Rod at the piano?

[Rajah]

Anyone know what time(s) Rod is typically at the piano on Saturdays? Is he there during the day, or just at night?

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

<font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color=navy>He plays in the afternoon & evening. I haven't seen him earlier in the day. My dd just spent last Saturday there, and reported that she & her friend saw Rod playing there. (Even she knows his name - lol)

 

[dondiego]

who is rod?

 

[Rajah]

An excellent ragtime piano player -- best one I've ever heard. He's been at Disneyland for years and years and years -- anyone remember how many? 30-something years, isn't it?

 

[Charlieanna]

I haven't heard of Rod! Now that I know he is a ragtime piano player, where does one find him and are there regular times he is "on"? I'd love to see him when we go next week. (someone else mentioned Coke Corner, and I don't know where this is either!)
Thanks!

 

[Rajah]

Rod Miller is at "Coke Corner", more properly known as "Refreshment Corner". It's at the end of Main Street on the left as you head for the Castle, opposite the Photo Shop (which is on the Right).

There's a big white piano there and, in good weather, it's usually outdoors in the outdoor seating area of the Corner. In bad weather or if you just don't see the piano outside, it's inside the counter service restaurant there.

I know Rod is usually there on the evenings on weekends, I think also in the afternoons and evenings during the week, and I've even seen him there once during the early afternoon on a weekend. He's got to have a day off somewhere, but I'm not sure what day(s) he's not there.

He also has a partner, Alan Thompson, who is also really good. Some nights (I'm not sure which), they share the piano and do *fantastic* 4-hand ragtime piano. At least they did 2 years ago, I think they're still working together. Alan's not there every night, though, if he's even still there at all.

I've seen one other person at the piano once, but I'm not sure who that guy was. He didn't have the following Rod and Alan have. He also wasn't as good Rod and Alan are the *BEST* ragtime pianists I've ever seen, and being able to go stand up right next to the keys and watch them play, or lean on the back of the piano and watch them is really, really cool.

Rod and Alan also have a couple of CDs -- one is by Rod and is called Ragtime, the other is by Rod and Alan together and I think is called Four Hand Piano. They're available at the music shop on Main Street -- if I remember correctly, that's about 2 or 3 doors down on the right as you step out of Town Square and onto Main Street itself.

As far as I'm concerned, they're an attraction in and of themselves, and I've actually included being able to see Rod and Alan as a "reason" to go to Disneyland over Disneyworld. I've been known to spend an hour or two just sitting there resting and listening to/watching Rod and Alan.

I'll admit it, I'm a Rod (and to some degree, Alan) groupie As much as one can be a groupie when one doesn't get to see them more than a couple of times every 2 years

 

[Rajah]

For those interested, here are the websites for Rod's CD and Rod And Alan's CD -- it shows their pictures and gives you a few music samples, as well as some information on each of them.

http://fourhandpiano.com/ragtime.htm

http://fourhandpiano.com/

 

[Judy from Boise]

Maybe it was Richard Carpenter .......reliving his HS days