The pied pianist of Uptown Minneapolis

MPR’s Jay Gabler wrote yesterday about Dylan Spoering, the young Uptown boy who charmed everybody with his plan to hold a piano recital outside his home, the way others might put up a lemonade stand.

The friends and neighbors in the area took it from there, whipping up support, creating a Facebook page, and trying to set up an online stream.

As luck would have it, this being the Minnesota summer from hell (so far), when the concert started this afternoon, the skies opened up.

As if Uptown cared…