Stevens Price plays Boogie-Woogie

Of the two hours of video I shot at the 2007 Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival, this is the only tune for which I have no title (if you don't count the improvised blues duet!). If you can identify this tune, let me know. He may be just improvising.

Someone asked the proprietor of the Sutter Creek Ice Cream Emporium (and head of the Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival), Stevens Price, to play some boogie-woogie. He said it had been a while since he'd played that style of music, but he gave it a go. It didn't take long for him to get the hang of it again, did it?

Recorded at about 10:30 p.m. on Saturday 11 August 2007.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• boogie
• woogie
• piano
• stevens
• price
• sutter
• creek
• ragtime
• festival
• ice
• cream
• emporium

[SimDavBl]

that´s Rock´n´roll music,!!!!! why do they sit still????

[Keeper1st]

Honestly there isn't much room there with tables and chairs everywhere. It's an ice cream shop -- not a dance hall.

And this was at the end of a day filled with constant music from 9 a.m. until here at 10:30 p.m. Everyone's a little bit tuckered out!

[weberduoart]

piano couldn't be 120 years old.obviously it's an old player piano probably made in the 1920's check the seriasl no. and look it up in peirce's piano atlas.

[Keeper1st]

Yeah, I was way off. It's "only" 89 years old. But my player piano, which is newer than that, also doesn't hold tune for long.

By the way, the piano here is a Milton. Mine is a Mercer from either 1924 or 1925.

[Mikeantler1]

sounds like the piano is way out of tune to me!!!???

[Keeper1st]

The piano is 120 years old and doesn't hold tune well. It was tuned before the festival, but by this time on Saturday night it had lost its high notes like it always does.

[hamd01]

Its the strangest performance.... the left hand starts of playing around 4.5 beats to the bar....and the right hand never catches up. But obviously a brilliant pianist.

[pyannaguy]

He sounds like he's having a seizure. There are some brilliant boogie woogie cats all over you tube. This guy may be good at some styles but he's way off the rails...it's not in the groove and the chords aren't changing in the right places. Sorry... better luck next time....head for the shed for awhile, listen to the masters, break it down, then work it up.

[mocus1]

It's supposed to sound out of tune like a Honky Tonk piano......that's barrelhouse piano Einstein

[Damoskinos]

He's playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order

[TheLambCannon]

@SimDavBl

becaause it's dreadful - that is really bad playing - his left hand and right hand are totally out of synch - he's going as fast as he can to try to impress and it's just a big mess!

[turkeysmack1]

he looks like that scary villain from The Cowboys with John Wayne!

[SPOOKSTR]

Dude, that was kick ass good.

[Atoomkneuzer]

i think its some sloppy version of the swanee river boogie mabye?

[mashpotatobrains]

Great job...........outstanding performance.....Thanks for posting

[andreboogie]

Oooohhhhh.....this guy had better stick to ragtime!

[widdyhabb]

@Riverdale270 True. Boogie is feeling! (If it ain't got that swing...)

[weinkno]

That was really cool, cause I can't do better. Really