”. Lots of good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/12 "2008-07-01T03:34:05Z")
Word Man: I ordered my copy! A big “Thank you” to Le Ministre too. I was reading some of the comments under the video, these were the guys who first made Boogie Woogie famous. Walloon: Thanks for reminging me about Your Mama Don’t Dance, great song, I had that album years ago. I remember a song about a long tailed cat and a rocking chair too… BlondeBear: Nice patriotic song, good stuff, but it was strange seeing Santa in the middle of the summer. Lute Skywatcher: When I was listening to Jelly Roll Morton, it reminded me a lot of Scott Joplin and some of those strange old cartoons from the 1930s. Labdad: Yes, I know Commander Cody & “Hot Rod Lincoln”, I love the song, I will definitly look into him next. Valgard: I checked out Rob Rio, he’s good, he reminds me a lot of Jerry Lee Lewis. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/13 "2008-07-01T11:34:36Z")
Asleep at the Wheel does a mean boogie version of [_Route 66_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtDn5ChHI28) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/14 "2008-07-01T12:08:09Z")
[QUOTE=Emily Litella] Word Man: I ordered my copy! [/QUOTE] Cool! Let me know what you think! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-boogie-woogie-piano/454552/15 "2008-07-01T16:13:26Z")
[QUOTE=Emily Litella] it was strange seeing Santa in the middle of the summer. [/QUOTE] Give a listen to “Winter Wonderland” from the [When Harry Met Sally](http://www.amazon.com/When-Harry-Met-Sally-Picture/dp/B0000026V6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1214928634&sr=1-1) soundtrack.