'She belonged to everybody': Iconic Great Falls musician 'Piano Pat' passes away
'She belonged to everybody': Iconic Great Falls musician 'Piano Pat' passes away Traci Rosenbaum, Great Falls Tribune © TRIBUNE PHOTO/RION SANDERS Pat Sponheim, better known as Piano Pat, plays on a recent Wednesday night at the Sip n Dip. She has played piano at the bar since 1963. At a tiny tiki bar in Great Falls, generations of Montanans yelled "bum bum bum" to "Sweet Caroline" and "Where's the salt?" to "Margaritaville" crooned in a low, husky voice by a woman who spent almost 60 years as a beloved local legend. Patricia "Piano Pat" Sponheim has played her last notes, ...