![]() Only could find our way around, but I'll be able to refer back to it as Julie and Robert, firefighters at StationĦ3, were kind enough to give me the mother of all Venice maps, so we not Poking around to help me create a vivid sense of setting for the third Monday, we changed plans to get more time in at Venice, looking and ![]() To achieve his goal of making ragtime a respected form of classical Greatest of American composers, who died in 1917, thinking he'd failed Pause a moment to give a nod to one of the very Halfway home, it's still running through myĪnd I just realized: today is Scott Joplin's birthday, Nov 24,Įither 1868 or 1867. "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" is a stodgy old tune, you haven't heardįrederick and Adam rag it. Whatever heĭoes when he grows up, I want to be around to hear it. Researcher, and historian.and he's all of 16 years old. Adam is a prodigiously-talented ragtime player, Ragtime (think Zez Confrey, Roy Bargy, etc.) and popular tunes of aĬentury ago, and when he teams up with Adam Swanson, to the right, the Only hope this will be a longlasting relationship.įrederick Hodges, at the piano to the left, specializes in novelty Teamed with lovely rhythm guitarist-singer Meredith Axelrod, and I can The soundtrack for the movie "Crumb." For the past few years, Craig has Popular songs, ragtime and gutbucket-jug band music - he was featured on GuitaristĬraig Ventresco has long been a standout artist in early 20th Century ![]() The performers in the photos are 4 of my favorites. Reunions with friends, and CDs - and books - for sale. Seminars (this year including a terrific talk by ragtime historian Edīerlin on new material that's come to light about Scott Joplin), dances, The Festival is nonstop music from 9am to 11pm, Of Ragtime concluded this past weekend at the 3-day West Coast Ragtimeįestival in Sacramento. Appropriately enough, the west coast promotional tour for The King ![]()
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