The 88s go low blue, bounce New Orleans, pump Chicago and grind NY Boogie like no one's business.

12 MP3 Songs
BLUES: Piano Blues, POP: Piano



Details:
2006 International Blues Challenge (IBC) Finalist, Tommy Keys, a native of Long Island NY, has a winning combination, Barrelhouse Boogie & Blues Piano with moody, soulful vocals. From lowdown & dirty, to multi-faceted originals, & hip-shakinâ bounce, youâll testify that Tommy uses all â89â of the 88 keys & all three of his hands - hammering out a percussive style that leaves you breathless...

"Two Left Hands" is a generally happy collection of boogies, shuffles and get down, butt shaking piano blues. Tommy is well schooled in the various styles of piano blues from the Rumba syncopation of NOLA's Prof.Longhair to the indigo ivory of Sunnyland Slim and the jumpiness of Louis Jordan (actually a sax player). Tommy wrote 5 of the dozen cuts and the covers reprise a range of Blues from Champion Jack Dupree and Pinetop through Otis Spann and Thunder Smith. "The 88s go low blue, bounce New Orleans, pump Chicago and grind NY boogie like no one's business". There are songs of the food and drink sort and lots of expression of love's ups and downs. Even so, the overall feel is of redemption by happy blues, even if his baby is so cruel that alligators and lawyers give her a wide berth!!