Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
I When Ragtime Was Young 9
Ragtime in the Red Light Districts 55
"My Girl Taffy" 58
II When the Ragtime Kid Grew Old 64
Interlude 64
1943: Hal's Pal 72
1944: Pedal to the Metal 83
1945: A Shift in the Wind 97
1946-1947: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Pest 116
1948: The Kid at the Crossroads 123
1949-1952: Last Act: Spotlight on The Kid 134
III Short Pieces 148
Otis Saunders and "The Maple Leaf Rag" 148
The Maple Leaf Rag 151
The First Ragtime Circuit 154
The Original Hot Men of the 90s 156
Ragtime in the Red Light Districts 169
How About You? 172
Cavalcade of Jazz, or "The Two-Four Beat" 174
It Has to Be Ragtime 178
Not the Best-Case Scenario: Scott Joplin and His "Maple Leaf Rag" 180
Joplin Biography 181
IV Brun Campbell: An Appreciation 185
V Recalibrating Brun: The 1940s Musical Composition Richard Egan 191
The Rag 193
The Blues 196
The Love Songs 199
The Love Songs of Harold A. Campbell 202
Conclusion 204
Appendix 1 Musical Works Brun Campbell 207
Appendix 2 Writings and Readings 213
Appendix 3 When Ragtime Was Young and When the Ragtime Rid Grew Old: Brim's Organizational Variations 219
Appendix 4 Transcripts of Hal Nichols' Memories 'N Melodies Radio Shows 223
Appendix 5 Interview of Cecil Charles Spiller Galen Wilkes, January 26, 1992 231
Appendix 6 Brun Campbell Family Tree 241
Index 243
