Temptation Rag played by Tom Brier

By request, here is Tom Brier playing one of the most famous rags of all time, Henry Lodge's "Temptation Rag" from 1909. You can download the sheet music here:
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/sheetmusic.pl?RagTemp&Rag&main

It also was republished as a song, which you can download here:
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/cgi-bin/sheetmusic.pl?RagTemp_2&Rag&...

Just before this video was shot, Tom had spent nearly three hours playing tunes containing the name "Tom" or written by someone named Tom, hence my joke calling this "Tomtation Rag".

This was at the conclusion of the July meeting of the Mother Lode Ragtime Society, which meets at the Sutter Creek Ice Cream Emporium in Sutter Creek, California.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ragtime
• piano
• rag
• 1909

[isambo400]

2:26 Neckbeard enthusiasts the world over swoon

[Keeper1st]

@isambo400 Heh... Accidental angle there as I reached for the piece of music that was about to fall on his hands.

[qdsfd]

this by far my favourite ragtime....but i can't find the scores ...do you have any idea where I could find it?

[Keeper1st]

@qdsfd Perhaps in the description of this video...

[mrjlodge12]

this was written by my uncle.

[Keeper1st]

@mrjlodge12 Cool. I also have a video of Tom playing Henry's "Red Pepper: A Spicy Rag".

[coollein]

I would give away my own mother for those skills, and I have the best mother ever!

[KawhackitaRag]

@mrjlodge12 that is awesome! I hope you realize your uncle was one of the most talented and original composers of popular music during the ragtime years. He wrote some of the finest rags of all time! I have a question: are there any stories about him that were passed down through the family, shedding some light on his personality, perhaps? (we know very little). Also, did he ever make any recordings? I would dearly love to hear him playing the piano.

[0championsleague0]

Cool !! Very nice playing !!!

[amccolgan1]

well darn, this makes me want to throw my piano in the woodchipper

[HellsingLover50]

Well, DAMN. This makes me want to pick up piano again. :D

[qdsfd]

@Keeper1st sorry :D thanx :)