The Mob Museum in Las Vegas on Feb 9th hosted the Liberace Foundation for a presentation and exhibit entitled “Liberace and the Mob: Who Played Whom?”
The event saw the first-ever unveiling of the Liberace Stradivarius, which has recently been in the press. Certain supporters and members are also invited to see the artifact and many others on display at the Foundation’s curatorial and storage facilities.
….(Maine)::LEE packed them into our area with traffic backed up for five miles….as a younger man; a Radioman in the Navy, we were over at the Hollywood BOWL and a packed audience…He spent some time with us… and hands extended and autographs…and as a piano player couldn’t believe….over the years I attended his St Petersburg, Fl and Portland,Me-Reno and Augusta Me erformances…the Cops at Portland loved him….threw banquet styled Italian dinners….everytime…. PS——:as a Pianist….have adopted his finger style…people love it….banquets…Navy conventions….its -that classical and pop, American Song Book that does the trick…the young people come around and ask me all the time and played straight, true grand piano…’no gimmicks….Dave Savoy…