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From a Tribute Band to the Real Thing: How Mike DelGuidice Became Billy Joel’s Right Hand Piano Man
It’s a Monday night at New York’s Madison Square Garden and Billy Joel is on stage for his record 44th consecutive show. As the legendary singer-songwriter rips through hits, from the rambling history lesson of a show opener “We Didn’t Start the Fire” to the multiple-songs-within-a-song “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,” his band slickly keeps up with every beat and …
Billy Joel gives Mike DelGuidice the spotlight at Wembley Stadium
Mike DelGuidice performs Nessun Dorma live with Billy Joel at Wembley Stadium London, UK, September 10, 2016
Mike DelGuidice on Billy Joel, Big Shot and Kevin Can Wait Theme Song
“I don’t want no ordinary feeling/ I don’t like no particular style/ Tattoos or high heel shoes/ I just ain’t got no time for you/ I am not your ordinary guy”—from “Ordinary Guy” by Mike DelGuidice It’s been three years since Mike DelGuidice, the frontman for Billy Joel tribute band Big Shot, became a member of the Piano man’s band. A …
How Billy Joel Tribute-Band Leader Landed Gig With the Real Piano Man
Sixteen years ago, Mike DelGuidice was a 30-year-old musician living with his young children in a trailer on Long Island and scraping by on gigs at bars, weddings and the occasional funeral. He wrote his own songs, but always got his biggest reaction from crowds when he covered 1970s heavyweights like James Taylor, Elton John and, especially, his idol Billy …
