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The Honky-tonk Man

BBC Radio 3
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Francis Wilford Smith looks at the work of five pianists who have made a significant contribution to piano blues.
4:jimmy Yancey
During the day, Yancey was a groundsman for the Chicago White Sox baseball team, but in the evening his house was a mecca for blues enthusiasts. Pallet on the Floor, which he recorded in 1951 with his wife
Maria, is one of the most moving blues on record.

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Francis Wilford Smith
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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