Article: 'STARDUST' IN THEIR EYES A LOOK AT THE STARRING PLAYERS IN PIANO BARS

PHOTO - 5 NAT NICHOLS, KENNETH EARL THURMAN Jack Kashak (Photo by John Mitchell) 'Sing me a song, you're the piano man.'Billy Joel (Photo by Larry Bretts)

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Piano bars are places where the man making the music touches private places in your heart from across the room. He recreates tunes he might play 1,000 times a year, having no idea he's re-ignited a torch. The drinks flow and so do the memories and sometimes the songs are more eloquent and poetic when played without words. Our hearts sing along. This musical conductor of moods makes listeners remember lost loves and misplaced youth, of people you shared ...

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