What book do you have to reach before he teaches you the not-boring kind of piano playing? From what I heard, I'd rather just stick with the classical.
This clip is still music to my ears (skip ahead to 1:15 and grab some popcorn):
You only need to learn a couple of chords with your left hand and you can play any hymn in the hymnbook. If you get that really crankin' you can go all night.