Don't know if any of you want to see this. Beato Does Billy Joel

[Saul Goodman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Bebf3Y2rk

[mrjamiam]

Haven't looked at the interview, but I think I recall Mr. J playing a Hamer in concert.  Or rather, seeing a picture of such.  So maybe some HFC interest.

[Menehune]

[bry4321]

[hamerican gigolo]

Another great interview from RB. His channels are stellar. 

[Biz Prof]

In November of last year, I started playing with an established local cover band in which the drummer is a longtime friend of mine. One of their more popular covers is "New York State of Mind", which isn't much of a guitar tune, but was fun to learn in terms of backing chord progressions. Their previous lead guitarist had noodled his way through the sax solo (no horns in this band). Sounded fine, but I decided to learn the sax fills and solo at least 90% note-for-note. It's a blast to play and members of the audience love the tune played faithful to the original.  More recently, we added Anthony's Song/Movin' Out. Another fun cover and a challenge to nail down all the details.

The experience has given me a new and robust appreciation of Mr. Joel, his musicianship, and his writing prowess. Looking forward to watching his Beato interview, as Rick is a stellar interviewer.

[Saul Goodman]

9 minutes ago, Biz Prof said:

In November of last year, I started playing with an established local cover band in which the drummer is a longtime friend of mine. One of their more popular covers is "New York State of Mind", which isn't much of a guitar tune, but was fun to learn in terms of backing chord progressions. Their previous lead guitarist had noodled his way through the sax solo (no horns in this band). Sounded fine, but I decided to learn the sax fills and solo at least 90% note-for-note. It's a blast to play and members of the audience love the tune played faithful to the original.  More recently, we added Anthony's Song/Movin' Out. Another fun cover and a challenge to nail down all the details.

The experience has given me a new and robust appreciation of Mr. Joel, his musicianship, and his writing prowess. Looking forward to watching his Beato interview, as Rick is a stellar interviewer.

I'm not a fan of Billy Joel. Never have been. Just not my style, nothing against him. I learned a lot about him in this video as a fellow who doesn't know how to read music and plays by ear. I appreciate him as a musician now.