"Funny?" The man was singing about LIFE, man...

he did it better than todays ...

You very well could be on to something. He's likely improvising on something he's already practiced improvising many times.

He's improvising, but not to impress Lomax. That's probably just the way it was done when he was working in the whorehouses

He's probably trying to remember a song some 30-odd years after hearing it, these song were never part of his repertoire and he took some conniving to play these songs for Lomax as he was embarrassed by the raunchiness of these songs.

Jelly Roll was know for his stories

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It's from the recordings he made for the Library of Congress in 1938.

@@DGardn100 Yes. What I meant was which of the many published releases of the those 1930s recordings.

Kicking the piano to create that percussion effect. Don't know what the technical term is but it's a very old school technique. Remember drummers weren't a thing except for in marching bands in the late 19th early 20th century

Not doubting you, but I can't find anything online about that. I am trying to learn more about him. Could you share what you know?

@@disillusioned165 ive never heard anything about freemasons doing it. it was a young drunk man that was being obnoxious, so jelly slapped him and went back to the piano. a few minutes later, the man stabbed morton in the back, and a fight ensued. the owner of the bar this took place at, the jungle in in washington dc, cordelia lyle, slammed a pot on the mans head. morton was sent to the hospital, where they let him sit around without help for hours, and he never healed fully. he died 3 years later, as a result of his weakened state.

he had a serious knife fight in the end of his life.the man against him was freemason Morton was of course a tough guy.this was a serious knife fight.not too long after fight Morton died.What a genius we lost.RIP.

"Murdered" is pretty debatable! He died about three years after the attack, of respiratory problems (and general ill health?) though it's very possible the stabbing was a contributory factor.

@@Pentagonshark666 Thanks Lembit.

+SteveonLI :( some of us came here to pitch peter.