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A style of piano blues, dating from the early 20th century, which is a simple form of boogie-woogie, in regular 4/4 metre rather than with eight beats to the bar. The term, also used to mean ‘crude’ or ‘rough’, has been incorporated into the titles of tunes associated with the style.

• Styles and Genres - barrelhouse: jazz piano style with lively beat, orig. 1920’s
• Bars, Bar Tools, and Habitués - barrelhouse: cheap drinking and dancing establishment

Barrelhouse can refer to:

• A "juke joint", a bar or saloon. Originates from the storage of barrels of alcohol.
• An early form of jazz with wild, improvised piano, and an accented two-beat rhythm (see Boogie-woogie).
• A style of piano-playing associated with the above.
• Barrelhouse Records, a record label.

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