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Send us a textAT CARNEGIE HALL: This week, the Bad Piano Player goes back to 1972, featuring songs an 82 year old Groucho Marx sang at his one-man show at Carnegie Hall. Will you download? Will you tell your friends? Answer the second question first!
Send us a textThis week, the Bad Piano Player, a veteran of almost 40 years on the road, turns his attention to songs of the traveler. Catch this train.
Send us a textThis week's episode of the Bad Piano Player podcast takes the Thingummy-Bob around the marble arch because there'll always be an England when you're singing six songs by Dame Gracie Fields, biggest box office draw in Britain in 1937. Get in line early for this one, kids!
Send us a textThis week, the Bad Piano Player grabs the green beer and hopes you're in heaven before the devil knows you're dead, as we once again assay the Irish in all of us with six of the best. Tune in!
Send us a textThis week, the Bad Piano Player tears through another songbook published in the 1950s and we learn six great songs because that's the damn point of this.
Send us a textThis week, the Bad Piano Player assays one of his favourite singer-songwriters. The wonderful Mark Knopfler, from Dire Straits to his soaring solo career. May it please the court of downloaders. Tune in.
Send us a textThis week, the Bad Piano Player weighs anchor, casts off his lines and heads out to sea, tossing his fate to le quatre vents as we sing Sea Shanties with our eyes along the horizon. Tune in.
Send us a textThe Bad Piano Player, in a remarkable display of hubris, assays the King of Rock n Roll, Elvis Presley, this week. First name properly pronounced, Evvis. Tune in, groupies.
Send us a textIn the first episode of season 3, The Bad Piano Player features the Great Trombone Player, with a group of songs Tommy Dorsey recorded in the 1930's & 40s. Come and join me and the Sentimental Gentleman Of Swing.
Send us a textThis week, the Bad Piano Player digs deep into the music cabinet for six forgotten love songs. One or two you may know, but there are SO many. Tune in!
Send us a textThis week, the Bad Piano Player knocks one off his bucket list, featuring actor, singer, poet, playwright, novelist, songwriter, and all around clever Dick, Sir Noel Coward. Do be good enough to tune in, won’t you?
Send us a textIn the season's final episode, the Bad Piano Player gives you some old, some new, some he wrote, and some just for you. Please forgive the mistakes and remember, he's not called the Bad Piano Player for nothing. Thanks and tune in!
Send us a textThis week the Bad Piano Player again goes all modern with a songwriter from the late 1960s to early 70s. You don't mess around with Jim Croce. Enjoy.
Send us a textThis week, the Bad Piano Player looks at songs from the first year Billboard Magazine published the Hit Parade. Welcome to Songs of 1936! Tune in!
Send us a textThis week, the bad piano player assays the great lyricist Lorenz "Larry" Hart. Why did we wait so long? Because his composer-partner was Richard Rodgers, who is also featured. Please enjoy our look at Rodgers & Hart.
Send us a textWith out "One Decade Forward, One Century Back" policy, the Bad Piano Player retreats to the mid 19th century for this week's episode featuring the father of American popular music, Stephen Foster.
Send us a textCan the Bad Piano Player do an episode on 60's songs without doing The Beatles? As it turns out, yes he can! Right now this week!
Send us a textAs a boy, the Bad Piano Player loved going to the movies, so this week, he's featuring six songs written for movies, from 1929 to 1965. Composers, plot lines, and some of the usual suspects! Tune in!
Send us a textAgain this week, the Bad Piano Player takes a dive into Tom Waits, learning six songs from the great album "Mule Variations." Tune us in.
Send us a textThe Bad Piano Player returns to his roots this week with an episode of Jazzy 1940s torch songs. Well, okay, most of them are torch songs, certainly enough to burn this baby down. And kids, please don't play with matches.
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this guy is awesome! John wing "of the Buffalo Wings!" lol