Greg Thibodeau - Darktown Strutters Ball - Piano

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  • @momotwins7667
    @momotwins7667 10 месяцев назад +4

    Greg, this is so awesome! You are so talented! I've watched this video a ton of times. Please do some more!!! And thank you for sharing your talent.

  • @4jeffstout
    @4jeffstout Год назад +3

    Beautifully performed!! I could absolutely listen to an album of this type of music!

  • @bonnienandino6942
    @bonnienandino6942 2 года назад +5

    My mom used to play it just about like this👏👏👏 Memories

  • @ulrichroesch9114
    @ulrichroesch9114 Год назад +3

    Great tune....gonna dance off both me shoes

  • @ulrichroesch9114
    @ulrichroesch9114 Год назад +3

    Always a favourite,....and a true smile creator !

  • @ulrichroesch9114
    @ulrichroesch9114 Год назад +3

    Just fantastic, this is inspiring

  • @sthori01
    @sthori01 2 года назад +3

    This is how my mama played it. As a child I marveled at her hands “jumping”.
    lol, she hit the keys with intent!
    She was born in ‘19 and died in’95. too young.
    This brought me back to that piano bench where I sat beside her as her fingers jumped. Thank you!

  • @tristaconklin7219
    @tristaconklin7219 3 года назад +8

    My Great-Grandma, who was 99.9 years old when she died, could play this song very well on her old piano she had in her living room.

    • @gregthibodeau6079
      @gregthibodeau6079  2 года назад +1

      That’s amazing. Sounds like a talented lady. Thanks for sharing!

    • @souliersnoirs
      @souliersnoirs 2 года назад +1

      (Today Betty White died and she was 99.9, too.) I would love to have heard your Great-grandma play this song, too.

  • @klausschenkwonschtauffenbe9424
    @klausschenkwonschtauffenbe9424 4 года назад +26

    Кто здесь из Пост обзора

  • @larryhoch237
    @larryhoch237 3 года назад +5

    Fantastic version of this song! I felt like I was transported back to the 1920’s…

  • @jimmymiller77
    @jimmymiller77 Год назад +4

    All I can say is W O W !!!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic Job. Thanks a million for posting..

  • @jeffnoe1224
    @jeffnoe1224 2 года назад +3

    I miss listening to this at Rick’s.

  • @ILjobber1
    @ILjobber1 2 года назад +3

    Dam good piano playing!

  • @Micrographone
    @Micrographone 4 года назад +7

    Nice job! My granny was a jazzy pianist too... had her play this a lot for me when I was little. It brings back fond memories.

  • @christophebenz
    @christophebenz 7 дней назад

    Super authentic playing! 🎉

  • @tlee717
    @tlee717 3 года назад +4

    Fantastic love the strutters ball

  • @swamprad
    @swamprad 2 года назад +5

    Dude, this is AWESOME! Share some more songs, please!

  • @gustavobraga582
    @gustavobraga582 2 года назад +5

    That was impressive!
    Very well done. Loved listening to you. Just subscribed, and I'm checking your other videos right now!
    Thanks for sharing your talent!

  • @runner0075
    @runner0075 2 года назад +2

    That klonky-tonky bad piano suits perfectly the style, indeed.

  • @Flatfoot2282
    @Flatfoot2282 7 лет назад +11

    Holy cow !! What a great rendition of an old classic !! Very well performed

  • @gustavobraga582
    @gustavobraga582 2 года назад +3

    Honestly.... "Like a Boss" definition in the dictionary should be updated to include a youtube link to this video!
    I really hope I can play like this someday :-)

    • @gregthibodeau6079
      @gregthibodeau6079  2 года назад +2

      Thanks Gustavo! Interesting fact: I used to sit at the piano for HOURS at a time everyday from when I was 10 to about the age of 15. I only got up to use the bathroom which I would wait until I almost peed my pants because I loved learning and playing the piano so much. Lol

    • @gustavobraga582
      @gustavobraga582 2 года назад +1

      ​@@gregthibodeau6079 Thats awesome Greg! Thanks for sharing this!!
      Where can I learn more about you? I simply loved your style and this rendition.
      Do you still play? Where are you from? Where we can find more? Do you intend to record and post more???
      Cheers from Brazil

  • @MichaelFClef
    @MichaelFClef 3 года назад +2

    Very nice. Thank you for sharing. I'm enjoying playing along with this on my upright bass.

  • @raymanbert740
    @raymanbert740 Год назад +1

    Sure great Greg. Much thanks. RRM

  • @e.goldie6143
    @e.goldie6143 Год назад +4

    Hey Greg, this version of Darktown Strutters Ball is the best I've heard....second best is Adam Swanson and Four Arrows' version on RUclips....and that's with 4 hands! Where can I buy a copy of the sheet music for this version of Darktown Strutters??

    • @gregthibodeau6079
      @gregthibodeau6079  Год назад +2

      Hello Goldie, this was a rendition I made up myself based on Ragtime Ricks recorded version from back in the 90's, so there isn't any sheet music. Sorry about that!

    • @e.goldie6143
      @e.goldie6143 Год назад +1

      @@gregthibodeau6079 Hello Greg. Thanks for that. I wish there was! You ever thought about making a piano roll of your version? I've heard there's a program that can translate a performance on piano into a piano roll, then that it can be transcribed onto sheet music. I'd love to play it. In the meantime, can I buy a copy of recording to play?

    • @michael-ph3jn
      @michael-ph3jn Месяц назад

      don't forget the late great allendale1962 channel. Go hear his versions on youtube. I've become a much better just listening to him

  • @jubalcalif9100
    @jubalcalif9100 3 года назад +3

    Wow ! Very good ! Kudos !!

  • @superbill1752
    @superbill1752 6 лет назад +6

    That does it! I am selling my piano. I will never be able to play like this fella. Great job. Keep up the good work. Thanks.

  • @brettguy18
    @brettguy18 3 года назад +3

    Magnificent!

  • @МистерПародист
    @МистерПародист 4 года назад +8

    Че Реддит?

  • @fiddler1861
    @fiddler1861 Год назад +1

    Stride ON!

  • @martinhix6786
    @martinhix6786 4 года назад +3

    i like your presentations. not in any way am i slamming your piano, but i would love to hear you play something on a steinway, knabe grand, or kwai grand. i just think that the nuances you so skilly have in your playing would really be showcased on a nicely tuned instrument. at any rate, i always end up w/ a smile, when you play. Godspeed.

    • @gregthibodeau6079
      @gregthibodeau6079  4 года назад +2

      martin hix actually, I’m playing on my 6’2” Knabe from 1896. It’s kind of a work in progress and the keys have been replaced, but still has the original “rocker” action. Hope to upgrade within the next couple years.

    • @michaeltutty1540
      @michaeltutty1540 3 года назад +1

      @@gregthibodeau6079 what a gorgeous instrument. The action is just right for music if that era. It does sound like it is due for tuning, but that is it. The bass strings may be a bit crystalized, but new ones can be wound to match the originals. That was done years ago to my 1903 Gerard Heintzman upright. Gerard Heintzman was owned by a different branch of the Heintzman Piano family, and prior to 1932 were one of the first line quality piano makers. They are not well known outside Canada but their instruments are incredible. I love hearing an old piano working right. Beautiful.

    • @lavalampluva55401
      @lavalampluva55401 2 года назад

      The Knabe is a perfect piano for this piece. Gives it a "honky tonk" kind of sound.

  • @criss719
    @criss719 7 лет назад +6

    Wow! I'll never play that song again. You took me to school 🤦‍♂️

  • @rowanbelt3612
    @rowanbelt3612 Год назад

    Terrific playing. If you don’t mind me making one suggestion, it sounds like there is an extra eighth note being inserted in the fill at 0:12 and every subsequent time you play it. It throws off the flow of the rhythm ever so slightly.
    Really though, awesome playing. Your rhythm is like a rock and the left hand chords sound like a banjo. Octaves also sounding great.

  • @bcberryfarm
    @bcberryfarm 8 лет назад +4

    That was really great!!

  • @thomaspisarek6585
    @thomaspisarek6585 2 года назад +2

    Best rendition of this classic. Where can I buy the sheet music for this version?

    • @gustavobraga582
      @gustavobraga582 2 года назад +1

      I'd love to purchase the sheet music as well!

    • @gregthibodeau6079
      @gregthibodeau6079  2 года назад +2

      This was a rendition I made based off of how Ragtime Rick Grafing used to play it when I was growing up. He had recorded it years ago. I was basically “taught” to play by ear by Bob Milne many years ago. So I listened to Ragtime Rick’s version over and over and duplicated the best I could. I’ve always thought it was the best version of this tune as well, hence why I learned to play it that way lol. Unfortunately there is no sheet music.

    • @gustavobraga582
      @gustavobraga582 2 года назад

      ​@@gregthibodeau6079 Thanks Greg!
      There's always hope on the Internet. Maybe someone will be so amused as us and will transcribe this awesome rendition to us. (I see you @mlololoer) :-)

  • @HaydenBarrow
    @HaydenBarrow 3 года назад +2

    Marvelous! Do you have any sheet music or instructional videos for this?

    • @gregthibodeau6079
      @gregthibodeau6079  2 года назад

      I just replied about sheet music. But unfortunately, no there is not. See reply.

  • @tiredofthisplace509
    @tiredofthisplace509 4 года назад +4

    Выглядит сложным. Очень сложным.

  • @thatrecord5313
    @thatrecord5313 3 года назад +2

    Hmm, I don't know, I think that left hand could use some more *bass*

    • @gregthibodeau6079
      @gregthibodeau6079  3 года назад +2

      Lol yeah I’ve always had a strong left hand.

    • @thatrecord5313
      @thatrecord5313 3 года назад +2

      @@gregthibodeau6079 Hey! Never a bad thing with a stomping song like this. I would be offended if you played some classics without a good amount of bass. This video was perfect with all that bass. And hey, the piano likes it so much, it's grooving and moving too! Ha! Cheers!

    • @gustavobraga582
      @gustavobraga582 2 года назад

      LMAO

  • @325diane
    @325diane 6 лет назад +1

    Wow. Just wow.

  • @RoryVanucchi
    @RoryVanucchi 10 месяцев назад

    👍

  • @neon8410
    @neon8410 7 лет назад +1

    Wow!!!

  • @jamesblank2024
    @jamesblank2024 7 лет назад +3

    Sounds like there's some rhythm machine going.

  • @osrs-yami
    @osrs-yami Год назад +3

    Amazing!!!!!! Do you ever write it down? One of the best renditions on RUclips for sure!!