Music Monday: Billy Joel Piano Man
2 min readApr 15, 2024
Billy Joel’s album Piano Man was released in 1973. Some would say it was the album that made him as an artist, his launching pad to stardom. He admits that this record captured the essence of his experiences playing the piano bar circuit in Los Angeles.
The title track, a melancholic ballad, fictionalizes the characters Joel encountered during those nights. From the lovelorn John at the bar to the…