![Gallup’s Piano Man, Ramon Chavez, sits at his piano while members of 10 Minute Max, Don Taminga and Jim Sayers entertain the Coal Street Pub audience with folk music. Photo Credit: Melinda Russell](/images/resized/images/news/2015/04_01may/25_100_100.jpg)
It’s Saturday night at Coal Street Pub. There’s live music being played by the local folk band, 10 Minutes Max.
Ramon Chavez, Coal Street owner, is a musician who plays drums, piano and vocals. His love for music is obvious in his support of local acts that entertain the patrons of his pub.
“I started playing snare drum at Washington Elementary with Ken Holloway. He was my music teacher almost every year until he retired,” Chavez said, as he reminisced about his formative years in music.
He remembered a time when Mr. Holloway threw a chair across the room. It reminded him of the movie “Whiplash,” a story about a tumultuous relationship between a student drummer and his...