Unfortunately, Joel was never able to meet John Lennon before he died, even though the two of them lived across the water from each other on the North Shore of Long Island. “I had not met John, but I understood from his friend, a guy named Fred Seaman, that he used to row his bo...
With multiple awards and accolades under his belt, including the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Guitar Player of the Year award in 2019 and 2021, Billy Strings continues to push the boundaries of roots music. His relentless dedication to his craft and his unwavering commitment to ...
The author declares that Stegmeyer is the only person who Joel kept from his touring band. Among their songs include "The Stranger" and "She's Always a Woman." The article also underscores Stegmeyer's guitar ...
WASHINGTON —Acclaimed actress Shirley MacLaine and four musicians spanning rock, jazz and opera — Billy Joel, Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock and Martina Arroyo — will receive this year's Kennedy Center Honors, considered the nation's highest honor for those who influence American culture through ...
Billy Joel has always been at his worst when trying to chase musical trends rather than integrating them into his sound. There's almost a hair-metal vibe to 'Storm Front,' especially on album opener "That's Not Her Style," which could have been an outtake from a Bon Jovi record, and...
Joel says that the idea for the song came to him just after he'd turned 40. He was in the studio talking to a young adult who was talking about how tough the late '80s were for people his age. Telling Joel, "You were a kid in the fifties and everybody knows that nothing happened...
In a time when record collections are updated as often as wardrobes, Billy Joel seemed destined to be another fad. True, his 1977 single “Just the Way You Are” was a smash hit, but both he and his music seemed too normal to make it in the world of musical flash. For one thing,...
First, Billy Joel had to endure a series of false starts in the studio, including an aborted run at self-producing the record that ended when he hired Danny Kortchmar (whose previous credits includedDon Henley's first three solo albums) to take over. Moving the sessions into New York's Hi...
Joel was still developing his trademark style here, and while the rest of the album doesn't quite measure up to the strength of "Piano Man," it fits quite neatly into the rubric of the one-man folk-rock artists of the era (namely Elton John, but also acoustic guitar-wielding troubadours...
Bass Backing Track - Get It Right the First Time - Billy Joel - Instrumental Without Bass Backing Track for Bass player. This title is a cover of Get It Right the First Time as made famous by Billy Joel Tempo: variable (around 106 BPM) In the same key as the original: F This ...