Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kansas City Jazz Spoons Player & Utensilist Peter Shilliday ..  I have caught him live a few times with Bram accompanying him on either piano or according and his performance is very impressive .. He picked up the inspiration for spoons from his grandfather who played spoons as a pastime while deployed in Japan during WWII .. He would end up taking the deep dive into spoons playing in 2012 on a folk tune in a choir concert as a student at Missori S&T. From there, he began doing it for his passion of swing music .. He is also a swing dancer and goes by the stage name DJ Shillzapoppin .. He’s a very unique part of a great Kansas City jazz scene .. Dig the story ..   Click to listen. Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/ If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4