Jim Allen has been playing piano at Marie's Crisis for the past 18 years. It's a divey little piano bar in New York where the off-off-Broadway crowd congregates after-hours. Over the years, Allen has memorized some 16,000 songs and acquired a dedicated family of regulars he calls a "Fellini version of the Waltons." As a child, Allen's father taught him to only play music for religious purposes. Today, Allen sees his work at the piano bar as a continuation of his father's mission as a Christian.
