[Dixielandjazz] The Eminem Rag - An article of great substance.

Bill Gunter jazzboard at hotmail.com
Thu Jan 8 22:22:26 PST 2004


Tom Wiggins wrote (regarding Eminem's ragtime bit):

>Well that would have to be Tiger Rag, since all other Rags are the same 
>song
>with different titles right?  :)))  I always heard that if you could play
>Tiger Rag you could play all Rags,

Not exactly true. What is true is the chord progression of the Tiger Rag 
chorus is a fairly standard one. It's the same progression you find in Bill 
Bailey and a ba-zillion other tunes (dixieland, pop, etc.).

Respectfully submitted,

Bill "Not Bailey" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com

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