![]() ![]() He was 17 and in a band called The Hassles and I was 16 and in a band called The New Rock Workshop. In an online interview, DeVitto describes how Joel's classic late 1970s-early 1980s band first came together:īilly and I used to play the same club in Plainview, Long Island, called My House. The touring lineup changed and it took a few years for the lineup to stabilize. The group toured throughout the United States, including Puerto Rico. Joel's first touring band, formed in 1971 to support the Cold Spring Harbor album, comprised Rhys Clark on drums, Al Hertzberg on guitar, and Larry Russell on bass. ![]() ![]() The band, which now no longer includes any of its original members, is often not recognized as a formal entity, and is instead referred to simply as Billy Joel's band. This line-up included Richie Cannata on saxophones and organ, Liberty DeVitto on drums, Russell Javors on guitar, and Doug Stegmeyer on bass. Joel's touring band as a whole did not begin playing on his records until he recorded the album Turnstiles in 1976. The band stabilized around 1975 but underwent several lineup changes in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Billy Joel Band is the band that backs singer-songwriter and pianist Billy Joel on both studio and live recordings. ![]()
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