Billy Joel
Subtitle: America's piano man
By: Joshua S. Duchan
Series: Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture; Tempo (Lanham, Md.)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781442242050
Subjects: Rock music; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation
Description: "In [this book], music historian Joshua S. Duchan looks at the career and music of this remarkable singer-songwriter, exploring the unique ways Joel channels and transforms the cultural life of a changing America over four decades into bestselling song after song and album after album."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Somewhere along the line": a biography and influences; title: "New York state of mind": geography, places, and spaces - "Where's the orchestra": domestic and international politics; title: "Pressure": living in American culture; title: "She's always a women": relationships and gender; title: "The Entertainer": stylistic authenticity and the entertainment industry; title: "This is the time": a historically conscious composer; title: "And so it goes": the lasting significance of Billy Joel.