The Ragtime Kid (2011)
“The little alarm clock his father had gotten him so he wouldn’t be late for work told him it was a few minutes past one. As suddenly as he’d awakened, he realized he’d somehow come to a decision, a big one. He was going to run away.
Close to a year now since he’d met Otis Saunders in Oklahoma City, and it had been the worst year of his life. Schoolwork, chores, his old friends—none existed for him any more. There was only ragtime music. He played “Maple Leaf Rag” on the piano, over and over... and over, struggled with rhythm breaks, fumbled with shifted and shifting accents, fiddled with the bass line. And the more he worked over the tune, the more he heard himself falling short. Like starting to read a book about something you figure is pretty well cut and dried, but the further you get into it, the more you see you really don’t know.
All through that long winter of ’ninety-eight into ’ninety-nine, Brun bought every ragtime music sheet he could find in El Reno, not a whole lot.MoreLess
Close to a year now since he’d met Otis Saunders in Oklahoma City, and it had been the worst year of his life. Schoolwork, chores, his old friends—none existed for him any more. There was only ragtime music. He played “Maple Leaf Rag” on the piano, over and over... and over, struggled with rhythm breaks, fumbled with shifted and shifting accents, fiddled with the bass line. And the more he worked over the tune, the more he heard himself falling short. Like starting to read a book about something you figure is pretty well cut and dried, but the further you get into it, the more you see you really don’t know.
All through that long winter of ’ninety-eight into ’ninety-nine, Brun bought every ragtime music sheet he could find in El Reno, not a whole lot.MoreLess
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