Brun Campbell: The Original Ragtime Kid

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• I. When Ragtime Was Young
• Ragtime in the Red Light Districts
• “My Girl Taffy”
• II. When the Ragtime Kid Grew Old
• Interlude
• 1943: Hal’s Pal
• 1944: Pedal to the Metal
• 1945: A Shift in the Wind
• 1946–1947: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Pest
• 1948: The Kid at the Crossroads
• 1949–1952: Last Act: Spotlight on The Kid
• III. Short Pieces
• Otis Saunders and “The Maple Leaf Rag”
• The Maple Leaf Rag
• The First Ragtime Circuit
• The Original Hot Men of the 90s
• Ragtime in the Red Light Districts
• How About You?
• Cavalcade of Jazz, or “The ­Two-Four Beat”
• It Has to Be Ragtime
• Not the ­Best-Case Scenario: Scott Joplin and His “Maple Leaf Rag”
• Joplin Biography
• IV. Brun Campbell: An Appreciation
• V. Recalibrating Brun: The 1940s Musical Composition by Richard Egan
• The Rag
• The Blues
• The Love Songs
• The Love Songs of Harold A. Campbell
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1: Musical Works by Brun Campbell
• Appendix 2: Writings and Readings
• Appendix 3: When Ragtime Was Young and When the Ragtime Kid Grew Old: Brun’s Organizational Variations
• Appendix 4: Transcripts of Hal Nichols’ Memories ’N Melodies Radio Shows
• Appendix 5: Interview of Cecil Charles Spiller by Galen Wilkes, January 26, 1992
• Appendix 6: Brun Campbell Family Tree
• Index