Floyd Cramer - The Old Piano Roll Blues

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[fonrims32]

Thank You all for great comments. I'm very happy to see you like mr.Piano!

[allendale62]

Next to myself Floyd was my Dad's favorite pianist. Like Del Wood, Jo Ann Castle and so many others he had a unique gift at the piano! Sincerely, Allen Dale.

[guypaintball]

my grand father did this in 1950 do u happen to know if he was the first fyi he is cliff steward and the san Fransisco boys

[treadhead105]

Beautiful. :)

[codiesvw74]

I enjoyed listening to this song! thank you for posting!

[HalfFastChevy]

Schmaltzy? A joke? Neither one. A great tune by a gifted player. This was one of my favorites then, and it stands the test of time - still to this day a great melody.

[franklindavid]

His style of playing has always amazed me. We will never hear of another pianist with talent like this, he was one of a kind..

[King689]

@zeppy13131 That style just happened to fit this song. Floyd Cramer could play with some soul when it was appropriate. Listen to Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel. That bluesy piano playing in the background is none other then Mr. Cramer.

[MarkinDC]

@zeppy13131 Playing "straight eights" vs. to "swing" (to me, anyway) depends on the tempo and rhythm. Listen to the drummer, strictly straight rhythm used a lot in the early 60's (about when this was recorded), especially for R&R and the twist. Floyd is playing along with the rhythm here, doing a syncopated/swing rhythm would have been out of sync, and thrown the arrangement off. Not necessarily "ultra-stiff", just how it was arranged. Nice recording though, schmaltzy, but still upbeat.

[bellini7verdi]

fatastica combinacion.

[zeppy13131]

Wow---I wonder why he was so careful to avoid any swing at all? All straight eighths... Yikes. I know he was considered an important player and all, but listening to this ultra-stiff kind of treatment makes me nervous. (Unless it was supposed to be a joke...?)