Program #321 (April 4 at 8:00 p.m.)
Henry Butler s blues-based, New Orleans funk-style piano playing was not for every blues fan, to be sure. Butler was a local legend in New Orleans, but rarely toured other parts of the country; most any time of the year he could be found playing in one of New Orleans famous night spots.
It s not an exaggeration to say Butler was a piano genius who was not discovered by the masses. His recordings demonstrated that he could do it all: he wrote his own songs, did his own arrangements of classic tunes by Professor Longhair and others, and could play with as much passion as a soloist as he could with a band.
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