Dill Pickles - 3 Pianos on Fire Video

This Charles L. Johnson million-selling hit was first published in 1906 by Carl Hoffman of Kansas City, then the rights were bought the following year by the Jerome H. Remick company of Detroit (a deal made by Chas. Daniels, who published Scott Joplin's first rag). It was that republication that became the first million-seller out of Tin Pan Alley, as Remick also had an office in New York City.

The rag was the first to use what's known as "three-over-four", i.e., a repeated three-note figure spread out over groups of four notes, thus a different note is accented each time. This was later used in such rags as "12th Street Rag" and "Black & White Rag".

From left to right are Patrick Aranda, Frederick Hodges, and Tom Brier.

This was the penultimate performance of the "Three Pianos on Fire" set during the 2009 Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival. Tom and Patrick end up turning it into a bit of a cutting contest...

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ThisIsKuroCat: Tom Brier is the BEST!

issrenn: man i think tom has the best piano too.

kokonutty: Love it! Even taken from that angle, too. Nearly done memorizing Dill Pickles now. Nice piece.

steinwaygrande1: Tom is Frederick are both incredible pianists. This is a really great performance. Can anyone tell me what make of Piano each person is playing - just out of curiosity

Keeper1st: The black upright is a Yamaha. I can't remember the other two for certain but something is telling me that the brown upright was a Steinway, but I may be thinking of the upright in the theater rather than here in the hotel. The grand was a Kawai, I think.

steinwaygrande1: Thanks for satisfying my curiosity regarding the pianos they were playing

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