Excuse me , what was wrong with that ? I tried real hard to find anything less than a classic piece played with style straight from the heart ,but failed. 11 people must have some special insight that is denied me. ( Or they wouldn`t know good music if it bit them on their ass)
Thanks for posting this terrific Dr. John video. The sheet music for the piano part on "Pine Top Boogie" can be found at manymidi.com/sheetmusic.htm - a note-for-note transcription.
I was fortunate enough to witness this man's genius in the studio, and at a time when he was in a very bad way healthwise. You watch his hands, you hear what he is doing, but it defies the senses. The shuffle against the straight 4 isn't supposed to work but Mack does it and makes you believe it.
@MrSmackdab Thought so... Never heard a single tune from this Justin Bieber kid but it is a tragedy how music has degenerated from the Doc and the likes to where it is now...
Wowowowowowowowowwow go Dr, John... had tickets about thirty years ago to see him at a small guitar shop in Los Angeles and he did not show...... Saw him on IMUS last year or so and HE IS something...... Thanks for posting this......
je suis andmiration devant ce grand pianiste, Monsieur Dr John qui a une technique extraordinaire au piano. En ce qui me concerne, je ne sais pas lire la musique, mais je joue d'oreille et en regardant les autres pianistes. C'est pour cela que j'utilise mon téléphone portable en wifi devant mon piano et apprends ce morceau. J'espère que Dr john ne sera pas déçu par mon interpretation. Disons, d'ici 2 mois, je serai au point.
I was lucky enough to see Pinetop Perkins and this version does him proud! I've seen Dr. John twice, and he didn't play enough of this kind of music. Love his piano playing. He's one of the very greatest. Thanks for posting this!
when a long time pal told me mac was doing pine top i thought he was talking about Joe "willie" pinetop perkins, muddys piano player after Otis span---you learn something new everyday! the dr. still bad ass.
@1andycowan Have you ever listened to Frankie Ford's Roberta or Huey Smith's Loberta?
It's definitely not the traditional Pinetop's Boogie by Clarence "Pinetop" Smith and I don't know where this version originates from. Certain licks are frequently "borrowed" by other pianists... But it is still a great tune!
HAHA! I heard of this song in a comic (Chuckle Bros.) and had youtube up so i looked it up, and now i love it! lol =) He is mabye the best ive ever heard
Zowie! The doctor is IN THE HOUSE...and he's playing boogie at it's best! THANKS for posting this amazing clip! If the good doctor was any more cool, he'd be frozen! Stricly from wowsville, daddy-o!!! CHEERS! :-)
Pull the other one, Doctor, this ain't Pinetop's, this is a copy of James Booker's playing. But since you guys were probably neighbours, hard to say who was copying whom.
He has a sense of rhythm that no one else can get near. Yeah, I'll aver to the fact that he just had sex with that piano! Dude is f*in' brilliant. I'd like to spend about a year with him soaking up his talent.
He adds a great vocal on to this very arrangement and calls it "Sick and Tired." You can get it on Itunes. He plays it on a crappy little Yamaha electric grand from the Disco days. (CD's called "By Hisself") They were dreadful pianos but Dr. J rocks it.
I know what the posters mean about this not being PT's Boogie. they're not nitpicking - that's an entirely different song. Maybe Dr. J was a little high this day. Gotta love the playing, though - Eb!!! Skinny spaces and little keys....Whoa!
I will tell all,after listening to the Doc,Meade,Ammonds,and rollem Pete(mite member him from Big Joe fame)some piano boogie woogie just rolls to differernt folks versions of same songs.I've heared 10 diff versions of Pinetop boogie by the same artist.Shit,how many versions John Lee Hooker got of Boogie Chillen.How many versions of a song is too much.Not for me to tell.Hell,Jerry Lee had a dozen versions of Lotta Shakin,Great Balls,at the High School Hop,I'm on fire,thats left him Breathless.
Far be it from me to disagree with Mac Rebennack, who is after all one of the foremost experts on this style of music, but he's got the wrong Smith there... that's not Pinetop Smith, it's Huey Smith. (That roll is the intro to Frankie Ford's "Roberta", which had one of the most famous B-sides in history, "Sea Cruise".)
I can't belive there are people on here typing who is better than this guy. Dr. John is from New Orleans, people. There are piano players out there who can imitate, but Dr. John grew up around this music, and he is the real deal!!!
@RetroJenny As you say..many can imitate. Only true musicians like Dr. John here know WHY they play each note, and this is what puts their playing on a whole other level.
If every version of this song was recorded exactly the same way by every musician, we would be doomed to boredom. Dr. John infused the song with his own style. The ability to improvise and stylistically alter a song is what separates the average hack pianist from true artists like Dr. John.
JTVideo2009 (1 Sorry guy but Technically nothing. It is not any rendition of Pinetops Bogie. It's a boogie but it's not Pinetops, which he claims it to be. He plays great I'm going to take that away from him. But when you say "here's Pine Tops Boggie" then by golly play it like Pine Top not your version of a Boggie.
It's Dr John's ass kickin version of Pinetop Smith's Boogie. I spent my honeymoon in New Orleans just to hear music like this. Although I did not, as it was mostly big brass jazz (which was cool), be glad you can see Dr John at his best with material like this. No piano player cannot love hearing Dr John, Bob Seeley, Axl Zwinginberger, JP Bertrand, Joja Wendt, or any of the originals....Pinetop Smith, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, or my favorite, Meade Lux Lewis....to name a few
I was given the sheets for this - at least the bulk of what he is playing is "Tell Me How Do You Feel" from "The James Booker Collection." Words and music by Percy Mayfield and Ray Charles. I definitely prefer Dr. John's version though!
Sylvan Zingg and Jools Holland also belong to the group of clever BW players. Just like Dr. John is excellent. My only point is that there are a handful of BW players in the world who all have real quality and it seems unnecessary to boil that down to one individual. Just enjoy them all instead!
Here are other names you can try (besides those already mentioned below):
J-P Amoureux, J-P Bertrand, Tommy Blohm, Hans Henrik Grønsleth, Luca Sestak, Axel Zwingenberger, Jim Hession (I suggest his version of High Heel sneakers to begin with), Tommy Johnson Carl Sonny Leyland & Adam Swanson. Some of these only have BW as a minor part of their repertoire but they are still doing it well. There are more good BW:s played by others as well. I apologize to those not mentioned.
Reply to biltom's posting 3 months ago (don't know why Part 1 and probably also this part end up here):
There are other contexts as well including the type of instrument they use - its tuning - and so on. Therefore it seems strange to argue about "the best" - just enjoy any of these talents according to your preferences. Perhaps you should even take their age into your judgement.
yep, the doctor is great : somone made a typo on the title : as cstrange said, yes , that is the great James Bookers " how do you feel" still great though !
What has that got to do with anything....Zing has more talent on the piano, regardless where he lives....hell, there are people that actually like living on the left coast in San Fran Sissyco...go figure...
Zing doesnt have the new orleans sound.. if you cant identify the diffrence between someone who studies the style, and someone who grows up where it is still played..you cant critque anybody's playing. what makes Zing so good? he doesnt sound better than anyone, just cause he does a big show in europe doesnt make him the best. go listen to Matt Ball, or Eeco R. or even Bob Seeley
I know they have different styles as well as different levels of ability...it is easy to see and hear....Zing is not my favorite piano player, but he by far is superior to Dr John, Professor Longhair or these style players...
@fairportfan2 Did you ever see the video "Piano Players Never Play Together." ? It features 'Fess, Tuts and Allen Toussaint rehearsing for a big show - then 'Fess up and dies and the documentary shifts to cover his funeral. Great film and musical tribute.
@Gary198101 Try this youtube link - the title is "Piano Players Rarely Play Together. " I typed it in and got a link to it.
It features Professor Longhair, Allen Toussaint and Tuts Washington. [I tried to post the link and I got an error message]. Try the Lousiana Music Factory -google.
If you want to hear the greatest New Orleans piano player ever - give James Booker a listen. Even Dr. John recognizes Booker as being the greatest of the great N'Awlins piano players.
@biltom Why bother listening to Dr. John then? Pianists like Dr. John and Professor Longhair have more soul in their pinky fingers than Zing has in his whole body. Zing is a showman who can imitate. Did he create a style of his own like Professor Longhair? I don't think so!
Besides all your misspellings of Zingg's name and where the musicians come from the whole discussion is silly. There are about one dozen of individuals who have great boogie woogies posted on YouTube. These in turn have different overall musical orientations - some play classical music as well - some do not. Others are more oriented towards ragtime, blues or jazz.
so I didnt spell Silvan's name right, so what....he is the best at boogie style piano playing any way you spell his name. I think this is silly too, yet you continue as I have, why? As Rhett Butler said, "Frankly.....you know the rest.
I learnt a lot through these two fantaztic videos he did in the early 90s with HomespunTapes. This one is in the key of Eb, amazingly difficult to play....
Some may find more "virtuoso" or fast boogieplayers, but no one can match Dr John's feel, intensity, Blues drenched sound....and he plays so laid back and relaxed! WOW
Killer! I've seen him in concert twice. Once at the Troubador in Hollywood circa 1975 and once in Nashville in the early 90's. He's just as sweet at pie.
Great "Pine Top Boogie" by Dr. John. It makes me want to go back and take up my piano lessons again. Dr. John looks so comfortable playing this and makes it look easier than it is. Thanks for the video maddermofo. - Paula
all these video are same place same suit.. he was on fire that day!!!
ChrisRockster 3 months ago
Excuse me , what was wrong with that ? I tried real hard to find anything less than a classic piece played with style straight from the heart ,but failed. 11 people must have some special insight that is denied me. ( Or they wouldn`t know good music if it bit them on their ass)
ilikezappa 3 months ago
@ilikezappa yer 11 out of nearly 240 000 ha! makes you wonder what these people hear when they listen to music! Dr John is the real deal. :o)
AcousticMax 3 months ago
@AcousticMax Well I am sure we could send them a Britney Spears CD if it will make them piss off.
ilikezappa 3 months ago
@ilikezappa yep wonder if Dr John is lip syncing here ha! :o)
AcousticMax 3 months ago
@AcousticMax we could dress him up in schoolgirl uniform and get him to sing "do it to me one more time"
Sorry to spoil your supper...........................
ilikezappa 3 months ago
My brain just had an orgasm.
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sc6977 4 months ago
Thanks for posting this terrific Dr. John video. The sheet music for the piano part on "Pine Top Boogie" can be found at manymidi.com/sheetmusic.htm - a note-for-note transcription.
ElmoPiano 5 months ago
11 people don't know great music if it bit them in the ass.
DosForbezaPorFavor 5 months ago
@DosForbezaPorFavor Oh ,sorry , you just said that. I must stop drinking ( tomorrow)
ilikezappa 3 months ago
I remember Dr.John when he was just a teenager. He was cool then. You could see he was destined for something big. Cool dude.
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yeah yeah he's the real deal !! great !
giggie 6 months ago
i love you DR John, in a non homo erotic non masturbatorial fashion, you piano god!
lowtechlou 7 months ago
How and why could 10 peeps dislike this. 10 folks have no soul.
Wintermute36 7 months ago 2
Epic! I'm slowly getting there :)
z4ppus 7 months ago
Master blaster Sir John dr's in da house babyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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1johnlangford2 7 months ago
I was fortunate enough to witness this man's genius in the studio, and at a time when he was in a very bad way healthwise. You watch his hands, you hear what he is doing, but it defies the senses. The shuffle against the straight 4 isn't supposed to work but Mack does it and makes you believe it.
ROCKSTARCRANE 8 months ago
Found this a bit confusing; he's top man in Boogy piano,
but I much prefer Neville Dickie's version of Pinetops
Boogy Woogy
Cakalene 8 months ago
daaaaaaaaaamn
DarkHawk1234100 8 months ago
You can't fake how much he enjoyed playing that -the doc is baad
Rest In Peace Pinetop.
AstroAnt 9 months ago
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AstroAnt 9 months ago
Anyone else think he looks like Paul McCartney in this video?
owls1122 10 months ago
@owls1122 no.
notyourdadskeyboards 10 months ago
He's cheating. He has a genetic advantage because he's from New Orleans.
HelenKellersArmy 10 months ago 10
All I have to say is Daaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmnn
keeperofthecheese 10 months ago
Nolafunk is really excited to have Dr. John & the Lower 911 perform 2 rare intimate shows in NYC.... March 4th and 5th. DONT MISS IT!
NOLAfunkNYC 1 year ago
This man's got Soul!
We need more of this Soul in our music!
raquer10101 1 year ago
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I saw justin beiber play piano they shud get together and write sum songs
:b
MrSmackdab 1 year ago
@MrSmackdab JB would be an insult to this legend
LevyT1 11 months ago 2
@MrSmackdab Kidding, right?
istvanklein 8 months ago
@istvanklein Um - yes; that would be kidding. LOL
Think I was high at the time :)
MrSmackdab 8 months ago
@MrSmackdab Thought so... Never heard a single tune from this Justin Bieber kid but it is a tragedy how music has degenerated from the Doc and the likes to where it is now...
istvanklein 8 months ago
FINALLY being inducted into the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame. About time!
karinablacktie 1 year ago 7
Wowowowowowowowowwow go Dr, John... had tickets about thirty years ago to see him at a small guitar shop in Los Angeles and he did not show...... Saw him on IMUS last year or so and HE IS something...... Thanks for posting this......
PSsalgal 1 year ago
je suis andmiration devant ce grand pianiste, Monsieur Dr John qui a une technique extraordinaire au piano. En ce qui me concerne, je ne sais pas lire la musique, mais je joue d'oreille et en regardant les autres pianistes. C'est pour cela que j'utilise mon téléphone portable en wifi devant mon piano et apprends ce morceau. J'espère que Dr john ne sera pas déçu par mon interpretation. Disons, d'ici 2 mois, je serai au point.
jeanmarc070761 1 year ago
There's more music in that left hand alone than in the whole of the charts today
77edster 1 year ago 3
I was lucky enough to see Pinetop Perkins and this version does him proud! I've seen Dr. John twice, and he didn't play enough of this kind of music. Love his piano playing. He's one of the very greatest. Thanks for posting this!
MyMoppet52 1 year ago
DR John has forgotten more than I'll ever know......
tmf945 1 year ago 4
DJ is tops but to see the worlds best boogie barrelhouse player look at Gene Taylor
PastaAndPavarotti 1 year ago
@attractioncreation rock came outta the blues so i have no doubt your hearin some of those bass lines, this is where they came from
snappopsnap 1 year ago
when a long time pal told me mac was doing pine top i thought he was talking about Joe "willie" pinetop perkins, muddys piano player after Otis span---you learn something new everyday! the dr. still bad ass.
slimbobist 1 year ago
WOW!!!!!!!! Sounds like he has four hands!!
LynneGo 1 year ago
@LynneGo this is Cow Cow Blues variation .It is not The Pinetop Boogie.
1andycowan 1 year ago
@1andycowan
shut up it still is the best boogie ever
thekoalamasta 1 year ago
@1andycowan Have you ever listened to Frankie Ford's Roberta or Huey Smith's Loberta?
It's definitely not the traditional Pinetop's Boogie by Clarence "Pinetop" Smith and I don't know where this version originates from. Certain licks are frequently "borrowed" by other pianists... But it is still a great tune!
omegeert 1 year ago
@omegeert
I recognized quite a few of the licks as being from "Hamp's Boogie" (Lionel Hampton)
trojanowl 11 months ago
HAHA! I heard of this song in a comic (Chuckle Bros.) and had youtube up so i looked it up, and now i love it! lol =) He is mabye the best ive ever heard
HostileDonut 1 year ago
Zowie! The doctor is IN THE HOUSE...and he's playing boogie at it's best! THANKS for posting this amazing clip! If the good doctor was any more cool, he'd be frozen! Stricly from wowsville, daddy-o!!! CHEERS! :-)
JubalCalif 1 year ago
wowowowowooooooooooowwwwwwww can you give me the score??
billhaleytherockman 1 year ago
No disrespect, young man, but you're aways away from Pinetops Boogie w/this version Beanicus
TheBeanicus 1 year ago
boogie, baby, boogie!
0001kd 1 year ago
holla crap boy you cane tickle dose ivories !
mocus1 1 year ago
I'm heard a little bidda striiiide in that theya boogie boy....
HueyLewisRocks 1 year ago
no one is better than Dr. John. period. he's got a little of dis, dat, and da uddah
guise256 1 year ago 2
Wheres mama roux
elkhavan 1 year ago
you are so amazing. i love the way you play.
and love to see that you look enjoy what you do :)
napnapp 1 year ago
This doctor gives me the best medicine!!
ArnettaC 1 year ago 2
how can people dislike this?!?!?!?!
19Maurice68 1 year ago
amazing. love it.
kengyingying 1 year ago
he is the master of this kind of music. I am glad to have seen him live in performance twice. Long live the good Dr.
taariqtaariq 1 year ago
Pull the other one, Doctor, this ain't Pinetop's, this is a copy of James Booker's playing. But since you guys were probably neighbours, hard to say who was copying whom.
pianomike1 1 year ago
Full on.
vimana19 2 years ago
He has a sense of rhythm that no one else can get near. Yeah, I'll aver to the fact that he just had sex with that piano! Dude is f*in' brilliant. I'd like to spend about a year with him soaking up his talent.
infledermaus 2 years ago 2
He just had sex with that piano and i thoroughly enjoyed watching.
omwhite83 2 years ago 105
@omwhite83 well put.
notyourdadskeyboards 10 months ago
BRILLIANT.
malcjow 2 years ago 2
Now THAT'S boogie - go Mac!
chrisnolemusic 2 years ago 2
I WANT TO MEET THIS MAN
aviatorairman2000 2 years ago 4
This is Roberta by Frankie Ford.
TheGMan516 2 years ago 2
He adds a great vocal on to this very arrangement and calls it "Sick and Tired." You can get it on Itunes. He plays it on a crappy little Yamaha electric grand from the Disco days. (CD's called "By Hisself") They were dreadful pianos but Dr. J rocks it.
I know what the posters mean about this not being PT's Boogie. they're not nitpicking - that's an entirely different song. Maybe Dr. J was a little high this day. Gotta love the playing, though - Eb!!! Skinny spaces and little keys....Whoa!
pyannaguy 2 years ago 4
yeah, that track is amazing. one of the dr's best
KLX1990 2 years ago
difference between pinetop smith and pinetop perkins ...
philotit 2 years ago
Just epic! love the sound of those chords blending in with whaterver he's doin lol
DeanoPiano 2 years ago
man he kills it right at a minute in
AppalachianSC 2 years ago
Pine Top.....all right!
emlie01 2 years ago
not only he talks like a black man he also plays like one!
hardToSignUpHere 2 years ago
maybe because he is black? or at least half
KLX1990 2 years ago
you are right brother. he is black but looks white hahaha that is true!!!
NatKingCole46 2 years ago 4
Huey Smith also did a fine vocal version called "Lo-berta"...
jimwalsh2001 2 years ago
Any sussed out exactly the LH pattern he is using?
mattcol99 2 years ago
Look at how his hands move!!! It's incredible. I'm also a pianist.
NextenBlade 2 years ago
only 1 of about 50 million, it dosnt take a genious 2 figure that 1, but points 4 trying
gluesniffer11 2 years ago
I saw the Dr. open for Boz Scaggs in San Francisco years ago at the Greek outdoors. Tell you what! A hard act to follow and he was solo.
resoblues 2 years ago
I will tell all,after listening to the Doc,Meade,Ammonds,and rollem Pete(mite member him from Big Joe fame)some piano boogie woogie just rolls to differernt folks versions of same songs.I've heared 10 diff versions of Pinetop boogie by the same artist.Shit,how many versions John Lee Hooker got of Boogie Chillen.How many versions of a song is too much.Not for me to tell.Hell,Jerry Lee had a dozen versions of Lotta Shakin,Great Balls,at the High School Hop,I'm on fire,thats left him Breathless.
dayroemer 2 years ago
Personally, I don't care what it's called or who wrote it. I'll leave that to those more knowledgeable than I. I just LOVE IT!
niskolkaraz 2 years ago 4
Let's just say it the good ol' Doc's version. And enjoy it.
istvanklein 2 years ago
Far be it from me to disagree with Mac Rebennack, who is after all one of the foremost experts on this style of music, but he's got the wrong Smith there... that's not Pinetop Smith, it's Huey Smith. (That roll is the intro to Frankie Ford's "Roberta", which had one of the most famous B-sides in history, "Sea Cruise".)
sha1om 2 years ago
This is NOT Pinetop Boogie Woogie!!!!!!
Bumblebee38 2 years ago
why?
RayCharles000 2 years ago
Listen to the original on youtube and you ll see that it is a loose arrangement played too fast . It is good but !!!!
Bumblebee38 2 years ago
I can't belive there are people on here typing who is better than this guy. Dr. John is from New Orleans, people. There are piano players out there who can imitate, but Dr. John grew up around this music, and he is the real deal!!!
RetroJenny 2 years ago 43
What about all the pianists from Europe ?
Bumblebee38 2 years ago
@RetroJenny As you say..many can imitate. Only true musicians like Dr. John here know WHY they play each note, and this is what puts their playing on a whole other level.
Orgasmorator 5 months ago
If every version of this song was recorded exactly the same way by every musician, we would be doomed to boredom. Dr. John infused the song with his own style. The ability to improvise and stylistically alter a song is what separates the average hack pianist from true artists like Dr. John.
WhodiKalecgos 2 years ago 3
JTVideo2009 (1 Sorry guy but Technically nothing. It is not any rendition of Pinetops Bogie. It's a boogie but it's not Pinetops, which he claims it to be. He plays great I'm going to take that away from him. But when you say "here's Pine Tops Boggie" then by golly play it like Pine Top not your version of a Boggie.
DominickJ 2 years ago
yeah after too week s work i can play it !
blues for ever!!!!
kbk95 2 years ago
Guys great BUT that's not Pine Tops Boogie!!
DominickJ 2 years ago 3
True, Dominick, and he lacks Pinetop's subtlety, but those pudgy hands look like they belonged to Meade Lux Lewis.
BuckshotLaFunke 2 years ago
Main thing bout the "Night Tripper" apart from his amazing touch is that he was or maybe still is "the coolest guy on earth"
Only thing better than listening to him talk is listening to him play!
luboff33 2 years ago 2
He's a great piano player...but this AIN'T Pinetop's Boogie.
Rusty350 2 years ago
technically it is, just a different arrangement. ala new orleans
JTVideo2009 2 years ago 2
nope, technically it isn't, except for the breaks
but even these are very different
Brutus2 2 years ago
I've always heard this as Pinetop Perkins
frankdrac 2 years ago
No! u c there are two "Pinetops", Perkins, as u say, and Smith. This is by Pinetop Smith. His first name was Clarence.
Klusebakken 2 years ago
It's Dr John's ass kickin version of Pinetop Smith's Boogie. I spent my honeymoon in New Orleans just to hear music like this. Although I did not, as it was mostly big brass jazz (which was cool), be glad you can see Dr John at his best with material like this. No piano player cannot love hearing Dr John, Bob Seeley, Axl Zwinginberger, JP Bertrand, Joja Wendt, or any of the originals....Pinetop Smith, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, or my favorite, Meade Lux Lewis....to name a few
kingbee48185 2 years ago 2
anybody got dr. john's video "y don't we all watch television ?" also playing and singing "little liza jane" and "sick and tired" ?
bring it on !! great posting !!
ceaserdd 2 years ago
I was given the sheets for this - at least the bulk of what he is playing is "Tell Me How Do You Feel" from "The James Booker Collection." Words and music by Percy Mayfield and Ray Charles. I definitely prefer Dr. John's version though!
jppiano1 2 years ago
Fantastico,!!! 1000 gracias por compartirlo conmigo AMIGA 5***** para ti , 5 ***** Maddermofo
y 5***** para el pianista.
nobisdatus 3 years ago
Amazing how quiet and light his hands are on the keys... for all that racket!
gingervytis 3 years ago
Hope you can try my playlist with (presently) 18 BW:s including 2 with Dr. John.
BCSTH 3 years ago
add &fmt=18 to the URL for better quality.
worriedmanblues 3 years ago
Sylvan Zingg and Jools Holland also belong to the group of clever BW players. Just like Dr. John is excellent. My only point is that there are a handful of BW players in the world who all have real quality and it seems unnecessary to boil that down to one individual. Just enjoy them all instead!
BCSTH 3 years ago
OK.
I admit that many players like Silvan or Zwingenberger are good. They can play very fast and it looks/sounds very fancy/wow.
However, you can't deny the groove and amazing feel that Dr. John makes on the piano. Now, for technicalities, James Booker owns!
Listen to some James Brown/Lloyd Glenn. That's impressive composing!
FreeStyleUK123 3 years ago
Part 3:
Here are other names you can try (besides those already mentioned below):
J-P Amoureux, J-P Bertrand, Tommy Blohm, Hans Henrik Grønsleth, Luca Sestak, Axel Zwingenberger, Jim Hession (I suggest his version of High Heel sneakers to begin with), Tommy Johnson Carl Sonny Leyland & Adam Swanson. Some of these only have BW as a minor part of their repertoire but they are still doing it well. There are more good BW:s played by others as well. I apologize to those not mentioned.
BCSTH 3 years ago
Part 2:
Reply to biltom's posting 3 months ago (don't know why Part 1 and probably also this part end up here):
There are other contexts as well including the type of instrument they use - its tuning - and so on. Therefore it seems strange to argue about "the best" - just enjoy any of these talents according to your preferences. Perhaps you should even take their age into your judgement.
BCSTH 3 years ago 2
yep, the doctor is great : somone made a typo on the title : as cstrange said, yes , that is the great James Bookers " how do you feel" still great though !
troxyprojy 3 years ago
ok, now thats THE REAL THING whoo wee!
Reminds me of my ute!
ewr2112 3 years ago
New Orleans feeling and soul replaced the typical Pinetop Boogie
centre40 3 years ago
It has little to nothing to do with Pinetop's Boogie Woogie.
Brutus2 3 years ago
I'll agree !! This is not Pinetops Boogie woogie.
He does play a good boogie though.
sticbow69 3 years ago
That's not 'Pine top's boogie'
qwer4o 3 years ago
Bakunin of the boogie world !
TOUSNESP 3 years ago
Wow!!! You play Boogie like I play Honky-Tonk!!! Fantastic!!!!!!
allendale1962 3 years ago
nobody can deal like the doctor!
emlie01 3 years ago
The good doctor shuffles the shit out of that boogie!
logansGT 3 years ago
the doctor is in brothers!
mocus1 3 years ago 2
i think i just came in my pants
Regretro 3 years ago
Just because Zing plays it faster doesn't make it better, or even harder.
Dr John's version has way more musicality, and the syncopation he uses makes it much harder than the Zing version.
cooperman255 3 years ago 4
Right on. Zing ain't got no muthafuckin mojo... and he never will.
wots72 3 years ago
moron
biltom 3 years ago
anyone know where i can get the notes for this on the net? - for free
ESmp40 3 years ago
good, but not even close to Slyvan Zing's version...but Slyvan is the best ever at playing the boogie style piano....
biltom 3 years ago
Zing isnt from new orleans...
UnknownJedi 3 years ago
What has that got to do with anything....Zing has more talent on the piano, regardless where he lives....hell, there are people that actually like living on the left coast in San Fran Sissyco...go figure...
biltom 3 years ago
Zing doesnt have the new orleans sound.. if you cant identify the diffrence between someone who studies the style, and someone who grows up where it is still played..you cant critque anybody's playing. what makes Zing so good? he doesnt sound better than anyone, just cause he does a big show in europe doesnt make him the best. go listen to Matt Ball, or Eeco R. or even Bob Seeley
UnknownJedi 3 years ago 3
I know they have different styles as well as different levels of ability...it is easy to see and hear....Zing is not my favorite piano player, but he by far is superior to Dr John, Professor Longhair or these style players...
biltom 3 years ago
"by far superior to Dr. John" is the funniest quote I read in years. that's a mission impossible. lol
hottownband 3 years ago 5
nothing funny about it...just a fact...it's called talent.
biltom 3 years ago
did naybody say your boyfriens doesn't have talent? Please read better before comment.
hottownband 3 years ago
go away boy, you bother me.......
biltom 3 years ago
reality is hard sometimes. I know.
hottownband 3 years ago 2
unless your boyfriend is jools holland or was ray charles there is no one else who can even come close to his playing.
tt01mamba 3 years ago
or albert ammons or pete johnson or meade lux lewis
panzerson2 3 years ago
LOL too right!!!
maddermofo 3 years ago
@hottownband nuhhhmm.... "superior to doctor john..." you sure that wasn't a typo? I mean, maybe he was confused and he mixed up a couple words...
unclejoeoakland 1 year ago
@hottownband Never heard Tuts Washington or Professor Longhair, eh?
fairportfan2 1 year ago
@fairportfan2 Did you ever see the video "Piano Players Never Play Together." ? It features 'Fess, Tuts and Allen Toussaint rehearsing for a big show - then 'Fess up and dies and the documentary shifts to cover his funeral. Great film and musical tribute.
1blastman 8 months ago
@1blastman Oh, yeah - love it.
fairportfan2 8 months ago
@1blastman Where is this available, I would like to see it.
Gary198101 8 months ago
@Gary198101 Try this youtube link - the title is "Piano Players Rarely Play Together. " I typed it in and got a link to it.
It features Professor Longhair, Allen Toussaint and Tuts Washington. [I tried to post the link and I got an error message]. Try the Lousiana Music Factory -google.
If you want to hear the greatest New Orleans piano player ever - give James Booker a listen. Even Dr. John recognizes Booker as being the greatest of the great N'Awlins piano players.
He is special.
1blastman 8 months ago
@biltom Why bother listening to Dr. John then? Pianists like Dr. John and Professor Longhair have more soul in their pinky fingers than Zing has in his whole body. Zing is a showman who can imitate. Did he create a style of his own like Professor Longhair? I don't think so!
RetroJenny 5 months ago
Part 1:
Besides all your misspellings of Zingg's name and where the musicians come from the whole discussion is silly. There are about one dozen of individuals who have great boogie woogies posted on YouTube. These in turn have different overall musical orientations - some play classical music as well - some do not. Others are more oriented towards ragtime, blues or jazz.
BCSTH 3 years ago
so I didnt spell Silvan's name right, so what....he is the best at boogie style piano playing any way you spell his name. I think this is silly too, yet you continue as I have, why? As Rhett Butler said, "Frankly.....you know the rest.
biltom 3 years ago
Hmm apparently not.. Thought I'd heard this version before somewhere else.. Not a lot of the original Pinetop's Boogie Woogie in it..
DanishBoogieBoy 3 years ago
Isn't it "Big Chief??"
DanishBoogieBoy 3 years ago
I learnt a lot through these two fantaztic videos he did in the early 90s with HomespunTapes. This one is in the key of Eb, amazingly difficult to play....
Some may find more "virtuoso" or fast boogieplayers, but no one can match Dr John's feel, intensity, Blues drenched sound....and he plays so laid back and relaxed! WOW
eric669 3 years ago
He is the Dr. in that he is the best white man you have ever heard singing the blues. (Sorry Eric Clapton).
Dr. John was born with it and continues, despite the trials. And I thank him for it.
gagakym 3 years ago
no he doesn't cut people open.
All the great Boogie/rag player make names for them selves.
eg Professor Longhair i don't think he has a Phd
tt01mamba 3 years ago 2
Hes a Docter for real?
pwarren1010 3 years ago
Great try, still, no hard feelings, Silvan Zing's version is way beter.
nietsissimpel 3 years ago
Killer! I've seen him in concert twice. Once at the Troubador in Hollywood circa 1975 and once in Nashville in the early 90's. He's just as sweet at pie.
KittraKittra 3 years ago
thats james booker's tell me how do you feel! def not pinetops boogie! still bad ass tho
cstrange9145 3 years ago
dayum you good.
better than jools
tt01mamba 3 years ago
Great "Pine Top Boogie" by Dr. John. It makes me want to go back and take up my piano lessons again. Dr. John looks so comfortable playing this and makes it look easier than it is. Thanks for the video maddermofo. - Paula
PaulinaRena 3 years ago