"Royal Oak Rag" (Keenlyside/Cardenas) played by Tom Brier

Fellow YouTubers ragtimemax (Max Keenlyside) and ragtimebuddy (Jaime Cardenas) composed this rag in 2006.

Unfortunately, the first few bars are cut off because I didn't have my camera out until a few moments after Tom announced what he was going to play, and it dawned on me, "Hey, Max and Jaime will want to see this!"

Recorded on Saturday, 17 November 2007 at the 21st annual West Coast Ragtime Festival, in Sacramento, California.

You can purchase the sheet music from:
http://www.authenticragtime.com

West Coast Ragtime Festival information:
http://www.westcoastragtime.com

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Music

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• ragtime
• piano
• keenlyside
• cardenas
• brier
• wcrf
• rag
• yamaha
• grand

[tseiryut]

Thanks. What feeling "Rising stars"?

[Keeper1st]

"Rising Star" was Tom's first CD. It's also very good. It has some contemporary compositions as well as plenty of old ragtime. They're not as obscure as the tunes on "Rewind", but only a die-hard ragtimer would know some of them (e.g., "Texas Tommy Swing" is one you may have heard before).

The only other albums with Tom playing piano are his duet CDs with Nan Bostick. I recommend "Dualing at the McCoys" out of those two.

His other albums are specialized (piano-roll arrangements; synthesizers).

[tseiryut]

My heart is crying that song.

I want the CD.

[Keeper1st]

Tom Brier's latest CD: cdbaby(DOT)com/cd/tombrier

This tune is not on it, however. "Rewind" is a CD with old tunes -- but all obscure tunes.

[luigiranalli]

...I was saying..Tom is fantastic and I love the tension he can put in his performances! Great snappy ragtime piano playing!!! And great rag too, quite in the style of Brun Campbell (the best of all)

[Keeper1st]

If you want a Brun Campbell / Trebor Tichenor style, wait 'til you hear Max's latest, once he finishes it. A few weeks ago, he sent me a MIDI file of what he had had thus far. Really nice!

[TheKnabe]

Royal Oak Rag should be on the Top Ten charts and Tom Brier should seat himself in front of my Knabe's keyboard. Feet keep dancing!

[ElectricPineapple79]

Wow...My nipples got hard watching this clip....And I'm a dude!!!!

[nickus32000]

This makes me wonder what a Scott Joplin, Brun Cambell collaboration would sound like.

hmmmm

[IceWind9107]

Excellent rag, excellent performance! It sounds very authentic, yet has a unique charm.

[digitalgenie]

Wow --- how inspiring.  Just great!