Billy Joel Concert

Tonight Michelle and I went to the Billy Joel concert at Taco Bell Arena on the Boise State University campus. We had SUCH a good time!!! What an incredible musician and performer this guy is! And pretty good for an old guy; he went non-stop for over two hours without a break. Played a ton of his classics, plus some that we had never heard before, like "Root Beer Rag" (click to hear 30-second snippet) from his 1974 album Streetlife Serenade. We had GREAT seats, center of the floor six rows back from the stage. You can kind of tell how good our seats were by the posted photo (sorry the quality of photos from cell phones is so low).

At one point during the show, Billy Joel announced that he likes to feature new talent, and he invited one of his "roadies" up to sing a song. So this middle-aged, chunky guy covered in tatoos got up and "sang" a song. Before he sang, Billy Joel announced that this guy (nicknamed "Chainsaw") would be singing a nice religious song, that we might all be familiar with from church. When the guitars fired out the first chords everybody could tell right away that it was AC/DC's "Highway to Hell." He did a GREAT job with it, and it was very fun.

What a great show!!!