Talk:Richard Maloof

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography
	This article is supported by WikiProject Musicians (assessed as Low-importance).

Classical music

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Classical music, which aims to improve, expand, copy edit, and maintain all articles related to classical music, that are not covered by other classical music related projects. Please read the guidelines for writing and maintaining articles. To participate, you can edit this article or visit the project page for more details.Classical musicWikipedia:WikiProject Classical musicTemplate:WikiProject Classical musicClassical music

Discovered by Lawrence Welk

Latest comment: 1 month ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I have a first-hand story about how Richard Maloof was discovered by Lawrence Welk that differs from the article. Maloof didn't attend Sac. State or the other schools mentioned before being discovered. Instead, he was a student at American River College (ARC), a community college in Sacramento, struggling to pass music theory. His band director at ARC was a trombone player who recently sat next to me in a community band. My trombone player friend said: in 1967, Maloof was at a gig at Lake Tahoe when Lawrence Welk also had a gig at Harrahs Lake Tahoe. It was Welk's attending of Maloof's gig that inspired Welk to recruit Maloof. Timhowardriley (talk) 23:28, 2 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

A page that knows where it met you.

Discovered by Lawrence Welk