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To file underneath the fantasy music collaborations class, Billy Joel has been toying with the concept of becoming a member of forces with some up to date music greats.
The “Piano Man” crooner – who not too long ago carried out his first new music in a long time on the Grammys – appeared on the “Howard Stern Show” this week, when the eponymous host noticed that Joel ought to have been within the Touring Wilburys.
“I thought of placing collectively a band,” Joel retorted. “Me, Don Henley and Sting, and perhaps John Mayer on guitar.”
That roster would absolutely be a worthy replace to the Wilburys, which was a supergroup team-up between the late Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and George Harrison, together with Jeff Lynne and Bob Dylan.
When Stern requested why Joel’s supergroup hasn’t turn into a actuality but, the five-time Grammy-winner chalked it as much as, “Nicely, everyone’s busy.”
“You all the time say to the opposite guys, ‘Yeah, I’ll see you on the highway and we’ll get collectively,’ and also you by no means do it,” he added.
Joel additionally stated he talks to Paul McCartney “rather a lot,” however added that he doesn’t “have the nerve” to ask the previous Beatle to band up.
“I can’t. He was within the superest group of all,” he defined.
Joel humored Stern whereas he continued to fantasize about who can be within the supergroup, and stated, “Ringo can be good. Ringo is a superb drummer. He doesn’t get the credit score he deserves.”
Earlier this month, Joel launched his first single in 17 years, titled “Flip the Lights Again On.” In keeping with Joel’s official web site, he wrote the track together with Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer Freddy Wexler – who has labored with the likes of Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Pink — Arthur Bacon and Wayne Hector.