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| - On Friday and Saturday nights Napoleon's Dueling Piano Bar has been a rock & roll show that is as good as it gets. What John Lennon and Paul McCartney were to rock & roll, Billy Kraus and David Mauk are to dueling pianos. They are living juke boxes that can belt out any hit that has been on the radio from "Great Balls of Fire" to "Back In Black." From 9 PM. to 1 AM., they have made Saturday night the place to party on the Strip. That was until last Saturday. Just like Lennon & McCartney, Mauk & Kraus have broken up. This is another blow to the Las Vegas dueling piano scene. What is left of Napoleon's Dueling Pianos is a good dueling piano bar show.
Napoleon's Dueling Piano Bar is located in the Paris Hotel & Casino, off the mall that connects it to Bally's and the parking garage. In similar respects to the majority of Paris, it is le themed. Napoleon's resembles more of a Paris cigar lounge more than a happening dueling piano bar. The best way to describe it is elegant. There are two entrances to the bar. One is from the cobble stoned walkway mall and the other is from the convention center hallway. Tables with plush seats make up the majority of the room. Along the perimeter is a few couches and the bar. Off to the side is a separate room that showcases cigars. The stage is against the window that overlooks the mall.
Napoleon's Dueling Piano Bar is more than the 9-1 dueling piano show. When it opens at 4 PM., there is usually entertainment. I have seen a doo wop group that performs fantastic versions of Motown songs. I have seen a guitar player that is not my musical tastes.
When I watch the Dueling Pianos show at Napoleon's, there has been little difficulty getting a table. A few minutes into the show, the tables fill up. This is the time to pay for a request. I will give a tip that there are the suggested requests and the requests with green. The dueling piano players will laugh at the suggested requests. They will play anything from $5 to $100. In my opinion, my $5 requests were just as good as a show off or drunk patron's $100 request. When Bill and Dave were performing, there would be a line of $20 requests by the second hour of the show. Into the night, as patrons become more acquainted with the alcohol, they become a part of the show. I see people that came in all normal and serious doing some crazy things that I would never think. Hopefully these people forget it when they wake up sober. I know I would like to forget paying $100 to hear "Hotel California." By the end of the night the majority of the patrons leave Napoleon's Dueling Piano Bar living it up on a Saturday night.
The one drink minimum is the admission into Napoleon's. In my opinion, the drinks are high priced and the selection is below par. I would much rather be drinking a Budweiser Draft beer instead of a Sam Adam's Draft. Especially for $7! Last week, I just couldn't stand the taste of having a Sam Adam's to the point that I upgraded to a Heineken. That is $8. If you want to be buzzed during the show, I recommend having a couple of beers at another bar before the show. Regardless of the price of beer, it is difficult to get buzzed when the server seems to be visiting the table every couple of hours.
With Billy Kraus and David Mauk broken up, Napoleon's Dueling Piano Bar started a new era. It is an enjoyable place to spend some time on a Saturday night. Talent is talent. David Mauk and his partner still put on a good show. Hopefully Billy Kraus and David Mauk will reunite or they will hire Bonnie Mizner full-time. Then I could rate Napoleon's Dueling Piano Bar as good as it gets.
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