Honky Tonk Train Blues

[stew1250]

my father used to play this tune all the time on the piano when I was a child ,it is a brilliant tune and brings back memories big time.

[giuli0o]

This boogie woogie song is absolutely the best i have ever heard, i love it

[papergear1]

Nice ;)

[Staggerbaroque]

Great tune. Covered by Emerson Lake & Palmer on their Works II album in the '80s. Lewis was the king when it came to boogie woogie. Thanks for posting.

[norayr]

any chance to see the link to the original midi?

[guitarslim56]

Gad, that is bad! No MIDI!

[DavidLeeLewisM]

i wish i played this good. i playa piano and i got some vidz coming up soon

[valentuss]

Brilliant! 

[JO911B]

yes, just to echo previous comment, this is good work. I'd be very interested to see your perfected version! I have spent many many hours trying to work out *exactly* what MLL is doing with the turnaround!

[AntipovSvyatoslav]

That's a proper jazz. What an upload!

[docorazius]

Good job!Thank 's for posting!

[hannahhazlehurst]

Don't they uses this music in cooking mamma ??? :)

[SUNNYRHOADES9]

Genius Is The Only Words I can Find For This Brilliance ....This Is Where Rock n Roll came from... Peace Out From Canada

[drumpop09]

kudos. great job and great tachnique. congrats for giving this great artist the honor and respect he deserves. wonderful.

[darkmachete]

I played along this with my acoustic guitar! I thought it sounded pretty nice!

[2agray]

Very nice! Kind of a mix between the second and third version of this. I've listened to so many people try to hack their way through this very badly and just making stuff up to cover for the very difficult parts. You did a very nice job. First "true" reproduction of this classic I've heard.

[imbaAntares]

@2agray Thanks! It's not perfect yet. Soon I'll maybe update it and add some more midi transcriptions that I made (&will make).

Regards.

[ACEweVideos]

Fast boogie always makes me want to dance :)

[irvinemuscles]

Absolutely astonishing talent. Makes the rappers and hip hop garbage sound like crap.

[woozle1954]

you did it again you ba****d - I'm so jealous - you must be one happy feller when your playing that piano - can't read all the comments now butjust to say I've heard rock and roll that was written down in 1600 and something - for the harpsichord as it was then, but I think it goes back some way further than that

[crowoz]

Yup, read it seconds after posting. Feel free to delete that comment. Good work translating the recording by the way. Quite an accomplishment with all the improvisation going on.

[MartinJel]

No, this is not a "brilliant interpretation". This is the absolute root - the first recording Lewis ever made of Honky Tonk Train

[hiyadroogs]

No, MartinJel, this is a synthesiser interpretation based upon Meade Lux Lewis's recording. It's all done by computer. Read the side bar information.

[JerryLeeC1]

Boogie Woogie began as entertainment for turpentine camp workers, stuck out in the depths of Southern pine forests. On Sundays, the company would bring in one railroad boxcar, with one musician, a pianist. He had to play both bass rhythm and treble melody simultaneously.

Most people have no idea how great our popular music heritage stands as a testament to both the artists and their original audience.

[esti0esti]

You said it, brother !

[DYNODRUM]

@JerryLeeC1 Right-On Bro- and all the famous ones came later who were the interpretors Its all been done before ,just have to go find it....

[chalyminx]

just amazing.....fantastic :::)))))

[Maryasha33]

Удивительно! Музыка начала двадцатого века так мне близка!!

Amazing!! Music beginning of the twentieth century so close to me!!

[tatacass]

Adorei,toca muito boogie.

[deepout2]

i lisen to this when im sad then i get a little more happy

[Mrkid143]

your all sad i only hav to listen to this 4 homework

[Squarerig]

This is wonderful,don't let the carping criticism get you down.The music is great.I know what it takes to get this good.

[valentuss]

Brilliant Interpretation!!!

[JubalCalif]

@valentuss

I second that emotion! It don't get much better than this! I'm in boogie woogie heaven! :-)

[JubalCalif]

This is my favorite boogie woogie piano song of all time. I'm in sheer heaven whenever I hear it. THANKS for posting!

[l101177]

this is AWESOME! it makes me so happy when i listen to it! ^o^

[JubalCalif]

@l101177

I second that emotion! This is a DYNAMITE version of my favorite boogie woogie number of ALL time!  Hopefully all boogie fans out there will have a NIFTY New Year! :-)

[sealerdave]

Meade played it much faster

[imbaAntares]

Not in my .mp3's that i have.

[gitfiddlejim]

Avery fine effort, in the spirit & timing of the original, many get that wrong, you are right there, congrats.

G

[rdr555]

Well is this Meade Lux or isn't it ????

[lamper2]

i read that chuck berry got the idea for the opening chord riff for school days from the intro to this song or maybe come to think of it-johnnie johnson brought it to him.

[thesupercam]

YEAH that nice!!

Could you send me the midi-file of this track, please?

[Terpentijn]

I was hoping for the original

[tomasperry]

It's all too easy to beat it - just listen to Meade Lewis playing it on a real piano. Whoever created this subhuman dross?

[rdr555]

Do we agree that this cannot be Meade Lux ?

[rdr555]

Beat that. Fantastic !

[WickedMuis]

Pity it's no real piano, but a keyboard :) still nice piece.

[imbaAntares]

It's Honky-Tonk Piano midi synthesizer

. Written in midi editor.

[rdr555]

The business !!

[kjcon54]

Jerry Lee Lewis--Eat your heart out

[Brutus2]

Yup, if only Domino, Lewis, and Richard could've played the piano this well...

[parcargolfcar]

I love that song!

[57Will]

You can pretty much hear the roots of R&B and yes, rock n' roll in this.