The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3587   Message #18432
Posted By: murray@mpce.mq.edu.au
29-Dec-97 - 08:44 PM
Thread Name: ADD: If You See Kay (Memphis Slim)
Subject: RE: Kay
Thanks Earl,

The text of this version is pretty close to what I remember. If anything it is better.

The version I heard was played on the radio in the early 60s. The final line came as a surprise and the last chord of the piano was still ringing in my ear when I "caught on".

It is not because I am slow, but you just didn't expect to hear that on the radio! I think that at the time the piece was recorded, audiences wouldn't have expected to hear it either.

I could see it would be different in a live performance in the 90s with a good audience who is "with" you and is less naive than audiences 30 or 40 years ago.

Murray