Teach the kids, fix up the instruments, and keep trying to inspire the next generation. She was often referred to as 'Queen of the Honky-Tonk Piano' by Lawrence Welk himself. She adopted her stage name from the name of an accordion manufacturer, another instrument she played proficiently. I still watch the reruns from time to time on PBS. People can say what they like about Lawrence Welk but he had some really top flight musicians on his show. She is an American honky-tonk pianist, best remembered for appearing on The Lawrence Welk Show. Jo Ann is a great piano player I didnt know she had played with both Spike Jones and Spade Cooley until I read her bio. Well, I for one will continue to fight the good fight. Jo Ann Castle was born on September 3, 1939. Kids now are far more into making loops out of samples on their macs, it’s way easier. Where are our piano rock stars? What’s happened to the Jerry Lee’s and the Billy Joel’s and all the rest? Where is our Liberace?įor an instrument that so many people love to hear, love to see someone play, and enjoy so much, it’s seriously falling by the wayside. It seems like things have changed, and not really for the better. Double or nothing that you’ve never heard of Lang Lang or Valentina Lisitsa. I bet you dollars to doughnuts you can’t tell me the name of Adele’s piano player. (Aug March 3, 2010) was an American musician who appeared on The Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 to 1959. It got me to thinking about how awesome people still think piano players are, even though we don’t revere them any longer. Turns out, he was raised in the time of big band players, and the first rockers on piano. They have this lady on there, I don’t know if you remember or not, she could just play and play – she’d look out at the audience and everything. “Do you ever watch Lawrence Welk? He comes on Friday, or is it Saturday nights on channel 34. His eyes lit up, “Oh! Do you play the piano?” he said. He seemed like a nice guy, so I corrected him, “I’m actually a piano technician and the director of education here.” Floren was born of Norwegian parentage on November 5, 1919, in Roslyn, SD although some sources list nearby Webster instead, Floren's family actually lived on a farm in between the two towns, and Roslyn claims him as its own. He said, “Well, you’re a salesperson anyway, that’s probably part of it.” Most famous as a regular performer and assistant conductor on The Lawrence Welk Show, Myron Floren was also one of polka's finest accordion players. I’m sure he was, most people think mom’s piano is worth at least $1000. He might be better off putting it on Craigslist. Even in the best condition, the most he could expect one of us to pay for it was under $300. I took his information anyways, and let him know that pianos like that really aren’t worth a whole lot – especially to a piano dealer. Starr consoles aren’t exactly in high demand, and he had no idea the last time the piano had been tuned. What color is it? When was it last tuned? The answers weren’t so great.
Mahlon talked to him a little while, and then was interrupted by a phone call.
He was wondering if we had any interest in buying his mother’s Starr console piano.
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