Johnny Maddox is one of the leading ragtime piano players of all time. He was America's number one jukebox artist in 1955 when he recorded the first all-piano record in history, "The Crazy Otto Medley ...

I met Handy. I spent a whole day with him. He called me the white boy with the colored fingers. That was a big compliment When the Grateful Dead sang a hundred verses in ragtime to "Ramble On Rose, it ...

Earlier today, The Tennessee Arts Commission announced the recipients of the Governor's Arts Awards, and among the winners was longtime Gallatin resident Johnny Maddox, aka Crazy Otto. Though his name ...

Johnny Maddox, a legendary ragtime pianist who was a mainstay at the Diamond Belle Saloon for 16 years, died Tuesday in Gallatin, Tennessee. He was 91. Maddox had an illustrious career, first taking ...