Jo Ann Castle plays "Dill Pickles Rag"

[@jeffneis553]

As Lawrence Welk said she is the "QUEEN OF THE RAGTIME PIANA" and again he was right.THE BEST OF THE BEST.

[@bobsink6236]

I could listen to this fine lady playing honkey tonk All day

[@jazzguy1927]

She’s great and she is solely responsible and deserves the credit for introducing so many people to Ragtime and Scott Joplin and other classic ragtime composers.

[@anthonygiglio9860]

Fantastic performance😊❤

[@geraldarmstrong5861]

We would watch Lawrence Welk just to see Jo Ann Castle play!!!

[@Eddie_Schantz]

You got that right. When I was a kid in the 60's my mom and dad watched this every week. I cared nothing for the show except when JoAnn cranked up. That was enough to get me into the lliving room in about 3 seconds.

[@fonwoolridge]

Wow! brilliant!

[@jazzguy1927]

She introduced so many to Ragtime. I learned about the book They All Played Ragtime and the classic Ragtime composers because of her.

[@cherylfisher1574]

Just live this genre with some Lawrence Welk. Walk down memory lane. You made a smile in my day!

[@rapman5791]

I didn’t realize it was so dark inside the Lawrence Welk studio. Jo Anne certainly has her high beams on!! 👀

[@meszarosjakabne6684]

INCREDIBIL

[@vituskyper]

Bellissima!!!

[@Mr_mechEngineer]

Im convinced some pianists have 20 playing fingers

[@death2pc]

It was such a time............. Alas, gone.

[@itsshrimp91]

But we get to watch the old times again and again in the comfort of our homes now. I think it's a good time still, a good time indeed!

[@kirbywaite1586]

Why did Lawrence not mention the composer?

[@omar_rasidagic]

Welk never really credited composers unless they were big names like Irving Berlin or Cole Porter. Honestly, he would also often forgo mentioning the name of songs, especially in the later years.

[@john6218att]

Big Tiny Little also played a good version of this as well

[@reedwhisler4694]

a ragtime Musica

[@dejavu666wampas9]

I loved that guy. Awesome music. Miss Castle is very talented . I once lived in an apartment in the back of a dancehall where Lawrence Welk used to tour from North Dakota, when he first started out, as a small time band. Before my time, of course, but the Coliseum was locally famous because he used to play there, back in the day.

[@jazzguy1927]

Jo Ann Castle could have wiped the floor with Art Tatum. Tatum is nothing compared to her.

[@kirbywaite1586]

A little too much syncopation. There is a piano roll of Johnson actually playing this.

[@omar_rasidagic]

That piano roll is not actually played by Johnson- it’s actually an arranged Connerized roll, with Johnson credited as player, but not actually having played it. It was a common practice at the Connerized roll company.

[@ab-il1gk]

not joplin

[@omar_rasidagic]

nice

[@kermit8619]

No, Charles L. Johnson

[@ramonpineda2357]

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