BOOGIE-WOOGIE BASH WITH "Roll ’Em, Chris!" - with piano & sax

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Here an other distance project of Duke Seidmann and Chris Conz. ROLL ’EM, CHRIS! (Text: Duke Seidmann - Music: Duke Seidmann & Chris Conz) Lyrics: /:There’s a boogie-man that lives down by the lake:/ When he runs his left hand - it feels just like a quake /:He rolls the boogies - and it swings like hell:/ Girls of all ages - it makes ‘em scream and yell /:This music’s so real - it hails straight from the heart:/ It makes you wanna dance - right from the start /:Roll ‘em Chris - roll them eighty-eights:/ Put a bright smile on everybody’s face There was Yancey and Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis Pete Johnson brought the swinging boogie to us Blythe, two Pinetops, Cow Cow Davenport Little Willie Littlefield never came up short Memphis Slim, Champion Jack Dupree James Booker, Leroy Carr, as you can see Roosevelt Sykes and Jay McShann They all were members of the boogie woogie clan The king of boogie was Sammy Price They op