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Max Morath
 Max Morath, a native of Colorado Springs, Colorado is a
ragtime legend. He has performed all over the world in his one man shows,
"Turn of the Century", "The Ragtime years", and "Living
a Ragtime Life". Morath is an author and producer having put together a
series for PBS and a revue tracing drinking habits in the US.
Morath received his Masters Degree in 1996 tracing American history and
the music of Carrie Jacobs-Bond. Besides
being a recording artist for QRS, Morath performed at the twenty-fifth
anniversary convention of AMICA in San Francisco in 1988.
"LIVING A RAGTIME LIFE" - At AMICA's SILVER ANNIVERSARY
CONVENTION
San Francisco - June 22-26, 1988 - From the March/April 1988
AMICA Bulletin
Okay, so it's time to let you in on our big entertainment
extravaganza. We've been saving this item of news in order to convince you that
you must attend AMICAs Silver Anniversary in San Francisco, on June 22 through
the 26th, or you'll miss a unique experience.
The popular pianist/singer Max Morath will entertain all who
attend this once-in-a-life-time function. He will present "Living A Ragtime
Life" at the Grand Banquet on Saturday evening. This musical revue of an earlier
America is a blend of music, humor and satire and takes a look into another era
- the Roaring Twenties and the Gay Nineties. Those were the days when player
pianos, reproducers, phonographs and other automatic musical instruments were
all the craze.
"The show crackles with wit and wisdom," said a NY Times critic,
after viewing Max's Broadway performance. "It has so much variety that one
forgets that it's a one-man endeavor," wrote the Associated Press. Honest and
truly! The show is a provocative mix of music and Americana!
The songs and piano solos in "Living a Ragtime Life" range from
ragtime to show tunes, from novelty songs to the blues. Max - who incidentally
is an AMICA Honorary Member - will be including words, music and the spirit of
such immortals as Scott Joplin, Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, Bert Williams,
May Irwin and many other favorites of yours. He will tickle the ivories on one
of our special AMICA Collection grand pianos, and make the music we love speak
for us all. Quoting the Times again: "Max Morath is a philosopher of American
popular culture with Mark Twain's gift of gab and a farsighted historical view."
Now, how can any loyal, true, upright, steadfast, devoted and
dedicated AMICAn deny him or herself the opportunity of seeing and hearing this
great entertainer and his show? I ask you.
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