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

[Kurt]

Perhaps we should call it "Raptime".  Look for it at a jazz festival near
you.  This could be DJML's contribution to culture.

Kurt

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Barbone [mailto:barbonestreet at earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:02 PM
To: Bill Haesler
Cc: Kurt; Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: Re: The Eminem Rag - An article of great substance.


Well all right Bill. Is This a Great List or What?

Three questions of great substance.

1) Is this the death of Rap? or

2) Is this the death of Ragtime? or

3) Is this the dawn of a New Hit Music resulting from Anglo-American
genius? "Ragtime Rap" It has a nice ring to it. Funny thing is, that almost
any OKOM song would fit as background.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

PS. To John Farrell. You might make a fortune by combining those ragtime
pieces you have on Midis, with the poetry and rap of our talented list
mates. And then selling them to the great unwashed. Oh the humanity!!!!
The substance of it, could be huge. ;-)

PPS. Can I throw beads to this king of music?

PPPS. Maybe we could offer bead throwing gigs to former washboard players,
to give our act a little more substance.

Bill Haesler wrote:

> Dear Kurt,
> THAT particular version of the rag used by Eminem is Winifred Atwell's
> version of George Botsford's "Black and White Rag".
> This extremely popular rendition (particularly in the UK and Oz) was
> recorded for English Decca in June 1951.
> I am using my ears and memory on this.
> I believe that I have it somewhere, so will dig it out for confirmation.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.