"I'M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY" ~ Adam Swanson @ The Annual Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival 2007

[rubytarbox1]

great once you got going. Judy Garland also sings this on you tube if you want to search for it

[bimbo4746]

im just wild about adam he keeps me young from toe tappin 80 year fan go go go go

[chevychase]

HOLY JESUS!!!  That is just jaw-droppingly wonderful! How could those people be talking while he was playing??????!!!!!

[Huckabeezer]

Nothing short of unbelievable. The spirit needed to play like this, not to mention the talent, is something I have never witnessed anywhere else.

[tenor175]

WOW!! What a treat from my hometown!! I miss Sedalia and recall these festivals.....what fun they were!!! I'm heading home in August for the State Fair,and to visit family......thank you for posting this......The Spirit of Sedalia lives.....I also like this young man's playing!!

[Gianluke01]

wow, no l' avevo mai sentito

[saintmart]

genious!!!

[adaywayne]

Not to mention the technical abilities which Adam obviously has (as do several other young "wizards"), his instant improvisational skills and ideas approach those of many older (past and present) jazz pianists. If he stays with this style, he could well be another Ralph Sutton or Dick Wellstood. Amazing!!

[74lou]

ADAM SWANSON is my favorite pianist for ragtime but he can also play awesome the CHARLESTON and he is CHAMPION this year for the old-time piano.

74LOU

[tdub1941]

Hi AURORA!

Thanks for your nice comment and for watching this video.

Happy Holidays!

RagJazzMonkey Tom

[earlhines1]

Yeah Adam, Old man Eubie Blake would have been very proud of you!!!

[inqueling]

Wow! I love this. His style seems very "clean" to my unschooled ears--if that is the way to describe it. This kid is gonna go places (and looks like he's already started). All the best, Adam!

[cara2010]

haha i so know this kis i go to school with him!!

[Yoshi5020]

Really? What's he like? He's like a prodigy. What made him get into this stuff?

[tdub1941]

I don't know, but you can ask him here on YouTube. adamgswanson

[RCA630TS]

What is that piece called?  Is that "Hold Everything"?

[tdub1941]

The title is, "I'm Just Wild About Harry."

[jeffr890]

Adam is one talented young man. Old-time stride piano is my favorite to play and Adam has got the left-hand rhythms down pat. Excellent job Adam, great things are in your future!

[tdub1941]

Thanks for the nice comment Jeff.

I hope Adam tunes in to this video again soon in order to read your compliment!

RagJazzMonkey

Tom Warner

[slipknot555133]

dude adam just played this song for me yesterday at school it was crazy cool he played it faster then this tho he wasnt evn looking at the piano most of the time lol

[tdub1941]

Dude Adam has developed his piano playing skills to a point rarely reached by people his age and even people my age, and I am an antique by comparison!

Thanks for your comment.

RagJazzMonkey

Tom Warner

[slipknot555133]

haha cha

[slipknot555133]

whoa haha alright but ya man if i were some chick id be all oer this him haha and yes i know thats shallow but thats how girls r now a days

[tdub1941]

I got news for ya.

Girls have been that way since Adam & Eve.

No big deal. Just natural and boys really are not a lot different, just a little bit more bothered with hormonal influences.

RagJazzMonkeyPhilosopher,

Tom Warner

[slipknot555133]

haha cha

[slipknot555133]

OMG this kid goes to my school haha he just moved here....he was making fun of this kid playing the piano and i was like lets see you play something....i never knw he cud do this

[tdub1941]

Yes, he has CD's for sale and he plays like he has 40 years experience!

Adam WOWS audiences at Ragtime Festivals all around the USA.

Tom Warner

[slipknot555133]

sure lol if i were him id be doing it for money r u his dad or somti nuhave alot of vids with him in em

[tdub1941]

Actually he will probably be a millionaire by age 20 or so from the worldwide sale of his music.

And, ALSO,

Nope, I am NOT his dad.

I am actually his 9th cousin 7 times removed by marriage 4 times and a divorce and a half.

RagJazzMonkey,

Tom

[MusicGuru12]

Wow. I really wish I could own his left hand!

[tdub1941]

Yes - He is amazing! And a heck of a nice kid! Lots of fun!

Tom Warner

[idasynco]

WOW, I'm glad you recorded this one, Tom. I was too busy in awe just watching this live to want to focus on anything but the performance.

Tanks for the memory!

Idasynco

[wilscool]

Does Adam have a Youtube account?

[tdub1941]

I don't know.

[wilscool]

If he does, it would be fantastic to see him make some videos of himself on the piano.

[tdub1941]

Yes, he could do some just like the ones that Eytan Uslan has done here on YouTube. Easy, fun and great music! Adam is Fantastic and Eytan is wonderful, and vice versa!

Tom Warner = tdub1941

[wilscool]

Yeah, I've seen a few of Eytan's. Anyway, I hope to be able to post up a few more videos once I get a chance to play on a better piano-mine has some stickey keys.

[tdub1941]

Well, get busy and hurry up! I'm anxious to see'em!

Tom Warner = tdub1941

[Keeper1st]

Adam posted recently on the EliteSyncopations Yahoo Group that one day he might have to figure out how to post videos to YouTube so that he can post videos of his friend Johnny Maddox, since there doesn't seem to be anything from Maddox (not the REAL Johnny Maddox, anyway) here. So, he doesn't have an account YET...

[KawhackitaRag]

I can tell he's heard the Donald Lambert version, but he doesn't duplicate it exactly or even that closely, he makes it his own version.

[tdub1941]

Yeah, but ain't it nice!

[CBasie2856]

I want to be that GOOD!!! I now think I suck at piano compared to him!!!

[sunshinecapers]

He's pretty damn amazin... I'm 15 and been playing for 2 years, and I doubt three years will make that much of a difference. Nice Job Adam! Someone needs to post his novelty he wrote.

[tdub1941]

Yup, that Adam is one fine piano player and I love to watch him in action!

Tom Warner