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Jul 14, 2020 · In a conversation with Q104.3 New York's Ken Dashow surrounding his forthcoming memoir, Liberty: Life, Billy and the Pursuit of Happiness, DeVitto recalled the moment he decided to reconnect with Joel. An email sent one night by DeVitto to Joel's office was answered a day later by the Piano Man.
Jul 17, 2020 · DeVitto says he learned he was let go from Joel’s band when he didn’t receive an invite to Joel’s 2004 wedding to his third wife, Katie Lee.
Jun 28, 2017 · Liberty DeVitto played in Billy Joel’s band for 30 years and can be heard on some of Joel’s best-known hits such as “Only the Good Die Young” and “Just the Way You Are,” but Joel...
Aug 18, 2023 · The reason for that is in May 2009, DeVitto filed a lawsuit against Joel seeking years of royalty payments that the drummer said the famous singer owed him. Joel's record company Sony Music Entertainment Inc was also named as a defendant.
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Apr 23, 2010 · Billy Joel and his former drummer Liberty DeVitto have settled their dispute over 30 years' worth of what DeVitto claimed were unpaid royalties. "The case has been amicably resolved,"...
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Jul 13, 2020 · When former Billy Joel drummer Liberty DeVitto started work on his new memoir Liberty: Life, Billy and the Pursuit of Happiness about 15 years ago, he was still angry. Joel had just fired...
DeVitto got his big break in the music business when he was hired to play drums for Billy Joel in the mid-1970s. In an online interview, DeVitto describes how Joel's classic late-1970s/early-1980s band first came together:
Jun 11, 2020 · 15 years after parting ways and a palpable and bitter animosity between them, Billy Joel and his drummer for 30 years, Liberty DeVitto have made peace. On July 14th, DeVitto will publish his long-awaited memoir, title, Liberty: Life, Billy, And The Pursuit Of Happiness.
Aug 25, 2023 · A happy ending to a 15-year feud between two music legends! In this video, Liberty DeVitto, former drummer for Billy Joel, explains why and how he reconciled with his long-time friend and...
Jul 17, 2020 · Billy Joel fans looking for a fix this summer will get it today (July 17) with the release of former drummer Liberty DeVitto ’s new tell-all, “Liberty: Life, Billy and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
