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  • R.I.P. Guy babylon

    September 8, 2009 - 1:53 pm

    It takes a lot to play second keyboard to one of the rock piano players of all time. I play piano myself and I couldn't visualize myself playing piano next to Elton John. When he first wanted to add a 2nd keyboard player in the mid 70s, several players turned him down flat. It wasn't until he found James Newton Howard that the tradition of the 2nd keyboard player began. There were really only 2 that had any longevity: James Newton Howard and Guy Babylon. As a die-hard Elton fan, I was incredibly stunned by the death of Guy. He was an incredible musician and incomparable artist.

  • can't wait for the windy city

    April 3, 2009 - 11:19 am

    July 16th and 21st will be historic in the city of chicago. First we had Jimmy buffett then the police now the 2 piano men will invade the friendly confines of Wrigley Field. We know they are both baseball fans (Billy of the Yankees and Elton the Braves) but the baseball is secondary. It took almost 80 years to get concerts at Wrigley Field, now they will make history again. As if they haven't made enough separately. I have seen them together 5 times total and there is no doubt I will make it six. I don't what is better Billy and elton together at wrigley or a cubs world championship!

  • 15 years later and the boys are back in town

    February 24, 2009 - 2:19 pm

    It was 1994. The eagles got back and we all thought Hell had frozen over. But a major tour was lost in the shuffle of that summer. Billy Joel and Elton John hit the road together for the first time. My friends and I paid $85 that summer to see the piano men face to face in the Old busch Stadium in St.Louis. It was a hot August night when they hit the stage, but that concert is burned in my memory forever. I have seen them 5 times since then but you never forget that first time!