Boogie Woogie Basics This is the second installment in ' darkblack educates VG about boogie woogie'. The first installment is here. So, I had found another great kitteh YouTube, of a British Shorthair cat (kitten), with nice musical accompaniment. And, the music sounded really familiar. It took me back to an email chat that darkblack and I had once upon a time, when I was first trying to learn my way around boogie woogie, when I first found this YouTube: VG : I have another music question for you darkblack -- boogie woogie reprise! Found a sweet kitty vid I am planning on using. THEN, got to listening to the music. Rang some memory bells from a discussion we had a long time ago about boogie, and then about Emerson and OP (Oscar Peterson). I've listened multiple times to music on two YouTubes, but just can't make the call- is this the same "tune" in the kitty and Emerson/OP YouTubes? My guess is yes, but not a musician with the "ear". darkbl...

Boogie Woogie Basics My friend darkblack has many gifts, among them the willingness and more so the ability to educate me about music. My cat blogging (started in a moment of therapeutic madness as an escape from political madness) has led me into some musical byways, because I love kitteh vids with great music. One great kitteh YT had music by Meade Lux Lewis : Some VERY silly cats, and great jazz piano And, one thing led to another... I found some great YT film footage of Meade Lux Lewis playing Boogie Woogie . And then I found a YT of Liberace playing pretty much the same "tune" in 1969, well only sorta. The differences between the two YTs were quite striking in just about every way. I am no musician, and I wanted to get darkblack 's take on this. I sent darkblack the YT links, including the idea "compare and contrast". I also mentioned my take - that Liberace didn't "GET" boogie woogie, imho. And, thus, darkblack educated me. I would lik...