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Originally Posted by Ksyrup
Apologies if this has been mentioned in this thread already, but if you really need a reason to hate Billy Joel any more than you might already, I highly recommend the documentary Hired Gun, about session musicians. Actually, I highly recommend it in its own right because it's a great watch, but the anecdotes about how horribly Billy Joel treated the 3 guys who helped make his music so popular in the early days are particularly interesting. Great example of session musicians being the behind-the-scenes engine for a lot of big acts and how quickly they get discarded like trash at the drop of a hat.
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thanks for the recommendation! Sounds like my kinda thing!
I do remember those guys!
The Genesis drummer Chester Thompson is probably on it being salty about never being asked to be in the band