Great Interview with Billy Joel

[MylesBAstor]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/m...drinking.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-share

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/m...drinking.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-share

Haha! I just shared that on FB....great read indeed!

 

[LenWhite]

Thanks for the article link. It's amazing to learn someone having Billy Joel's talent doesn't own his own hit song masters. I guess that means he's not benefiting from the Analogue Production series. That really doesn't seem right because creatively and sound wise they're really good albums.

 

[Bill Hart]

Hope the dog wears a helmet.

 

[astrotoy]

The story was very poignant but with a happy ending so far. It is an object lesson to young talented people who are very good at one thing, but have not a clue about finance and are ever so trusting of those who are only interested in the money that they make. I remember visiting my brother in the Bahamas about 20 years ago when he was running his first hotel which had a casino. He took me on the floor and pointed out several of the high rollers. He said that many of them were young athletes who were in their early to mid 20's and making more money than they knew what to do with. They were not allowed to gamble on sports, so they flew down to Nassau on the weekends and would blow $100k or more in one night. There was even one a bit older, Bernie Kozar, who was still playing with the Dolphins as I remember. Billy Joel didn't even get a chance to do that, with the record companies and agent - brother-in-law taking his money. I hope that his previous life of hard drinking and drug taking doesn't take his health before too long. I saw a documentary on him a couple of years ago and I remember them talking about and playing some excepts from his more classically oriented, non-pop, non-rock compositions. A wonderful talent.

Larry