I just did a rip of this double LP for Cliff and since it fits in with our current old piano guys theme, I thought I'd pass it along. I acknowledge that I had seen, but passed on this album for most of my adult life. It was a pleasant surprise - blues, jazz, boogie, are all mixed in with the ragtime and old theater tunes you might expect. Blake's career spanned a giant segment of the development of popular American music and by the time this was recorded he was a walking encyclopedia.
His bio is far too long and extensive to reproduce here, it is easy enough to find on the web - btw the rip is in FLAC.
