LEWIS, MEADE (LUX
). Boogie-woogie pianist ( in Chicago, Illinois; in Minneapolis, Minnesota). Little is known of his early life except that he lived for a while in Louisville, Kentucky. Beginning in the early 1920s he played first violin, then piano in local nightclubs of Chicago. His style development was influenced by
Clarence (Pine Top
) Smith
, who lived in his apartment building, as did also
Albert Ammons
. In 1927 Lewis recorded his Honky-tonk train...