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 ...

“My life was handed to me on a silver platter,” said Johnny Maddox, ragtime pianist. “I didn’t even have to leave my hometown to find the career that I loved.” Maddox reminisced as he relaxed in the ...

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 ...

Famous ragtime pianist Johnny Maddox visited Columbia this week as the guest of honor at the Blind Boone Ragtime Festival. In the height of his career in the 1950s, Maddox performed with names like ...

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 ...

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 ...

John "Johnny" Sheppard Maddox III, age 63, of Little Rock, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Mother's Day, May 12, 2019. He was born to the late John S. Maddox Jr. and Betty Biddy Maddox on July ...