Wally Pikal was born in 1927 and is a musician/entertainer who is in the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame and still performing at the age of 84. While a senior in high school, Wally played his first professional job with the Jerry Dostal Band. Wally soon learned that he could play two and even three trumpets at the same time. That was strange enough, but Wally began doing it while jumping on a pogo stick, to the total amazement of his audiences. In 1950 his Band ?Wally & the Dill Pickles? began. Wally has continued playing for over a half a century. He also owned a music store in Hutchinson, Minnesota. Wally?s one-man vaudeville show earned him fame on national television shows. In an appearance on The Tonight Show in 1973, Wally played three trumpets while jumping on his pogo stick, to which Bishop said, "Son of a gun!". Wally also appeared on The Mike Douglas Show around the same time. Today Wally has a weekly Friday radio show called "The Pikal Patch" on KDUZ in Hutchinson and still entertains audiences with his old-time band. While still playing two trumpets at once, Wally has stopped using the pogo stick, however. 

1927 in   /  Died:   Mar 1st, 2017 - aged 90