American organist Carlo Curley (1952-2012), a self-styled “Pavarotti of the organ,” was an entertaining figure with a phenomenal keyboard technique and an oversized personality. He was Studs Terkel’s guest on WFMT in 1983.
Organist Carlo Curley (c. 1983)
The organ of the Basilica of St. Martin, in Weingarten, Germany (Photo: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)