Tag: stride piano

  • Knuckles O’Toole Can Sit This One Out

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    Ben Model
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    I don’t know how it got started that 12th Street Rag became the custard pie stereotype of silent comedy music, and I’ll bet it goes back before Joe Franklin’s TV show. The tune has now been replaced by Yakkety Sax for TV clip compilers for running silly-looking footage, often over-sped, thanks to Benny Hill. I…