Phil Anderson Piano Man

[gunkelj]

Has anyone heard Phil Anderson who plays the piano on the Royal ships? Trying to find out if he plays elevator piano music or sing alongs in the Schooner Bar?

 

Thanks

[jeaa112]

He plays sing a long songs in the Schooner Bar.

[wolfganghowell]

We've seen him many times on Galveston cruises. He plays a lot of country. Not only country though - you'll get your Elton/Billy Joel etc. No elevator types - usually it's a fun evening.

[gunkelj]

Thank you for info on Phil Anderson

[TubbyMrT]

I was on Oasis in June and some guy was putting us all to sleep. No top tunes with which to sing along. Only old tunes for the 70 year olds. It was awful. He was out of touch with the audience and playing his favorite Broadway hits from the 40's or something.

[gunkelj]

I know what you are talking about on Oasis in Jan 2015 and piano guy hardly knew any sing alongs. Deadest I have ever seen the schooner bar.

[George C]

He draws a crowd, but I was very happy he was not on my last cruise, did not care for his country and western stuff.

[Bigtex1622]

Love Him ! Wish he was on Liberty in 2016.

[gigi65]

He is entertaining but he won't play any requests unless he is tipped

[Markmom18]

Well....how is the piano man on Freedom now? We also like the sing alongs:)

Bobbi

[SECdawg]

Kelly Goodrich is on Freedom right now and he is great. Dresses in theme for the shows. He usually does one night each of Elton John, Billy Joel, Neil Diamond,the Beatles, and Jimmy Buffett.

[slvrbllt]

He is entertaining but he won't play any requests unless he is tipped

 

That's interesting, because every cruise we've been on with Phil he's asked for requests and played almost all of them without a tip requirement. The only ones he didn't play were songs he didn't know or songs that you can't do on a piano very well.

[sredish]

He is entertaining but he won't play any requests unless he is tipped

 

Interesting...we've seen him on three cruises and he's never played solely for tips. He just hollers out, "What's next?" and people holler back. Many tip as they leave, but it wasn't a pay by song sort of thing.

[claowens]

Just got off the Navigator on Sunday. Our group of 26 went every night he played. Always asked for request some tipped some didn't but if he knew it it played it. Always got the crowd involved. Great fun!

 

 

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[Mitzyscorner]

Has anyone heard Phil Anderson who plays the piano on the Royal ships? Trying to find out if he plays elevator piano music or sing alongs in the Schooner Bar?

 

Thanks

 

He was on Navigator of the Seas 8/9/15.

 

He does not play elevator music. More like easy listening 70's stuff. Not my preference, personally -- but he seemed to always have a decent audience that appeared happy to be there. ;) Nobody was singing along with him though. I am not a night owl or a drinker so maybe that happens after midnight and too many cocktails.

[WaldorfMama]

Phil is great. He takes a lot of requests and never asked for tips. The only things he didn’t play were things he didn’t know at least half the song. :) He even played a really tough one with lots of freaky chords, figured it out right quick on the fly. I’m a professional musician and it was HARD, but someone wanted to sing it and he did it. He’s great.

[HicksRA]

[chrisby]

I've seen none better than Joe Hollywood when we were on the Quantum in 2015, man did we have a blast!

 

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[HicksRA]

Pic of Phil Anderson:

 

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[Larry&Darla]

if you cant have a great time listening to Phil Anderson you ain't trying very hard

[trippintex]

is phil on now and for how long

[George C]

if you cant have a great time listening to Phil Anderson you ain't trying very hard

 

I go out to listen to live music twice a week and all the piano players we normally see are way better than Phil