Adam Swanson & Danny Coots - Hum All Your Troubles Away (CD)

Pianist Adam Swanson is a 3-time winner of the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest and Danny Coots is a Grammy-winning drummer. Together, they invite you to "Hum All Your Troubles Away" in a program of rags, blues, novelties, boogie-woogie, and popular songs spanning the twentieth century. From their unique take on Joplin's immortal "Maple Leaf Rag" to rare discoveries never before recorded to 1930s song and filmusical favorites to Ian Whitcomb's moody and haunting "Dreams of Old L.A." here are 76 minutes of tuneful gems guaranteed to put a smile on your face and some rhythm in your feet.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Maple Leaf Rag
2. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
3. The Cootie Crawl
4. Hum All Your Troubles Away
5. French Pastry Rag
6. Texas Blues
7. Rainbow on the River
8. When the Sun Goes Down in Dixie
9. King Chanticleer
10. Memphis Blues
11. Chicago Flyer
12. I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling
13. Alexander's Ragtime Band
14. St. Louis Blues
15. Blue Is the Evening
16. Heart-Ache Blues
17. Yellow Dog Blues / I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone
18. Slightly Fantastic
19. Love Letters in the Sand / in the Doorway (Where We Used to Kiss Goodnight)
20. The Cop on the Beat, the Man in the Moon, and Me / Until the Real Thing Comes Along
21. Dreams of Old L.A
22. Razor Blades