A step-by-step breakdown of the piano styles and techniques of Dr. John, Pete Johnson, Professor Longhair, Pinetop Perkins, and others that uses their actual licks to teach. 14 songs are covered: Big Chief (Professor Longhair) · Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino) · (The Original Pinetop) Boogie Woogie (Pinetop Smith) · Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?) (Pinetop Perkins) · Confessin' the Blues (Jay McShann) · Cow Cow Blues (Cow Cow Davenport) · Cryin' in My Sleep (Jimmy Yancey) · Diving Duck (Otis Spann) · Everyday I Have the Blues (Memphis Slim) · Honky Tonk Train Blues (Meade Lux Lewis) · The Pearls (Jelly Roll Morton) · Roll 'Em Pete (Pete Johnson) · Route 66 (Charles Brown) · Tipitina (Dr. John).