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Piccolo Guy

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711 State St, Madison
Madison, WI 53703
www.kevinkilduff.com
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  1. The infamous guy who plays his Piccolo (very well) all year round on state street and also plays in the University Bands on either Tuesday or Thursday nights. Posted by: BadgerGirl53706 on May 11, 2008 (8) (1)
  2. Senior citizen in front of the University Book Store who plays his piccolo year round, frequently sporting a blaze orange hunting suit. Posted by: rpanzer on May 01, 2008 (7) (1)
  3. The man's name is Tom Ryan. He is widely referred to as the Orange Guy or the Piccolo Guy. Piccolissimo is the name of his band - they play at the Crystal Corner on the first Sunday of every month at 3:00.

    The other names attributed to him here are not common. Posted by: Mr-Blues on Jul 22, 2008 (5) (1)
  4. I've heard people refer to him as "Piccolito." He's friendly and quite talented. Posted by: brookeashlei on Aug 17, 2008 (2) (0)
  5. "Piccolo Guy" is far too vague. He is more commonly referred to as "Piccolo Pete" or "Piccolismo". Posted by: madisonian on Jul 14, 2008 (3) (1)
  6. Tom Ryan - 16 min documentary available here: http://www.kevinkilduff.com/blazeorange/watch.html Posted by: daniella on Jun 24, 2008 (5) (3)
  7. Whether you call him "Piccolo Guy", "Orange Guy", or "Orange Piccolo Guy", Tom Ryan has been wearing green lately. Apparently he's not married to the color for which he has become infamous in the Madison area. Posted by: Anonymous on Jun 27, 2009 (2) (1)
  8. Tom Ryan is one of the most extraordinarily intelligent people I have ever known personally. Over time I have grown to respect him as both a musician as well as a true philosper of life in modern times. His knowledge of world history and geopolitics is astonishing. I would put him on a level with any professor I had at the 4 major institutions of higher learning I attended (two post grad, one doctorate -al fully accredited). I hope he is well today. Mike Rieselman, Trial Lawyer, Los Angeles, CA. mrieselman@hotmail.com ps Tom is now internationally famous for once introducing a man as follows: "This is -----(fill in the name) most of what he knows is wrong." You can meet BLANK in Madison any afternoon playing jeopardy at the Crystal Corner Bar with local geniuses Jim Yeadon (Const' Law Scholar and devoted public servant and other hip artists, etc). You will know BLANK as the smallest man with the Loudest voice who is truly wrong about everything and confidently, belligerently so. He will boldly insist that Michigan is in Canada to the point of a death match with men twice his size and claim he won the fight days after being released from the hospital. Posted by: mriesleman on Dec 30, 2008 (2) (1)
  9. The Piccolo guy aka "Blaze" is so well known in Madison that a guy dressed up as him for Halloween. Posted by: jessicaloy on Jul 12, 2008 (1) (0)
  10. He has also been known to dye his usually white locks green on St. Patrick's day. Posted by: nebulous on Jun 17, 2008 (3) (2)
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