Piano Man Bruce Barker sparks absolute joy for thousands of people
Piano man, Bruce Barker, plays virtual concert for thousands in a Neon Cactus reunion
Piano man, Bruce Barker, plays virtual concert for thousands in a Neon Cactus reunion
Piano Man Bruce Barker sparks absolute joy for thousands of people
The stay at home order piano man bruce barker will be playing a 90 minute show through facebook live.
That included tonight.
Last week the show had more than 56 thousand comments and 15 thousand viewers.
I asked bruce to take me through the set-up and asked him why he's giving back.
Nat of car music: sweet caroline jb: ba ba ba music: good times never seemed.
Jb: so good as as thousands of people mostly past and present purdue alums join piano man bruce barker's facebook live.
Sot: this is my way to just say sit down and i am going to give you everything tonight and i don'tant anything in return just watch.
Jb: watch the 50-year- old neon cactus employee turn his basement into a piano bar nats jb: while he watches the amount of viewers sky rocket sot: 10,000 people are watching you right now.
That can't be true.
Then 11 then 12 and someobdy sent me a screnshot of 14,400.
Jb: the piano man filled mackey arena.
Sot: and i thought this was insane.
Jb: insane is that number is up to ------ sot: goosebumps shakoing your head like how?
Standup: piano man bruce says through his virtual show he only takes requests like this one...(music for 8 seconds) sot: it feels so good to give back.
Jb: bruce gives an epic show and the viewers receive an oasis for 90 minutes.
Jb: gathering with friends and family to enjoy good times, great music and a gratifying sense of togetherness.
Nats jb: bruce is adopted and says during the first show is birth mother watched from hawaii and his cousins did so from brazil.
Jb: he says his humor keeps people around.
Nats: this is a face that doesn't need to be in high definition.
Sot: i say always the first thing that comes to my head and sometimes its awesome and sometimes its like move on.
Next song (music for 1 second) jb: bruce is not taking donations but asking people to give to those who need help right now.
Sot: just follow your heart and give to where your heart chooses.
Jb: every show every thursday for the past 25 years bruce chooses to end each show with jimmy buffet's a pirate looks at forty.
Nats music.
Bruce has worked at the neon cactus since 1995.
The bar ened up in 1993.
Nearly 63-thousand
Piano man, Bruce Barker, plays virtual concert for thousands in a Neon Cactus reunion