Ken Griffin's 67 Melody Lane - Johnny Costa & Joe Negri - After You've Gone + Little Brown Jug.

[@pgh45rpms]

Johnny & Joe were two talented musical fixtures from Pittsburgh, who eventually worked together on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood". That bald man chatting with Ken is Sterling Yates, who became a jazz buff radio dj at Pittsburgh's KDKA. '67 Melody Lane' was a syndicated limited-run tv show produced in Chicago.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Mr. Rogers' co-stars. My life has come full circle.

[@mjbari3]

Cool! I just saw Joe and his trio this past weekend, and he can still rock it! BTW, Johnny Costa was my Great Uncle!

[@TheBandMan]

mjbari3 lucky you!!! I saw Negri about 12 years ago at a guitar workshop in Pittsburgh. Awesome!!

[@cpfs936]

Nice to hear he's still going!

[@ukestudio3002]

Even with the warbly audio ..sounds great .!

[@newmoon54]

Two super talented Italians from Pennsy!!!!!!

[@muffins1ize]

Oh my what a treat to hear. I rem. Joe back in the day on T.V. He is still great. Thankis for bringing this to the net. To hear all 3 of them is a treat. Loved little brown jug.

[@oofykapoof]

AWESOME is what comes to mind whenever I see or hear Johnny or Joe! Thank you so much for sharing your incredible talent and inspiring us for so many years on Mister Rogers.

[@Blinglover]

What fun for me since I knew them all.

[@telebob59]

Wow! Joe giving Les Paul a run for his money here. Looks like probably the same D'Angelico New Yorker I remember seeing on WTAE-TV back in the day. A handy man with that guitar he most certainly is. Both he and Costa are but only two examples of Pittsburgh's great jazz tradition, to be sure.

[@kenkarsh]

Oh my God, what a GEM!!!!

[@fraterlucifer888]

Sweet

[@mjbari3]

Yup. Only by marriage (he married an aunt). Sadly, I never knew my father's side of the family, and never got to meet him. :(

[@ikeeichenberg]

sweet!!!

[@mondodave]

go boys go!

[@16yearoldwhiteboy]

The white version of Art Tatum and Tiny Grimes

[@rgraham9792]

OMG! That lady at the end was Aunt Harriet from Batman and Robin

[@rockabillyguitar1797]

What model type of guitar that Joe was playing on that show???

[@polishbroadcast]

Rockabilly Guitar Probably his 1943 D'Angelico.

[@kvuo]

swell shred

[@jasonkovac547]

Zoinks

[@docsaxman]

Amazing. I'm from Pittsburgh and Joe was a mainstay. Never met Johnny but I had met Mister Rogers and knew about Costa. I've NEVER seen this I wasn't been born! Thanks.

[@drummerflex]

This music is great, but their scripted lines must be from Leave It To Beaver.