The recent post "The Key of H" reminded me of an old cat (pianist) I played a gig with once in a strip joint on Bourbon street who very often would call a tune "in the Key of Love". I never was sure if that was just "his thing" or a term some of the older players on the strip used years before my time, nor did I ever get the origin. In years after that gig a few others would tell me they also heard of that phrase but could never tell me where it originated. By the way the "Key of Love" is the key of "F".

Well last week I played a gig and had my 88 year old friend who played many gigs at the New Orleans Roosevelt's Hotel's Blue Room (the place to be seen and heard in the top tier of the New Orleans music industry from the 30's through the 70's) and I called the tune "4 Leaf Clover", he asked, what key? I said without thinking "The Key of Love" and he responded great, in F. No he did not know either. We both think it may just have been some inside joke or catch phrase with a few older cats who played the strip years gone by.

Just wondering if any of you ever heard this phrase?

Later,

Danny C.
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