Conference mr1pst::music

   I thought I saw a piece on the tube about Christy doing the album cover
  artwork.


   - Bob

One thing I've always noticed about Mr. Joel is the range of styles he adopts.
Don't know whether it's intentional or not, but to my ears he seems to compose
in the trademark styles of other artists or groups quite often (and
effectively!). I can think of some which are recognizably similar to the
Four Seasons and Springsteen, for instance.

In songs of BJ's which have a more unique style, I hear quite a range of
approaches, nothing which I'd tend to call "the Billy Joel sound." (This is, to
me, a Good Thing.) It'd be interesting to chat with him about how he writes.

Bob

    Interesting topic:  Vocal or recording styles that Billy Joel
    has impersonated:
    
    Four Seasons (Uptown Girl)
    Ray Charles (Baby Grand)
    Ronnettes (Say Goodbye to Hollywood)
    The Tymes (The Longest Time)
    Bruce Springsteen (A Matter of Trust)
    

    Righteous Brothers (Until The Night)
    
    Dave

    
    New York State Of Mind (Brother Ray - Predates Baby Grand)
    
    

    
    Or...
    
     Root Beer Rag - Scott Joplin

    Hope the new album is better and more tuneful than Storm Front.  I was
    very disappointed in Storm Front.

    I think "Laura" from "The Nylon Curtain" borrows heavily from the
    Beatles.
    
    re: .7
    
    Having heard two cuts from the new album, I'd say there's a 50% chance
    that it will be a step up from "Storm Front" (which I thought was a
    small step up from "The Bridge").  The song "River of Dreams" has 
    been on my mind for days, but the other song, "No Man's Land," is
    another rocker a la "That's Not Her Style."  Interesting vocals, but
    nothing too memorable.
    
    What do people think of earlier albums?
    
    My favorites:
    
      The Nylon Curtain, 52nd Street, Turnstiles, Songs in the Attic
    
    Solid efforts:
    
      The Stranger, Glass Houses, An Innocent Man, Piano Man
    
    Good enough:
    
      The Bridge, Storm Front, Greatest Hits 
    
    Disappointments:
    
      Kohlept (sp?), Cold Spring Harbor, Streetlife Serenade
    

    My favorites:
    
    Albums:  Nylon Curtain, Strangers, Turnstyles, Piano Man
    
    Songs:  Until the Night, Scandinavian Nights, Angry Young Man
            New York State of Mind
    
    Have seen Mr. Joel 5 times: Boston Garden, Centrum twice, the old
                                Symphony Hall, Providence Civic Center
    
    Every Show was Fabola
    
    Any rumors about another tour?
    
    Mo
    

    
    He's done nothing but crap since The Stranger IMHO.
    
    

    Have heard a rumor that Billy Joel will be playing Boston Garden. 
    Didn't hear when...

    Has anyone heard anymore about this?
    
    I would love to see him again.  Not at the Garden but...
    
    Saw him at the Centrum a few years ago and it was one of the
    best concerts I have ever seen.  
    
    Eileen
    

    Have there been any changes in the band line-up, if I remember
    correctly his bass player for the Storm Front concert played here
    recently with michael bolton in mid May
    
    
    
    
    M.J.
    
    
    the Storm Front concert was one of the better concerts here in Ireland
    in 1990.

    
    I just thought that I'll have my pennies worth.....
    
    Here in sunny Blighty, BJ didn't mean much except Uptown girl ( which I
    still think is a pretty run-of-the-mill pop record),until I heard his 
    Greatest Hits LP.
    He is one of the few performers who,to my ears,can pull off a great
    range of sounds so damn well.. From the Piano man through to Big shot 
    through to storm front,all great songs..
                   This is one of my most played cd's and I'm sure
    the start of a BJ collection.... Could everything else be up to this
    standard..
    	I've never seen him live but would jump at the chance to do so.
    				Later peps..
                                              Robbie..
    

    
    
    I don't really like Billy Joel's performance style - can't say why,
    though - he's easily got all of Barry Manilow's MOR charisma...
    
    But, he was interviewed on CBS This Morning and it came out that BJ
    wrote a song that Barf Brooks has had some success with: Shameless! 
    Billy said he wanted to write a Jimi-Hendrix-style love song...
    
    

    I see that Billy Joel had the b*lls to price his new CD at $17.99. 
    That's $17.99 for 10 songs, folks.  This even eclipses Sting's $16.99
    list price.  I presume that Christie Brinkley is included in the price.
    
    I've already seen it on sale for $13.99, but I'll wait until Target
    puts it on sale for $11.99.
    
    I guess Billy's so pissed that his manager stole $30 million from him
    that he's decided to steal it back from us.

Hearkening back to the "Is it real or is it Billy?" theme (i.e., BJ's knack for
imitating styles), just heard "You May Be Right" the other night, and it sure did
sound a lot like ol' Mick and the Stones!

Thinking *strongly* about working that one up- it feels sooooooo right...

You may be right,
I may be crazy,
But it just may be a loo-oonatic you're lookin' for!

(Yeah, it's been that kinda week.)

Bob

    saw it for sale at the local target for $11.99 last night.  local is
    minneapolis.
    
    at $17.99 regular price, i guess i'll wait for sales or continue using
    mail order (note worthy).
    
    	ann
    

    re: .17
    
    Is $17.99 the list price, or is that the inflated price at one of the
    mall chain stores?  Does Billy Joel determine the list, or does the
    record company decide that?
    
    FWIW, I got it on sale at Rockit Records in Nashua (NH) for $11.99. 
    (It may have even been $10.99 - not sure.)
    
    Also FWIW, the first four and last four songs are excellent.  Overall,
    I think it's better - at least on the first couple of listens - than
    his two previous efforts.  I may post a more complete review in the
    future.
    
    Mike

    Mall record store chains don't charge $17.99, they charge "H", or
    something similar....;^)
    
    Donald Fagen's latest came out at $17.99 also. In a moment of
    "consumerism be damned" excitement, I actually paid it, but I can't
    think of any other artist I'd pay that much for...
    
    ...of course it went on sale 2 days later.
    
    Edd

    fyi - Lechmere is now pricing their "Top 30" CD's at $10.99.
    
    I picked up the new Billy Joel for that price last week.
    
    	Willy

    
    
     > fyi - Lechmere is now pricing their "Top 30" CD's at $10.99.
    
     > I picked up the new Billy Joel for that price last week.
    
    and if there's no Lechemere near you, Caldor also has it for 10.99
    this week.
    
    FWIW - I heard on the radio yesterday that wife Cristie did the 
    album cover.
    
     Bob

    
    For all British BJ fans, radio 1 is doing a special on him on Monday
    30th at 22:00-23:30, (or is it 21:00-22:30...Check press 4 details)..
    
    				Rob
    

    If anyone is interested I recorded the BJ special from 1FM..
    
    	Basically it was BJ on stage taking questions from members of the 
    audience and kinda playing a few tunes as he went along..Good stuff.
    
    	If anyone wants to borrow it, drop me a mail and I'll put it in the 
    internal mail...
    
    				Rob... ( Robbie Kearns @BSO)

    I heard on the radio today that Billy's new album "River of Dreams" is
    his *fastest* selling album ever.  
    
    	WW

    I heard he will also be at the Centrum too, didn't get the sale date or
    show date ...sorry
    
    Chris

    Tickets for the Worcester Centrum show (I think show date is November 9) 
    will go on sale this Saturday with a 4 ticket max.
    
    Joyce

    I check the paper and the show is Nov 6th at 8pm and the tickets go on
    sale this Saturday Sept 11 at 10am, at the Centrum box office,
    ticketmaster outlets or by phone 617-931-2000

    Has anyone seen Billy Joel yet on this tour?  I know he starts in 
    Boston tomorrow but I was wondering if he started in Maine, and if
    so, what songs he sang.
    
    Any info would be appreciated...Thanks.

Hi,

I'm looking for 2-4 tickets for any of the shows at the Centrum. I tried getting
them this weekend but couldnot get through. :-(. If you're interested in selling
please let me know.

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    I saw Billy Joel at the Garden on Tuesday night.  As always, it was a
    great show, but unfortunately, the acoustics from the loges were
    terrible.  Here's a set list, from memory.  The order's not perfect or
    even particularly close, and I may have left out a song or two.
    
      First three, for sure: A Matter of Trust, No Man's Land, Allentown
      Lullabye
      The River of Dreams
      Pressure
      Downeaster Alexa
      I Go to Extremes
      An Innocent Man
      Shameless
      Prelude/Angry Young Man
      Shades of Grey
      Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
      Good Night Saigon
      My Life
      We Didn't Start the Fire  
      Last two, before encores: You May Be Right, Only the Good Die Young   
      Encores: Storm Front, Big Shot, Piano Man
      
    I'd be interested in hearing what he plays at other shows.  He said
    that it was the beginning of the tour, and that some songs would stay
    and others would go, depending on the crowd's reaction. 
    
    Mike

    re .32
    
    Thanks, Mike.  I'll update after I see his show Firday night. I would
    expect the same songs though.
    
    					Art

    
    Art,
    
    is this tour solely a U.S. Tour or worldwide?? 

    I'm not much of a fan, but Billy's recent statements about the state of
    the music biz, in particular his complaints about promoters driving up
    ticket prices, rings home with me.  Billy has said he thinks promoters
    should look at the economy and cut price as he doesn't feel comfortable
    asking fans to shell out so much dough to come see him.  He argued that
    after years of working with certain promoters (and making them lots of
    money) the promoters should be willing to work with him to reduce
    prices.  I guess the million dollar question is whether the current
    tour's tix are any cheaper than any of the other big tours coming
    through town.
    
    I heard he also reserves some front row seats then has his road crew
    pick people at random in the worst seats and give them the front row
    tickets!  
    
    Also, yesterday I saw a CD reissue (on EMI) of the long-deleted United
    Artists album by the Hassles, Billy's band from the 60s.  Don't know if
    this is out of print already, as it was a used copy.
    
    								Brian

    Thanks for the info Brian....new respect for Mr. Joel.
    
    I saw a short story on ET with him....his tickets are $26.50 and he was
    asking the public NOT to buy scalpers tickets - to only pay the $26.50
    - Nothing more!  Guess he doesn't want us to use Ticketron..Mass's own 
    legal scalpers.
    
    Joyce

    I think what Billy was getting at are these out-of-state ticket
    scalpers that will sell you a ticket to a show that has not gone on
    sale yet for 3X the face value.....and yes the scapler outside the
    venue is no better....(I feel a rat hole forming here)....but He is
    right, this is his show, he will only see money from the face value
    sale, so if you pay more then to him you just got ripped off ! what he
    said on ET was great ! "I rather play to an empty house then have
    scaplers fill the house" (somthing like that)
    
    more big acts should make these types of statements IMO.....
    
    Chris

    
    Three cheers for Billy Joel showing his fans loyalty. I was never a big
    Billy Joel fan, but I have quite a bit of respect for him now. 
    
    fred deady

    just a question:
    
    what did billy do to keep prices down (other than asking
    the people not to support scalpers)?  is he getting paid
    less?  
    
    it's a nice sentiment but is he really doing?
    
    willie joel

    Re: .39
    
    In an interview in Musician magazine he said he was negotiating with
    promoters to come to an agreement about "lower" tickets (I assume by
    Billy and the promoters both agreeing to accepting a lower profit).  
    
    Considering that some shed tickets are pushing $40 these days, $26.50
    as a maximum is a *small* step in the right direction.  
    
    
                                                  Brian

    re.  34
    
    Billy Joel has stated that this tour will last close to 1 and 1/2
    years, and that it's the last of his long tours.  I can only guess
    that it's worldwide. 
    He also said that he spread his concert dates out because he was
    getting older and needed the rest in-between.
    Friday nite's show was great, although I thought the acoustics were
    mediocre. We were behind the stage so that could have contributed to
    it.
    

    re.  32
    
    The only difference between the first two concerts that I can see is
    that he replaced "Storm Front" with "Seen the Lights..on Broadway".
    
    He also sang "All about Soul" from his new album that he said would be
    the next single. It was not on your list in .32 but you might have just
    omitted it.
    
    Some interesting notes about Friday nite's concert:
    
    The show was chosen as the one to use footage for an upcoming PBS
    documentary. Billy was really hamming it up with the camera men!
    
    And he also said that a song from the concert would be used on MTV as a
    "live" version soon to be released, but didn't say which song. I would
    guess it would have to be one of the new songs that he performed,
    either "Shades of Grey", "Lullabye" or "All About Soul".

    re .42:
    
    Thanks for the update, Art.  We're even.  :-)
    
    Actually, he didn't play All About Soul on Tuesday night.  I think this
    song and Shades of Grey are easily the two worst cuts on the new CD. 
    I'm disappointed that they chose AAS to be the next single.
    
    I also wish I had heard Miami 2017 instead of Storm Front.
    
    Oh, well.
    
    Mike

    re .43:
    
    
    Mike,
    
        My wife and I were also disappointed with AAS being the next
    single.  She likes "Shades of Grey" though. Personally, I like
    "No Man's Land" the best.
    
    I couldn't remember the official name of that song (Miami 2017). It's
    been so long since I've heard it that I forgot. It was done nicely on
    Friday night.
    
    				Art
    

    Going tonight.  Balcony 97 Row C.  Maybe I'm a worst ticket 
    contender and could get picked for the front row!
    Either way I might move around and try to get on the floor or get 
    somewhat closer.
    Got tickets through Ticket Pro.  Marked on the ticket for $28.50,
    but I believe I paid slightly more with tax and service.
    
    I'll let you know what I think.
    
    I am a true fan since around '77' and I rank himself and Springsteen as
    the 2 best "live" performers I've ever seen.
    
    Cheers,
    Paul  

Here is most of the songs played last night in the approximate order.
I'm sure I've missed some.  
    
      A Matter of Trust (Great intro  1,2,1234...)
      No Man's Land
      Pressure		(great light show)
      Lullabye
      The River of Dreams
      Downeaster Alexa
      I Go to Extremes
      An Innocent Man   (great backup vocals)
      Shameless
      Prelude/Angry Young Man  (great piano playing affect)
      Shades of Grey
      Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
      Good Night Saigon
      Allentown
      My Life
      We Didn't Start the Fire  
      Only the Good Die Young

      Encore1:  Big Shot
      Encore2:  Piano Man


First off let me state my BJ concert experience as reference.
Paradise Club, RDS Dublin Ireland, Centrum, Twice at the Garden (now 3).

His stage layout and dynamics, lighting and sound was the best I've seen of his.
He seemed more relaxed than previous concerts, but also less energetic.
Maybe he's just starting to show his age.  I remember the 1st Garden concert
back around 1978 when he was running all over the stage and speakers.

He had 2 grand pianos on circular lifts.  One at the front center and one
at the back of the stage.  He had 2 360 rotating electric keyboards on both
sides of the stage.  He played around 3-5 songs on the side and back pianos
to the "back" crowd.  I've always seen him make a point to play directly
at the people at the rear and side of the stage (i.e. cheaper seats).
The 2 grand pianos also rotated 360 degrees via a slow motor so front
stage folks saw him at all angles.

He really set a dynamic tone during his 1st 3 songs which he kept up for 
over an hour.  Then he did "Shameless" and it was like the balloon broke.
It seemed like everyone decided to go to the rest room at the same time.
He played another lame song and then burst back into it with "Saigon".
Great lighting and sound affects for the helicopter.  Who needs to go
to "Miss Saigon" anyways.
The song that disappointed me the most was "Downeast Alexa".  I love the 
violin arrangement on this recording and the way it was performed at 
the Centrum a few years ago.  Last night the violin piece was replaced by the
guitar and it really ruined the song for me.

His jokes and adlibbing were great.  He explained that since he's written over
200 songs that he has to keep some cheap sheets in case he forgets some
cords or words.  He then did a great Dylan impression.
Also when he had the accordian on for "Downeast Alexa" he spoofed some
polka tunes.  He said he'd save that south and western swings of the tour.

He still has his original drummer, Liberty Diveto.   Bass, lead guitar
and keyboards were new.   On percussion and just about everything else and
loaded with a great voice is the same girl that toured with him for the 
stormfront tour.  Energy just pours from her.  On horns is the same guy
with dark curly hair that he's had since his Russian tour.
This guy also plays about everything on the stage and can really
crank out the sax solos.

It was by far the best concert I've seen of his.  I'd give it a 9.3 out of 10.
I of course wanted a little bit more and I was expecting 3 song encore.
He played around 2 hours 15 minutes.  His Piano man was great with his 
harmonica solos.  The whole place sang the song for him.

This concert memory might get me back to the piano.

Cheers,
Paul


PS.  If you have "Songs in the Attic" (maybe his best album, all live!)
     listen to "She's got a way about her".  It was recorded in Boston
     at the Paradise Club.  I swear at the end you can hear me cheering
     something like "way to go Billy!!!".  Really.

    any more dates/place announced for this tour ?
    specifically in minneapolis/st.paul
    
    	ann
    

    
    BJ said on the radio recently that he was gonna play England early '94.
    Anyone heard anything????????
    
    	Good to hear such great reviews of his US gigs, but has he dropped 
    New York State of mind??????? 
    
    			Robbie..
    	BTW I think AAS is a great track.	
    
    
    
    
    

    
    	well that seemed to of stopped a good conference in its tracks...

    re. 49
    
    I think the discussion will pick up again in a month when Billy Joel
    returns to the Boston area (The Centrum in Worcester). He has 3 shows
    planned in early November.
    
    I especially like "New York State of Mind" also and wished he had
    played it. I'm sure it gets added to his show when he hits his home
    state! The crowd must go wild when he plays that one for them.
    
    I'm probably in the minority but I still think "Storm Front" has more
    good cuts than "River of Dreams". I may need more time on this though.

    I'm looking for 6 tickets to the November 7th concert at the Centrum.
    Of course, we couldn't get through when they went on sale.  My daughter
    is really disappointed.  We happened to run into Billy Joel at a
    bookstore in East Hampton during the summer.  Christy was also there.
    
    Anyway, I know this is futile, but if anyone wants to sell their
    tickets, I can be reached at:
    
    E-MAIL  CUPTAY::SMASELLA
    DTN:  227-4232  (Sarah)
    
    Thanks

    billy joel is scheduled to be on SNL on saturday oct 23.
    
    	ann
    

    re: .52
    
    ...and tomorrow night on PBS.
    
    Mike

    As the last reply stated, Billy Joel special on PBS (Channel 2 Boston)
    tonight at 9pm.  I believe the show is called "Billy Joel, Shades of
    Gray".  The leader showed some recording sessions and him with the
    family on their boat.
    
    I plan on taping this on the same tape I have his HBO Russion tour,
    "A Matter of Trust".  If you haven't seen the Russian tour video 
    you are really missing something.  It is a combination of great 
    planned and spontaneous musical sessions and fantastic footage of 
    various locals thorough the old Solviet Union.
    
    BTW, I heard he played on the first CBS Letterman show.  Did anyone see
    this and can tell me what song he played and how it sounded?
    
    
    Cheers,
    Paul

    
    	According to the paper, this is not a concert show but more of
    	a song writers show.  It shows him at Berklee speaking to the
    	students.  He also tells how he wrote certain tunes, where 
    	"We didn't start the fire" was a country tune, for example.
    
    	Also, where one newer tune was taken from a previous one.
    
    	The article said that people tuning in to see concert footage
    	will be disappointed - limited clips.  Musicians tuning in will
    	see a how-to on writing pop songs.
    
    	Tom
    
    	btw, the article is in todays McPaper - USA Today.
    
    

    When is this going to be shown again in the Boston area (or did I 
    miss it?)
    
    Sounds like it could be interesting.

    
    I saw the 1 Hr special last night and it was excellent.  After reading
    Reply .55 I thought it would be very drab.
    
    The show basicly covered a little bit of his background, but mainly the 
    making of the album "River of Dreams".   They showed either snippets 
    or entire cuts of each song on the album.  I was surprised to find
    out that he recorded the album with a whole different group of 
    musicians.  The good thing is that his core band is doing his tour.
    The show portrayed him as very settled in his middle age.
    There were also other insights into other older songs.
    Some special spots:
    
    - Speaking in front of some Berklee students about song writing.
      At one point he turned around and started playing "Summer Highlands
      Fall" on a baby grand.  
    
    - "Only the Good Die Young" was first written as a raegae song.
       But when Billy told his drummer, Liberty Devito about it.  He
       refused to play raegae, so Billy Rocked it up.
    
    - He played a classical version of "For the Longest Time"
    
    - We didn't start the fire was written in Kentucky and started out
      as a country tune.
    
If I remember it, I'll check my WGBH magazine to see if there is a repeat 
showing.  PBS of New Hampshire may be repeating this as well.
    
    The show got me thinking...is there any way I could get to see him
    again at the Worcester Centrum? Hm..
    
    
    Cheers,
    Paul 
                                        

    Fyi,
    
    I hate to say it here with the scalper note going steady, but I saw an
    add in the Globe last week for BJ tickets.
    The number is 603 666-6456.  Tickets ranged from $52 to $95 and they
    did have some tickets still available for the 7th.
    
    Cheers,
    Paul

    Hi -
    
    A friend is looking for two tickets to any of the Centrum shows. 
    If you have any please call or write myself and I will pass the
    info on to her.  Thanks...Ed

    anyone got any dates for the European leg of this tour, I presume it
    will be in 1994..I'll be gone from D.E.C. at the end of DEC.
    
    
    M.J.

    What's with this "Shades of Gray" tune.

    Jack-Bruce/Cream/EC-on-Disreali-Gears/Sweet-Wine or what? I've often
    thought of BJ is a musical chameleon, but this is ridiculous. The first
    time that I heard it I thought that Jack Bruce had a new album out.
    There's even a break before the last verse where it sounds like they're
    going to go out just like "Sunshine of Your Love".

    Given that courts have ruled that imitating someone's unique sound can
    be an infringement on copyright (wasn't it Santana that cried foul when
    a TV ad used a guitar track with a definitive Santana sound?), I'd say
    Joel is flirting with a law suit here. And he knows all about law suits.
    All the plaintiff need do is play "Sunshine of Your Love", "Sweet Wine"
    and "SWALBR" (or whatever it is), for the jury. Case closed.

    ....seems like if someone wanted to take a pop at Joel for copping
    their sound, Frankie Valle coulda done it 10 years ago.
    
    But, lawyers being lawyers and all...
    
    Edd

    
    
    how appropriate , just as I begin to vacate my work area (part of Bob's
    rationalisation plan) , I hear Billy Joel's "All about soul" on the
    Radio and that tickets go on sale here in Ireland Saturday next, 
    the concert is scheduled for the R.D.S. arena some time in May 1994.   
    
    
    Farewell and best wishes to all who remain with DEC.
    
    
    Slan agus beannacht!
    
    
    M.J.

I heard today that Billy Joel and Elton John are going to be at Foxboro this
summer. Does anyone know the date and when tickets go on sale if they haven't
already.

Thanks,
Natalie

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    Not positive but! Wrist bands to be given out at Ticketmaster Friday,
    at noon. On sale Saturday? Show is July 17th. Tickets were $70 and $40.

    > Tickets were $70 and $40.
    
    Wow!
    
    The free market is an awesome thing isn't it?

    > Not positive but! Wrist bands to be given out at Ticketmaster Friday,
    > at noon. On sale Saturday? Show is July 17th. Tickets were $70 and $40.
    
    According to the Boston Globe, tickets are on sale Monday.
    
    				- Paul

    I had the price wrong too! $75. I think I'll pass.

    I heard this morning that he and Christie are officially
    seperated.........
    
    Thought this one might make it.  Are Valerie and Eddie the last
    holdouts?
    
    steve

Maybe he is an idiot after all.

    ..she probably just couldnt' stand his bug eyes anymore.....:").../k

Welp, according to People magazine, she recently was in a plane crash and
could've been killed ... maybe she's Seen the Light ...

    She was in a helicopter crash near Telluride Colorado, no injury.
    Doing backcountry skiing.

    Seems they have been seperated since Thanksgiving and when Christy was
    in a helicopter crash a few weeks ago it was appearent that Billy was
    not by her side.  They have since made a joint statement taht they are
    seperated but want to remain friends, no word on whether a divorce was
    filed.  They have been married for 9 years and have an 8 year old
    daughter, Alexie (I believe). 
    
    
    Jt
    

    I read the account of her helicopter crash in People and I noticed that
    she said that when the crash was happening, and she was being thrown
    around, that all she could think of was that she couldn't die and leave
    her daughter.  She said she was being bounced and thrown around and all
    she kept thinking was "Alexis, Alexis, Alexis!" or whatever the
    daughter's name is (something like Alexis).  It struck me that she
    didn't mention anything about thinking about her husband when she
    thought she might be going to die, only her daughter, so it didn't
    surprise me to hear that they were splitting up.
    
    Lorna
    

    ...i believe the daughters name is Alexa if i've read my tabloids
    right!.......;')...................../k

    
    	Anyone ever hear his work with Attila/The Hassles?
    
    	Well, neither had I until I happened to find "Rollin' Home" in
    	the bargain bin at Strawberries.
    
    	VERY 70's-sounding ... lots of keyboards and some guitar.  And
    	the keys are very good, IMO ... somewhere between a Jon Lord and
    	a Keith Emerson, although lacks some of the precision of Emerson.
    	Wonder if Billy played the keyboards?  This CD has no credits.
    
    	A rockin' album, for sure.
    

    
    	After another listen, this is a VERY rockin' album.  Some good
    	guitar AND keys work, especially on "California Flash" and
    	"Amplifier Fire", among others.
    
    	The 1st 9 are sung by Billy Joel, then some other guy takes over
    	for the last 4 or 5.
    
    	db, if you ever see this album, pick it up.  If you like 70's
    	stuff you'll love this.