I love how you keep smiling at the camera, makes you look like your playing for fun more than anything else. You play absolutely brilliantly (I keep putting this and a few others by you on repeat). Best wishes for 2012, and keep up the beautiful playing. Kudos to you!
1.18 - 27 is astonishing ..striding with the left hand and looking totally relaxed! hope Santa brings you a de-tuned honky tonk for Christmas Mike ...more of that please!
@TrentHeatonPianist Thank you! It's great fun to play, and a good party piece. Sheet music of this arrangement was published in about 1960, when Russ Conway's version of it had been used for a television series and then recorded by EMI (flip side of 'Royal Event', released on Prince Andrew's birthday). The best place to look for it is eBay, as Russ's sheet music comes up from time to time. Best of luck! Mike
@IVORIESMAN Thanks for your supportive comment. I doubt whether anyone is going to bother nowadays trying to copy the original - it's left to anoraks like myself to be obsessed with recapturing that 1960 sound!
@MarcusTomatos Thanks, Mark, for all your, er, kind remarks. The "Side Saddle" recording is still hidden away and safe from saboteurs, but the sound is slightly out of synch with the video, so I'll have to remedy that. Too bad you didn't hear that old pianna before i disposed of it. However, one of our mutual friends has a honky-tonk pianna in his garage, and I hope to see it sometime soon. Cheers, Mike
I love how you keep smiling at the camera, makes you look like your playing for fun more than anything else. You play absolutely brilliantly (I keep putting this and a few others by you on repeat). Best wishes for 2012, and keep up the beautiful playing. Kudos to you!
aguyfromrs 1 month ago in playlist Classical Pieces
1.18 - 27 is astonishing ..striding with the left hand and looking totally relaxed! hope Santa brings you a de-tuned honky tonk for Christmas Mike ...more of that please!
oilburner75 2 months ago
Where and how did you learn this? It would be good to learn i believe. You are amazing
TrentHeatonPianist 2 months ago
@TrentHeatonPianist Thank you! It's great fun to play, and a good party piece. Sheet music of this arrangement was published in about 1960, when Russ Conway's version of it had been used for a television series and then recorded by EMI (flip side of 'Royal Event', released on Prince Andrew's birthday). The best place to look for it is eBay, as Russ's sheet music comes up from time to time. Best of luck! Mike
honkytonkpiano 2 months ago
Wow, you are very talented!!
morgansifer 3 months ago
Just about as close to the original as anyone is going to get Mike - superb job.
IVORIESMAN 4 months ago
@IVORIESMAN Thanks for your supportive comment. I doubt whether anyone is going to bother nowadays trying to copy the original - it's left to anoraks like myself to be obsessed with recapturing that 1960 sound!
honkytonkpiano 4 months ago
@honkytonkpiano You are far too modest Mike - thank goodness there are people like you around who are still passionate about this great music.
IVORIESMAN 4 months ago
No insult intended Mike, you always look as good as you sound. Best of luck with the synch problem. Regards Mark
MarcusTomatos 4 months ago
Hi Mike. The injections must be wearing off... you've just aged 10 years!
Just 'Side Saddle' to go then, unless Lynne has sabotaged the tape.
Very nicely played - that really was a lovely sounding piano. Cheers Mark
MarcusTomatos 4 months ago
@MarcusTomatos Thanks, Mark, for all your, er, kind remarks. The "Side Saddle" recording is still hidden away and safe from saboteurs, but the sound is slightly out of synch with the video, so I'll have to remedy that. Too bad you didn't hear that old pianna before i disposed of it. However, one of our mutual friends has a honky-tonk pianna in his garage, and I hope to see it sometime soon. Cheers, Mike
honkytonkpiano 4 months ago
bravo 10+++++
riferido 4 months ago
A very youthful 50 indeed!
What ever you're on Mike...I'd like some please!
I love watching you play...Your hands seem to know what to do, and you just keep an eye on them...1:20 being a perfect example...haha!!!
Superb performance! Thanks for sharing! :)
GarrardAT6 4 months ago