you know but anyway it was a lot of fun but the song that really got us started was a song written by the great Arthur Smith who still plays this song um he's out there I think he's in Florida but I met him last year thanks to the chedin appreciation society what an what a thrill it was to to meet and play guitar Boogie with the man who wrote it it's that you may as well sit down and play you know something with Mozart with without the big hair and all the fast fingers but um
I can tell you that arth Smith is a is a wonderful man and still full of the spirit full of uh vim and vigor and he plays great too and I'd like to I'd like to attempt a version for you tonight the St Louis version of guitar boogie in the traditional fashion tonight ladies and gentlemen one note after the other here we go now it's um it's a u it's a 12 Bar Blues in E and if you'd like to sing along please don't you'll ruin the whole thing okay [Music] just yeah yeah yeah yeah
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