Longtime Billy Joel Drummer Liberty DeVitto Talks Mending Fences With the Piano Man
Michele Amabile Angermiller 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.”The book, over a decade in the making, delves into tasty tidbits about life on the road and in the studio as part of Joel’s band, in addition to DeVitto revealing why he and the Piano Man split in 2005 after 30 years of performing together.“It took 15 years to write,” he tells Variety. “It started out as my notes and memories, which, when me and Billy had parted ways, I put away on the shelf.