Amos Milburn

[pdebee]

I had been wondering who the drummer and bass player were, since they produced such an amazing sound, and so effortlessly (just look at the drummer: he hardly moves at all!!!).

So, here are the answers, graciously supplied by Mr Earl Williams, son of Paul 'Hucklebuck' Williams, and by Lisa Williams, PW's granddaughter :

"The band personnel on [this] video are: Paul Williams (baritone Sax), Eddie Silver (Tenor Sax), Jimmy Brown (Trumpet), Belton Evans (Drums), and Steve Cooper (Bass)."

[takoma5]

Fantastic piano playing..Mr Amos Milburn ladies and Gentlemen!!

[iBamade]

1:18 ;D

[PaulHWilliamsEstate]

The Paul Williams band did a good job accompanying Amos Milburn.

[40Waxx]

" I wasn't going nowhere but I've been there before'

" Better than chicken fried in bacon grease"

"You'll get your leave, but you can't be diggin' like an old steam drill"

Folks, you got to dig the lyrics, too...........

[thebutter777]

The Glimmer Twins did this song (successfully) twenty years later.....as did chuck Berry in the 50's...but NOTHING beats this version!

[towerscope]

Hey thanks for that bit of key info. I also meant to see if anyone thinks his piano was tuned a half or full step different than normally? I'm not a prof, but could it still be tuned to A440, and still be a half step lower? Thanks!

[dm7b5]

Is it possible he is playing this in Ab? That's what I have, but it looks more like G.

[kmill33260]

Amos déchire !!! quel pianiste, putain de bonne musique, Yeahhh

[RockabillyWilly1]

What year what this recorded?

[towerscope]

Hey?.... can anybody tell what key he's playing this in? It sounds like it's in a minor key....but I cant tell for sure....I'm trying to figure this sucker out! KILLER RENDITION of this song too BTW!!!!! Probably the hottest version....I'm sure Will B. would have put his approval on it.....and I like Will's of course, just as much, this is just a tad different I would say...

[dm7b5]

@towerscope

On my piano it is Ab, but if you see him at 2:10, he is trilling on D and F( 5th and 7th), which puts him in the key of G . It is major, but blues uses the minor third a lot.

[dannpenn]

what a great era!!

[SUNNYRHOADES9]

What A master -was he around when Meade Lux Louise was around -wow what piano playing

[SUNNYRHOADES9]

He has an awesome right hand -The bass is a simple shuffle Boogie Pattern -The right hand is the hard part -Genius .

[PhilW66]

The pinnacle of American music in one video.... Simply awesome. To only go back in time and watch this genius live.

Amazing.

[problem49]

Yowsah Yowsah Yohsaw.......

[autorail72]

Excellent!!! du pur bonheur!!!merci!!!

[duskdevils]

i just love his soft voice and that cool left hand pattern!!!

[TheFolkPower]

killing

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[ChristerDahlback]

One of the best!!!

[doromus]

Una de las mejors cosas que he llegado a ver en youtube. Hace tiempo que lo tengo en mis favoritos, pero no dejo de verlo periodicamente, es fantastico

[Iguas]

No puedo estar más de acuerdo. Cuando me tropecé con este vídeo, no me podía creer lo bueno que era el, para entonces desconocido, Amos Milburn.

[Boogieaficionado]

Absolutely fantastic!!!

[IIRussa4kaII]

hahaha

[fanrockroll]

Yes you are right. I'm 28 years old and i love that rythm.

[bruceengelhardt]

Love that boogie woogie! You're never too old or young to appreciate that. Thanks!

[beatlejim64]

Sorry son...but the fucking useless white man is a LIGHT SKINNED black man!!

[cickalone]

what the hell is doing the useless fuckin' white man?

[JosephNScott]

"what the hell is doing the useless fuckin' white man?" (Stevie Wonder voice) That Apollo MC who helped rap come to be? He was a "black" man (Willie Bryant). This song was written right so all could boogie through the night by a "white" man (Don Raye).

[dretety]

Stevie and Amos have one thing in common, Stevie made his first record backing Amos for motown on Chicken shack boogie...unreleased.

[monshellrise]

I would to see or hear that! ...

[chfanncr]

Hey that guy looked familiar...he was known as The Mayor of Harlem...back in the fiftys...and get this...I was his announcer WXYZ Detroit...live radio remote from the Flame show bar with Maurice King and his wolverines every Saturday night... earlier we did Saturdaynight Dance Party...from the beautiful Tearace Room of the Hotel Statler in downtown Detroit...ABC Network...436 stations...This is Lee Rengers speaking...Good night.....

[chfanncr]

That's Willie Bryant of course...The Mayor of Harlem...

[chfanncr]

AS I said...The mayor of Harlem...Willie Bryant...and it was RYTHEM ON PARADE from the Flame Show bar...a nightclub on John R street...it was known as a "Black and tan" what ever that was...

[chfanncr]

Yes indeed that's Willie Bryant "THE MAYOR OF HARLEM"...I was his announcer in the 50's...WXYZ Detroit broadcast this show every Saturday night on the ABC network...436 stations coast to coast...big time radio...earlier I did "SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY" live from " THE BEAUTIFUL TERRACE ROOM OF THE HOTEL STATLER IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT"...LEE RENGERS SPEAKING THIS IS THE ABC NETWORK...GOOD NIGHT...

[JosephNScott]

"it was known as a 'Black and tan' what ever that was..."

Jelly Roll Morton was quoted as explaining that "black and tan" meant "for colored and white alike."

[cickalone]

Ok , Sorry

[pitman10]

out fucking standing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hyzercreek]

The drummer on Bradley's record was Ray McKinley also known as "Eight Beat Mack" mentioned in the lyrics. After that the lyrics go "And you remember Doc and Beat Me Daddy Slack" but Amos Milburn messes up the lyrics and changes them to "beat me in Daddy's shack" or something. "Doc" was Will Bradley, and Freddy Slack was the piano player. I think Will Bradley's version was just as good as Milburns.

[hyzercreek]

People usually think Milburn did the original of this song, but that's not true at all, his version was 1947 and Will Bradley's was 1940. Even Harry "The Hipster" Gibson was doing this song before Milburn.

The introductory conversation between the MC and Amos was word for word taken from the Bradley record!!

[tybeeshag]

Just AWESOME..What a great post.