The Passion of the Mallman

10:20The crowd roars as Mallman crosses the 52.4-hour mark. A giant banner with stars and stripes unfurls behind the band: "Mission Accomplished."

Somebody shouts for an encore, and Mallman obliges.

Peter S. Scholtes

Wide awake in America: Piano man Mark Mallman played for three days without stopping

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10:50 Backstage, I ask Mallman what he's going to do now. "Take a shower," he says. "Maybe watch A Clockwork Orange and fall asleep."

Did he ever feel like he was going to pass out? "All the time. But dude, it's so fucking easy. My dad ran a 50-mile trail run in the rain. His toenails fell off. And he's like, 'I don't know, I'm worried about your voice.' He ran for 11 hours in the rain. All I'm doing is sitting down, drinking."

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