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Sep 12, 2022 · Following an affair with the girlfriend of his best friend and bandmate, Jon Small, Billy Joel lost his friend, paramour, band, and house. He was forced to move back home at age 21, which was, according to Joel, a complete sign of failure, per Fred Schruers in " Billy Joel ."
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Billy Joel and Jon Small broke away from their band The Hassles and formed Attila in 1969. The instrumentation was organ and drums, with Joel also handling the bass lines with a keyboard, similar to the Doors' Ray Manzarek.
Following the demise of The Hassles, Joel and Small formed the duo Attila, whilst Blauvelt later co-founded Ram Jam. Joel later went on to a successful solo career, and Small became a video producer and director.
Feb 10, 2020 · Joel met Weber when she was married to his bandmate Jon Small in 1970. Her independence and straight-talking style made Joel smitten from the start.
Jun 18, 2023 · But even these notices pale alongside the kickings administered by critics to the self-titled debut album by Attila, the heavy psych / heavy metal duo formed in 1969 by Billy Joel and his drummer pal Jon Small, both former members of The Hassles.
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Jon Small. Director: Garth Brooks: The Red Strokes. Jon Small is known for Garth Brooks: The Red Strokes (1994), Garth Brooks: Standing Outside the Fire (1994) and Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium (1990).
May 9, 2019 · In the mid-’60s, Joel and drummer Jon Small played together in a Long Island-based band called the Hassles. By the end of the decade, as groups like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Iron...
