The keyboards on the piano and
the accordion are virtually the
same — it’s just that one’s vertical
and one’s horizontal. It can take an
incredible amount of patience to
acclimate to that because accordion
players never use both thumbs,
so to be able extend one’s hand
and turn it took a great deal of patience
to do.
I am not a piano player — I’m not
a pianist in any way — I’m just a
guy who plays the piano to write
songs and accompany himself
when he’s singing. If you wanted
me to sit down and play 45 minutes
of piano without singing, I
couldn’t do it, but if you wanted
me to sit down and play two hours
of accordion, I sure could.
Growing up, what kind of music
did you listen to?
The music in my house was, essentially,
Glenn Miller and the hit
parade of the ’50s. My parents
liked swing music. But music was
not in any way, shape, or form, vital
in our family.
One thing I do remember grow-
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