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Todd Robbins, Part 1: The Night Dick Wellstood Played for One Person
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They get into the magic shop old-timers who taught a twelve-year-old to hammer a nail into his nose, hanging out with the Turk Murphy band in San Francisco, and a brand-new grand piano that could not survive Pete Clute's attack. Plus Todd's first days in New York, and the night Dick Wellstood played the entire stride book for an audience of one. Part 2 follows.
Chapters
- 00:00 Intro
- 02:19 Speakeasy Magick origin story
- 15:07 Building a show like jazz
- 19:15 Retooling the Houdini Seance
- 22:21 Theater school, Turk Murphy
- 27:20 Mostly Magic's animal trap
- 33:35 Old-timers teach sideshow stunts
- 37:37 Discovering ragtime via Joanne Castle
- 42:11 Joplin from a piano roll
- 46:34 Judy Carmichael, old-time piano
- 49:51 Pete Clute and Dick Wellstood
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