Max Keenlyside performing Luckey Roberts' "Railroad Blues" @ The WCRF~ 2008

[GaryPansey]

Great sound! Powerful ragtime touch! Bravo!

[cv5600]

also was recorded by various dance bands

[wilscool]

Hey Tom, if Adam Swanson saw this video he would be very dissapointed. The actual spelling of Roberts' name is "Lucky Roberts".

=P

Will

[tdub1941]

Hey Wil - Go check your Wikipedia - -

Luckey wins - hehe

Luckey Roberts

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charles Luckeyeth Roberts, better known as Luckey Roberts (7 August, 1887 5 February, 1968) was a composer and stride pianist who worked in the jazz, ragtime, and blues styles.

[wilscool]

According to Adam Swanson, It is just spelled "Lucky". If you want to continue this discussion, ask Adam. hehe

[tdub1941]

Hey Wil,

Gosh I missed the chance to beat him up about this down in Versailles. Aw Shucks!

Oh well, We can gang up on him eventually to get him straightened out.

Whadyathink?

[wilscool]

Sounds like a plan. West Coast Festival 2009. See ya there!

Will

[tdub1941]

WCRF 2009 ~ YEAH !

[YragSreog]

Fantastic. I have not heard the Luckey Roberts version of this, but he'd have to be PLAYIN' some PIANA to top this!!!!

Max, you have a fan in South Carolina.

[tdub1941]

Thanks for viewing and for your nice comment. I hope Max see this.

RagJazzMonkey Tom

[KawhackitaRag]

hahaha I think Luckey recorded this three times and also made a piano roll of it. The roll was released by Vocalstyle in April 1919, making it probably one of the first appearances of boogie-woogie on rolls, or anywhere besides sheet music at that time. Then Luckey plays it (nearly inaudibly) in the background for one of the famous "Two Black Crows" comedy records with Moran and Mack in 1927. Finally, there are his well-known recordings of it for Circle in 1946 and Good Time Jazz in 1958.

[KawhackitaRag]

I should add that about the same time the roll was released, a competing version of Luckey's tune was released on the QRS label, played by Pete Wendling.

This is a fantastic version, not like the composer's original, but in Pete's own style, including some really fantastic left-hand figurations.

A few years later, about 1922 or 23, Roy Bargy made a version of this tune on Mel-O-Dee.

Bargy was hugely influenced by Luckey Roberts himself, whom he had heard growing up in Toledo, Ohio.

[pianiplunker]

This is almost the same piece as Eubie's boogie, by eubie blake. awesome playin

[tdub1941]

Thanks for watching!

Yup, young Max is a winner!

RagJazzMonkey Tom

[KawhackitaRag]

Fantastic!!! He sounds just like the 1958 Luckey Roberts recording!

[tdub1941]

And You are a feller that ought to know!!!!

Thanks for watching and for helping to generate lots of the fun we had in Sacramento!

RJMonkey Tom

[idasynco]

I love the run at 1:40...so smooth...what a cool railroad blues..wouldn't it be great fun to be on a train listening to this!! 5*

[tdub1941]

Thanks for all of the stars Ida!

Yeah I'm for the train idea. That would be fun.

Ta ta,

Tom

[wilscool]

This is Luckey Roberts' "Railroad Blues: from around 1917 (I think). Max is just an awesome piano player.

[tdub1941]

Thank you Mr. Cool!

Yep, he sure is!

RJMonkey