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

[Stephen Barbone]

Possibly but then I forgot to print the 4th question.

4) Is this MP3 just a hoax where somebody spliced seperate records of Old
Winnie and young M&M together for the fun of it? Somebody with a great ear,
that is, to realize that Rap is just re-worked ragtime. ;-)

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

Kurt wrote:

> 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.