Jim Riggs Radio Interview

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Jim Riggs Radio Interview

PostFri Jun 15, 2012 8:49 pm

San Francisco public radio station KALW featured "The anonymous celebrity behind the Wurlitzer organ", a nice interview of theater organist Jim Riggs, done by April Dembosky on their program Crosscurrents:
http://www.kalw.org/post/anonymous-celebrity-behind-wurlitzer-organ-0

I have to quote from the conclusion. I guess this is an occupational hazard for theater organists:
DEMBOSKY: A lot of people that come to the theater know of you, but not a lot about you.

RIGGS: Isn't that the truth? They know me from the back. I mean, I've played for over a million people in the Bay Area in the last 20-something years, but they don't know what my face looks like. Matter of fact, years ago I took a Craigslist personal ad out and it went something like, "You ever wondered who that organist playing at the Paramount or the Castro Theater, what he's like? 'Cause you never see his face." Actually, I got a couple of nice responses, too.
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