<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> </head> <body><div class="auto-created-dir-div" dir="auto" style="unicode-bidi: embed;"><style>p{margin:0}</style><p>Anyone interested in the maddest New Orleans pianist? <br></p><p>The most mixed up . . <br></p><p>The man who played Fats Domino music with quotations from Rachmaninov . . . <br></p><p>Or should I mention Jack Dupree? <br></p><p>One of those people referred to as a two-fisted pianist<br></p><p><br></p><p>Booker was alas not unique in "he died in a wheelchair, waiting for the emergency room"<br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Robert R. Calder <br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>https://spectator.us/james-booker-prized/?utm_source=Spectator+USA+Email+Signup&utm_campaign=5c30474f22-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_10_09_04_51_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_edf2ae2373-5c30474f22-154806013<br></p></div></body></html>