Re: (Boom Boom) The Boogie

[Pat Missin <pat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Smokey Joe wrote:

>Willie "Pinetop" Smith was born in a Bordello. No, not what you think,
>his mother was the COOK. He learned to play by resting his little hands
>on the keys, while the "rolls" went through their cycle. Eventually, he
>"Beat" the rolls (sort of a John Henry versus the steam powered mining
>drill type of deal).
>They say that if he had lived, he would have been the best there ever
>was. His life was cut short by (I believe) a Liver ailment (Bix
>Beiderbeck had a Kidney Ailment?). No, it wasn' from drinking. 

He was shot in the back whilst playing piano. I guess he could have
been hit in the liver, which might just about qualify as an acute
liver ailment!

One advantage of being a harp player is that it is easier to duck,
although you do have less protection from your instrument.

 -- Pat.