Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel), Pt....
Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel), Pt. 2

Caropop di Mark Caro

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In Pt. 2 of this lively, insightful conversation with Liberty DeVitto’, Billy Joel’s longtime drummer revisits the challenge of drumming in the synth-driven 1980s; the making of Joel’s albums The Bridge, Storm Front and River of Dreams; the creation of the smash single “We Didn’t Start the Fire”; the reason DeVitto plays on only one River of Dreams song; and his irate fax that wound up on that last album’s control room wall. DeVitto also addresses his high-profile split from Joel and subsequent lawsuit against the singer-songwriter. How did they reconcile, with Joel writing the foreword to DeVitto’s memoir, Liberty: Life, Billy and the Pursuit of Happiness? Have DeVitto and Joel played together since then? Why or why not? What did DeVitto say that got left on the cutting-room floor of the two-part HBO  ... 

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drummerpaul mccartneylawsuitLiberty DeVittoBilly JoelThe BridgeStorm FrontRiver of DreamsAnd So It GoesWe Didn't Start the Fire
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