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Adam Swanson plays Balderdash by Tom Brier

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Peoria Piano Preview March 21, 2009. Warmup for the Old-Time Piano Playing Championship to be held Memorial Day weekend beginning Saturday, May 23, 2009 at the Pere Marquette Hotel in Peoria, IL. Adam Swanson just turned 17 and is the reigning 2008 champion... come see him defend his title in 2009 against all comers.

Here is Adam Swanson playing contemporary ragtime composer Tom Brier's Balderdash Foxtrot... yes, folks are still writing ragtime.

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  • I don't care what key this is in,I know,simply,that it is a tremendous performance.He,Adam Swanson,is improving with every clip I see.Outstanding!

  • Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I like it very much :D Me and my friend just got into the rag scene about a year ago and we are hooked on it :P Wish there were more composers and players of ragtime around, espcially here on the East Coast

  • 17!? Wow, Most impressed!

  • Adam said he used a combination of the video of Tom playing it and Tom's manuscript. The manuscript, however, is in G, but Tom decided that it sounds better in G-flat, so Adam had to transpose everything down a half step.

    I just posted a two-piano duet of this with Adam and Tom.

  • You'd have to ask Adam, but I think he mentioned to me that he got a lead-sheet of it from Tom.

  • Hmmmmmmmm... suppose we'll get a two-piano duet of Tom and Adam on this one in the next few days at the West Coast Ragtime Festival?

  • Apparently, he learned it from a score Tom scribbled out when he first composed it.  Barely readable, from what Adam tells me.

  • Did Adam learn this from the sheet music, or by watching the video of Tom playing it?

  • Great stuff, if only I could play one tenth this well. I so enjoy this music, gives a lift to your day, puts trouble behind you for a minute or two.

    Adam is extremely talented, I hope he continues to keep us entertained for years.

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