Or maybe Les Dawson.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nNGlaiVypU
Although Les claimed in his dubious (not exactly true..) autobiography to have been a pianist in a Parisian brothel, he did make his living at some point in his early days by piano playing. Sad to see it described as 'off key' playing when in fact it was far cleverer than that label implies. Firstly, he'd play the first few notes quite correctly, then at the first climax, would flatten the chord and continue from there. He could do it to anything, and always gave the impression it came very easily but he did have a gift for knowing exactly which parts of a piece to attack, and which bits to leave as written.
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