Thursday, May 1, 2014

Welcome to National Barbecue Month

The weather starts warming up, leaves and Indy cars return to Indianapolis, and a fellow's thoughts turn fondly to hot coals and slow-roasting meat. May is National Barbecue Month and to honor that fact I'm going to season my usual lineup of Indy 500 themed posts with a sauce of barbecue information and music. And to kick it off a little ditty called Pig's Feet and Slaw by Tiny Parham.



Parham was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and grew up in Kansas City where he worked as a pianist at The Elbon Theatre. He was mentored by ragtime pianist James Scott.  Though the entirety of Parham's catalog would easily fit on a single CD, he holds the distinction of being the only non-American to appear in cartoonist R. Crumb's trading card collection "Early Jazz Greats".


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