His ability to sustain the left hand in that way, keep the rhythm and the harmony going at the same time, is a very rare skill. It's one thing to play a boogie woogie left hand, it's another to play it like that!
For a film where Albert Ammons' playing matches the film, search for 'Boogie Woogie Dream.' You'll also find another boogie king, Pete Johnson and an introduction by Lena Horne.
It's amazing what youtube does for history. All these years I just assumed this was Jerry Lee Lewis's song. I had never heard Amos Milburn play his song. Amos was first and Jerry Lee Lewis covered this song and made it one of his hits There is nothing wrong with one musician covering another musician's song but this belongs to Amos Milburn. As a younger man because of segregation I did not hear music like this played by black musicians and now thanks to youtube history is exposed. It's just a shame all the black musicians don't get the credit they justly deserve. Rock music would not exist without the black musician.
