Okay, Rock and Roll, you soothe my soul

Here is my promised first installment of seminal rock and roll tunes. The first tune I am going to post is one that actually came out way before the official rock and roll era started. It is a boogie woogie. Boogie Woogie is a bass line originally,early on a piano playing style, something that started way back who knows when but probably the early, early 1900's. Rent parties were parties people had in order to raise money for their rent, and the term was used then. Boogie Woogie eventually became a fad and lasted till the formal birth of rock n roll in the early 50's. It influenced jump blues and therefore made a major contribution to rock n roll. The first boogie woogie hit was a song by Pinetop Smith called Pinetop's Boogie Woogie, which was a hit in 1928. (This mp3 is actually from a live Muddy Waters album with Pinetop Perkins playing the piano. The original version is below in a kind of cool You Tube video).



Pinetop's Boogie Woogie



Peace