Billy Joel played his first show since the start of the pandemic at Boston’s Fenway Park on Wednesday night. It was a rain-soaked evening, but the capacity crowd didn’t seem to mind and they stayed throughout the entire 26-song set, which featured the usual hits along with lesser-known songs like “And So It Goes” and “A Room of Their Own.”
Joel also played “River of Dreams,” which included an extended segment of “Tush” by Zz Top as a tribute to the late Dusty Hill. The song was a...
Joel also played “River of Dreams,” which included an extended segment of “Tush” by Zz Top as a tribute to the late Dusty Hill. The song was a...
- 8/5/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
In 1989, Crystal Taliefero got a call from someone she knew from her days touring as a percussionist and backup singer in John Mellencamp’s band. He wanted to know if she was available for a recording session in New York and a possible tour with another artist. “I said, ‘Sure. With who?'” she says. “He goes, ‘With the Piano Man.’ I was trying to be cool, but I didn’t know who the Piano Man was.”
It’s now 31 years later and she not only knows that the Piano Man is Billy Joel,...
It’s now 31 years later and she not only knows that the Piano Man is Billy Joel,...
- 5/29/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
There are a lot of things that Billy Joel couldn’t possibly have imagined when he first played Madison Square Garden on December 14th, 1978. He couldn’t have imagined that 40 years later he’d sit on the same stage with his three-year-old daughter in his lap while the venue hoisted a banner into the rafters commemorating his 100th show at the arena. He couldn’t have imagined he’d be popular enough at age 69 to pack the place every single month for years on end despite effectively retiring as a...
- 7/19/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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