Harry "The Hipster" Gibson - "Piano Boogie Jump" - ORIGINAL "VIDEO"

[CountThrillhammer]

Even better than benzedrine in ovaltine.

[MrRawdoc]

The real origins of rock lie in Louis Armstrong's 1929 'St. Louis Blues' ( NOT the one with Bessie Smith), the one on the soundtrack of Ken Burn's Jazz Mishap////

[LibraryPervert]

.. At least _40_ years ahead of its time. A lot of "new wave era" musicians seem to have lifted a lot of this kind of thing.

[archer1949]

I have never heard of this guy before! This was at least 10 years ahead of it's time!

Jerry Lee Lewis seemed to have lifted his act wholesale.

[maxonian206]

Just look at his stance at the piano. I wonder if the Killer saw this?

[RJBinghamesq]

@maxonian206 Good point!

[mickram23]

At around the 1 minute 08 seconds mark you can even hear the basis of 'Rock Around The Clock'! just for a few seconds. This is without a doubt the origins of Rock n Roll.

[RJBinghamesq]

@mickram23 It's in there!

Incidentally - I DID NOT flag your comment as spam. YouTube goofs up - OFTEN!

[squirrelnutcased]

@mickram23 listen to Hank Williams Sr.'s "Move It On Over" and youll see the basis of rock around the clock. Im sure its been used in many other earlier songs, but its very similar in that song.

GOD I LOVE THIS MUSIC!!! It puts modern music to shame.

[tc9855419]

this is all very early 40's. His real hot time was prob '39--'42. Once the drug references in his songs were more recognizeable, they threw the switch on hiscareer. He had a lot of issues, but was a real groundbreaker. You can hear his influence on Little Richard and you have to attribute some of JJL and LR genius to Harry

[DNAblues]

I agree. This is kinda like Chuck Berry. I suspect that his pro-weed music was a major reason why it got deleted revisionist from history. Kinda like the way the Chicago 8 Conspiracy trial became rewriten as the Chicago once BobbySeal was bound and gagged, then removed from the courtroom and tried later.

[kustom85delta88]

Wow, I have to say it's really too bad his stuff wasn't really associated with '50s rock n roll. This is the roots of rock n roll in my opinion!

[josephnathanscott]

"This is the roots of rock n roll[...]" During '47-'49 it was a fad to combine (1) lyrics about rocking with (2) backbeat through most of a song. E.g. Joe Turner's "Jumpin' At The Jubilee," Jimmy Preston's "Rock The Joint," & Roy Brown's "Boogie At Midnight." That fad led to the usual '50s r and r sound. HG was one of many great mid-'40s boogie pianists whose playing fit in style with the later '50s r and r, because '30s-style boogie did. I don't think HG had much influence on that '47-'49 fad.

[RJBinghamesq]

@kustom85delta88 Absolutely! Check out my mini-bio of him on ANOTHER of his pieces, wot I just uploaded! (It's linked to this piece). This was done in '44 - but when he did "Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs Murphy's Ovaltine", three years later - his career went down the crapper!