"Balderdash" (Tom Brier) played by Adam Swanson & Tom Brier

[F0rCe77]

did somebody notice that Tom is not playing the same - he is improvising a second piano, lol :D

[Keeper1st]

@F0rCe77 They're both doing that. They trade off taking the melody vs adding accompaniment. Adam takes the melody first time through each strain, then Tom takes it on the repeats.

[flguym1]

I need to hear this in person! This is a great piece... Tom plays with feeling! Is there sheet music?

[Keeper1st]

@flguym1 I'm not sure if Tom has put this one into sheet music yet. Adam learned it from Tom's hand-written manuscript, which was written out in G. Tom later realized it was kind of hard to play in G, so now plays it in G-flat as you can see here. Adam had to transpose down a half step as he learned the piece.

[flguym1]

Interesting that I watched both play. I like both players. Tom is feeling felt when playing. As I can not play anymore due to an injury, I would love to see this piece on sheet music.. Thanks for posting

[KawhackitaRag]

I never thought this would actually be as good as it is, but it works really well! What a great tune and they sound great here!

Five stars! This is a tough one to play as a duet and they do it right - I like the tremolo bits that Tom puts in when Adam solos, and then (near the end), the high treble fills that Adam does when Tom has the melody.

[Keeper1st]

This was their second time doing as a duet. I had recorded their first time the night before, but Adam thought they could do better and wanted to record another rendition. So they had one go-through to work from, which helped this performance for sure.

[jimoaklandu]

Adam Rocks too!! ;-)

[DaveyYzermans]

Tom Brier is such a wonderful player (and person). His playing brings me in such a good mood.

(say hi from the Netherlands to him for me please. =))

[AceWissle]

Wonderful!

[RagtimeJustin]

I'm in awe. What a wonderful piece with superb piano players. :)

[dialectgirl]

cool ;)