& “Cow Cow Boogie” You know I’ve played this kind of thing for many years: “Cow Cow Boogie” Mess Around Play: Ur. 8ba.oh by ia a Eb7 Bb 13What you have there is the basic 2/4 boogie, the “Cow Cow Boogie,” or “Mess Around.” A lot of people, Cow Cow Davenport, Paul Gaylen and Ray Charles have played that. It’s near and dear to my heart because of the 2/4 rhythm being such a New Orleans feeling rhythm. What you have there is a 2/4 against a 4/4 feeling. A drummer could play that both ways. One of the basic elements of the New Orleans piano style is that two rhythms can go on simultaneously, one inside the other. © Professor Longhair One of the natural elements of this style is to try to set-up each chord change with a pattern that lets the listeners know a change is coming up. Here's a Professor Longhair-type set-up: Professor Longhair Setup Here’s a Huey “Piano” Smith-type set-up: Hughie “Piano” Smith Setup Here's a standard New Orleans-style set-up: Standard New Orleans Setup