Acquire Huey Piano Smith And The Rocking Pneumonia Blues Depicted By John Wirt Shown In Manuscript

you like New Orleans RampB this book is for you,

Huey “Piano” Smith is an archetype and architect of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues, He played on some great records, first as an anonymous studio player and then his own recordings, He did Smiley Lewiss “I Hear You Knocking” and a slew of Little Richard and Fats Domino records that were big hits.
Fats and Richard were both piano players, but to achieve a better recording balance Huey played, He eventually started writing and recording under his own name, “Dont You Just Know it / High Blood Pressure” came out, That single was a big hit, Huey wrote and recorded “Sea Cruise” for his follow up, His record company decided Frankie Ford had the potential to be another Elvis and replaced Hueys vocal with Frankies, Not the first time Huey was shafted and not the last, Just one example. This book chronicles Hueys career and in so doing encompasses much of what occurred in the world of New Orleans RampB and what has happened to many of the artists since.
It does an outstanding job,
Lots of excellent stories and information I wasn't previously aware of, communicated in a very workmanlike style, If you are a hardcore NOLA rampb buffit's a must, Huey's a bit of a mystery, and the book clarifies that considerably, "Wirt inhabits this story as a reporter, not a participant, letting the real star, Huey Smith, emerge in all his brilliance and complexity.
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Read more sitelinkhere, Songwriter, arranger, piano player Huey "Piano" Smith was one of the examples of a brilliant New Orleans style piano men in the tradition of Professor Longhair, Isidore "Tuts" Washington, James Booker, Fats Domino, Dr.
John, Henry Butler, and Allen Toussaint, who was also a clever and very catchy songwriter, In the tradition of Leiber and Stoller, he also wrote tailored songs for a series of talented vocalists like "Scarface" John Williams, Bobby Marchan, Curley Moore and Gerri Hall.
Some of his best known songs are The Rockin' Pneumonia and The Boogie Woogie Blues, Little Liza Jane, High Blood Pressure, Don't You Just Know It and Sea Cruise.
Unfortunately, he was also one in a long line of black Rythmn amp Blues composers who were robbed of their songwriting and publishing credits by unscrupulous usually white music company executives.
This book covers both his genius and his tragedy in compelling detail, BH. Huey Piano Smith's musical legacy stands alongside that of fellow New Orleans legends Dr, John, Fats Domino, Ernie KDoe, and Allen Toussaint, Hisclassic, Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu, made

Billboard's top RampB singles chart, and hundreds of artists including Aerosmith, the Grateful Dead, the Beach Boys, Johnny Rivers, and Chubby Checker have recorded his songs.

The first biography of the artist responsible for hits Don't You Just Know It, High Blood Pressure, and Sea Cruise, Huey Piano Smith and the Rocking Pneumonia Blues follows the musician's extraordinary life from his Depressionera childhood to his teen years as a pianist for blues star Guitar Slim to his mainstream success in thes and 's.
Drawing from extensive interviews and court records, author and journalist John Wirt also provides new insights on Smith's professional disappointments and financial struggles in thes and 's as he battled over royalties from his most successful and profitable work.

An enigmatic and guarded personality in a profession of extroverted performers, Smith made farreaching contributions to the New Orleans music scene as a songwriter, pianist, and producer.
Wirt reveals that Smith's numerous collaborations with other artists including the Clowns, the Pitter Pats, the Hueys, and Shindig Smith and the Soul Shakers served as vehicles for his creative vision rather than simply as an anonymous backup for a leading front man.

Throughout this intimate account, Wirt details Smith's significant impact on rock and roll history and underscores both the longevity of his music which has entertained and inspired for over five decades and the musician's personal endurance in the face of hardship and opposition.
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