Maple Leaf Rag - Written by Scott Joplin. This right here is the legendary ragtime piano player, Rod Miller. He was a fixture at Disneyland for many years. For me, there was only one reason to go to Disneyland, and it was to see Rod play his great tunes. The fact that Disneyland has fantastic rides and entertainment came second to seeing him do his thing. In what was a general fog of stupidity of my youth, I somehow had the presences of mind to bring an old video camera and I videotaped him playing a few times. Thank goodness I did. For a long time, I had these videos on another channel of mine, and I repeatedly got direct messages from viewers asking if this was for real. They asked me to be honest and reveal if I had sped up the videos in some way. Nope! This guy was the real thing. He was both the best of entertainers and the best ragtime piano player I’m sure I will ever witness in my life. His playing is creativity and performance genius at work. Just insanity.

I want to thank Askar for helping me identify some of the tunes he played in these videos.

We love you Rod!

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