I would say that Boogie-Woogie was the bad little boy of the rag family who wouldn't study. I heard crude beginnings of it in the back streets of New Orleans, in those early years following 1904, but they were really back streets... such music never got played in 'gilded palaces' - Roy Carew, from Giles Oakley's The Devil's Music, BBC
Had a wee blues music afternoon with fellow forum contributor and pal Prof Scratchy today and we recorded a few clips along the way which I've put on my youtube channel if you fancy a look. Here's the first one, an Arthur Crudup tune.
Really a nice job by both of you! Vocally, that range is right in your kitchen, Richard, you sound good and bright there. And you sound like an ace, Prof! You've got Crudup's sound up the neck perfectly. A treat! All best, Johnm