Monday Music Mambo - Week 100 – Boogie Woogie Day

Rfduck, mememeister of the highly successful Monday Music Mambo, joyfully exposited the following into your dossier: “Hello fellow Mamboers! Ready for another week of music? This week's theme is great - it's Boogie Woogie Day!!”

“Boogie Woogie developed as a highly percussive piano-bassed music in the late '20s, and was characterized by a constant repeating rhythmic figure played by the pianist's left hand freeing the right hand for melody improvisation. Sometimes called "barrelhouse" piano, it helped popularize the "walking bass' form of accompaniment, still heard in the rock piano styles of pioneers like Jerry Lee Lewis. A danceable and joyful kind of music, boogie woogie included among its prime practitioners Jimmy Yancey, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson.” - from the history-of-rock.com entry on Boogie-Woogie music.

1. Name a few songs that make you want to boogie in your seat.
Honky-Tonk Train Blues, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B, Pinetop's Boogie-Woogie
2. Name a few artists who never fail to make you want to get up and boogie.
Jelly Roll Morton, Professor Longhair, and Big Joe Turner.
3. Drums, bass, attitude, speed - what do you think is the key ingredient to a great, boogie-woogie'ing hit?
No, no, no, no, NO! It's all about the piano. If there's no piano, it can't be boogie-woogie music.
4. Recommend a song to your readers to get them up and boogie'ing.

The DBG'Z - Bang Bang Boogie
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The rules are, there are no rules!!! All you need to do is copy and paste the above questions into your blog and add your responses. After you've finished, return here and leave us a comment so we'll know you've Mamboed. Be sure your Mambo is linked back to http://bdinsanity.blogdrive.com so others can dance too.

Remember, there are no right or wrong answers. If one of the questions doesn't inspire you then simply "pass" it. Just use your imagination and dance like crazy!

If you don't have a blog or you're an exhibitionist *woo hoo* feel free to Mambo right here in our comments section. There's absolutely no pressure ... although it's called the Monday Music Mambo you can Mambo on any day.

Until next time, this is your music-lovin' Mememeister saying have a good Monday and a good Mambo!