<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Liberace by far, has been the biggest = name artist I've ever tuned for.  I think it was in 1985, a  year or two = before his death, he came to Alabama and the company I worked for supplied the = 9 ft Baldwin.  I went out to tune it early in the afternoon; I had to = stay through the show too, just in case any problems arose and to touch it up = at intermission.  After tuning it, I wandered around and opened one of = the doors off-stage - and there was his dressing room   with = all  of his outfits!  I felt like I was looking at the crown jewels of = London, the way everything glittered!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'll never forget it though; I sat = through the show right outside his dressing room off the wings of the stage.  When = it was almost time for him to break for a minute and do a costume change, his = valet would walk up to the curtain, and try to time having a cigarette lit to = give him as soon as he was offstage.  I thought it odd at the time, but I = could see him on stage, his face all lit up and energetic, but as soon as he hit = the wings and groped for the cigarette, his shoulders would sag and he looked very = tired.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary McCormick</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Billbrpt@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Billbrpt@AOL.COM">Billbrpt@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 07, 2002 = 8:33 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> The Legendary Liberace = on PBS</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>List, a = possible item of interest. <BR><BR>Bill Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, Wisconsin <BR><A href="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b = r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial = color=#000000 size=5 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>PBS Airs "The Legendary Liberace" Hosted by Jo = Ann Castle <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></B>  <BR>BRANSON, Mo.--(ENTERTAINMENT = WIRE)--March 7, 2002--Jo Ann Castle will host "The Legendary Liberace", airing on PBS = all this month as part of its March 2002 = </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>