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".
