The Piano Bar

Mike Manson

Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Mike Manson has been entertaining audiences for nearly 20 years with his halfway okay piano skills. He has played at piano bars all over the country, including The Big Bang, Howl at the Moon, The Bar at Times Square and countless others. Mike is all about the crowd having fun and can play thousands of songs instantly across all genres. If you really want to make him happy, request some Prince, McCartney, and anything played on MTV in the ‘80s!

Kevin Kennedy

Kevin Kennedy is from St Louis. Kevin has played piano since 8. Since then, has taught him self guitar, bass and drums. For 16 years Kevin has played dueling pianos across the country. His show is built on positive energy and being a part of the crowd having fun.

Stephen Winter

Stephen Winter has been in the Dueling Piano business since 1991. Starting w Keys/StLouis, Winter relocated to Sacramento, CA as house player at Ltl Ditties. From there Winter, was house player at NYNY/Las Vegas, City Streets/Houston, and Willy D’s/Little Rock, as well as freelancing all over the US. Winter has also played keyboards/piano in bands, pubs, and cruise ships for over 35 years in US with stints in Hong Kong, Norway, Switzerland, Ireland, and Holland. Winter was also part of 2000 California House Of Blues Tour with Devon Allman’s Honeytribe as an opener for Gregg Allman Band. Tour culminated at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Currently residing in St. Louis, Winter continues to be in demand as keyboardist for local tribute bands and other performance based groups, as well as still freelancing in dueling pianos.

Justin Flagg

Justin Flagg started playing piano at the age of four and has loved it ever since. He continued to play all through High School and into college. While in college, he studied Musical Composition and Vocal Performance at Webster University and Lindenwood University. After finishing college in 2002 he started working at the Big Bang in St. Louis. For the next seven years he learned the ins and outs of Dueling Pianos. In 2009 he decided it was time for a change. He started working at the Jive n’ Wail and began traveling and playing all over the country. He has played at several places including… The Penguin (Dallas TX, Columbia MO, Lexington KY, Cincinnati OH) Michael Murphy’s (Oklahoma City OK) and The Blue Moon (Des Moines IA) just to name a few.

Meet the Artist

Mike Manson

Kevin Kennedy

Stephen Winter

Justin Flagg