The Bad Piano Player

A weekly musical podcast diving into popular music of the 20s, 30s, and 40s.

Podcasting since 2020 • 185 episodes

The Bad Piano Player

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Clarence Williams -Blues 2

This week, the bad piano player does his second-ever Blues episode, featuring composer Clarence Williams, 1893-1965. Six of his best, five provided by our special friend Norman. Tune in for some blues history and some great blues played by a ba...

April 28, 2026 • 37:22

Cy Coleman On Broadway

This Fortnight Tuesday, the bad piano player returns to Broadway to feature a great composer who was active on the Great White Way for more than forty years. Tune in for the Cy Coleman story and stay for the songs.

April 14, 2026 • 37:52

Grab Bag IIII

This week, the bad piano player pulls together six songs from the (kind of) miscellaneous file and makes a wonderful episode out of them. We call it Grab Bag Four. Tune in and see if you can spot your favorite!

March 31, 2026 • 33:56

George Meyer

This week, the bad piano player goes even further back into obscure composers of the American songbook, to find George Meyer 1884-1959, born in Boston and wrote a lot of music, including the classic For Me And My Gal, which, you guessed it, we ...

March 17, 2026 • 37:52

Tom Waits 4 No Man

This week, the bad piano player finally gives a songwriter a rare fourth episode. We had to find six really depressing Tom Waits songs, but luckily, he wrote a lot for us to choose from. No repeats fourth T Waits. Tune in and wallow in the Brec...

March 03, 2026 • 38:12

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Very much enjoying this episode. Especially Edward Bear. Great memories… thanks so much.

B URL Ington, ON