Billy Joel Hits: 1981 - 1993

Learn the history, trademark keyboard riffs, and harmonic decisions behind the compositions of one of the greatest artists in pop and rock! This volume with CD provides an in-depth analysis of 15 megahits of the '80s and '90s.  The accompanying CD contains full-band demos (excerpts) with featured keyboard parts isolated on the right side of the stereo mix. Keyboard parts that warrant closer attention are played alone as slow demos. The songs in the book and on the enclosed CD are not in their complete form but are excerpts from each tune for the purpose of close analysis.  Titles include: All About Soul; Allentown; And So It Goes; Baby Grand; I Go to Extremes; Leningrad; Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel); Modern Woman; Pressure; The River of Dreams; She's Got a Way; Tell Her About It; This Is the Time; Uptown Girl and You're Only Human (Second Wind).