Tribute to Montana Taylor: my version of I Can"t Sleep

One of the most beautifully arranged piano blues ballads ever.
By the immortal, yet obscure Arthur "Montana" Taylor, originally issued in 1929.
Sorry for the missing video, but I HAD to publish this MP3 copy,NOW, for ONE reason: only a few days remain in 2009 - the tune still is exactly 80 years old!
Depending on interest I will try to add a keyboard video later.
AFAIK only 2 solo renditions were published in the last 60 years, on LP and CD, both by Austrians: Martin Pyrker did a great job, I base my tribute partly on his interpretation. Hannes Otahal, another Austrian, has issued a similar version on his CD as well,his 1991 live video performance can be viewed on YouTube as well.

Montana Taylor was the lowest of them all - in a GOOD sense! Too bad that so few of his recordings exist today, and that he had disppeared twice and for good in 1946

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Music

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• Arthur
• Montana
• Taylor
• Martin
• Pyrker
• Hannes
• Otahal
• blues
• piano
• boogie
• woogie

[pianomike1]

Great artist U R. Awesome how you play those greats,- Jimmy Booker, Montana, etc...- by ear. perfect blues feel too.

[raycer27]

We need MORE!!

[raycer27]

I knew you coild do it!!