Honky Tonk Train Blues

Meade Lux Lewis · 1927 (year to be confirmed)

Context

Meade Lux Lewis recorded this solo piano blues in 1927 for Paramount, but the record, released in 1929, sold poorly. Re-recorded in 1935 and then in 1937, it became a hit in the United States and helped popularize boogie-woogie. It is seen as a proto-boogie-woogie blues, and the first song to use the word "honky-tonk."

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Boogie-woogie. Among the origins and influences of Boogie-woogie: Blues, spirituals, work songs.

Sources

• EN: Honky Tonk Train Blues
• EN: Meade Lux Lewis

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