Richard Egan has played ragtime piano for an average of 30 minutes per day since he was 14 years old.  While 30 minutes per day will not turn a struggling, talentless individual into a virtuoso, that amount of practice over a period of thirty years adds up to a total of 5475 hours, or approximately two-thirds of a year, which has given him a fighting chance to hold his own at the keyboard.  Egan grew up with a sensitivity to place, and, having been raised in Missouri, found that ragtime sounds spoke the language of the land and water that he learned to love.  His specialties are Midwestern Folk and Classic Ragtime, idioms which lend themselves to extracting the earthiness of Egan's native land.

Egan's contributions to the Ragtime World include:
 
Brun Campbell: The Music of the Ragtime Kid  (St. Louis: Morgan Publishing, 1993)--a 122 page folio of transcriptions of the complete works of the man reputed to have been Scott Joplin's only white pupil.  Still available for $20 per copy.
 
Ragtime and Folk Piano  (St. Louis:  Morgan Publishing, 1997)--a 72 page folio of ten of Egan's compositions.  $15
 
From the Land of Ragtime (Milan, Tennessee: Piano Joys Music)  Solo piano CD, recorded in 2000.  $15
 
A Circle of Friends (St. Louis: Friends of Scott Joplin)  Recorded in 2002,  Egan contributed two solo piano tracks to the CD which benefits The Friends of Scott Joplin.  $15
 
Blind Boone's Camp Meeting No. 1  (Columbia, Missouri:  John William Boone Heritage Foundation, 2004)  A 10 page score, transcribed from the player piano roll.  Available for $7 from the J.W. Boone Heritage Foundation  %Lucille Salerno, 806B Bourn Avenue, Columbia, MO  65203-1470

Lowland Forest (Milan, Tennessee: Piano Joys Music)  Solo piano CD, recorded in 2005.  $15
 
For further information, Egan may be contacted at egan.egan@att.net