LeRoy Bowman

Dancin’ The Boogie - Silvan Zingg (piano), Will & Maéva ? ? ?

Cameron Fallaw (the piano player) describing his piano

I’ve been asked a lot about my piano so I’ll write about it here.
It’s an old (about 100 or something) Bluthner “upright grand” as they used to call it. It was called this because basically it was a grand piano (baby grand I would think with a modified frame) turned upright. This gives it a beautiful rich, full-bodied bass and treble (although you can’t really appreciate it in my videos because of the recording quality).
It also has an unusual “over-damper” system (where the dampers are above the hammers), whereas almost all other pianos are under-damper (dampers under hammers). This over-damper system is the reason why you can see all those wires in front of the hammers in my videos

I like this video for the music obviously and for the fact that it’s shot directly overhead so that every part of the action is visible, nothing obscured. Great for anyone that wants to learn!

Just a quick thanks to all the good people who have taken the time to listen to the music. If you haven’t done so yet just go here and click on any of the CDs below! Samples of all the tracks from Down Home Two are here.

And of course a huge thank you to anyone that has purchased a CD. keep those orders coming!

A quick update about two ongoing projects:

A fourth CD in the Down Home series is almost ready for release. The artwork is currently being finalized. More information very soon

To hear samples of tracks on the three currently available CDs click on the corresponding link:
1. Down Home - Part One
2. Down Home - Part Two
3. Down Home - Part Three

There is also a blues album in the works. Track selection is where we are at with that one, again more information when we have it.