#567:Liberty DeVitto/Drummer

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🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Today to great Liberty Devitto, Drummer best known for his work with Billy Joel stops by and talks about his brand new book "Life,Billy and the Pursuit of Happiness"

Liberty played drums with Billy Joel for over 30 years. You can hear his work on those classic Billy Joel records like The Stranger, 52nd Street and Glass Houses. I grew up on those records and that incredible band and it was an honor to sit down with this man.

Liberty has also played with some of the biggest in the industry including the legend herself Stevie Nicks.

These days Liberty rocks with his new band The Slim Kings and you can hear their new record this month on all your favorite streaming platforms.

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0:00.0	Oh yes, this is intro number 700 today. I've done 700 intros and I keep messing them up
0:09.1	because I ordered D-Caff and I'm pretty sure by the way that my brain is cooking right
0:15.4	now that was definitely not D-Caff. So I'm gonna try it again. Here we are December 7th.
0:23.8	Get there, be talk. Get in close to the new year waiting for the vaccine, waiting for the
0:30.9	planet to be healthy again. Oh, I cannot wait. I cannot wait for that. Bring on some happiness.
0:40.9	Bring on some good news. We needed everybody. Great guest today. My man is a drummer. Can
0:49.5	you believe it? Another drummer on Let The Be Talk. Another musician that everybody should know
0:56.6	should be a household name and I like to be part of that hoping that more people learn about who
1:04.2	these guys are that played with your favorite artists. Billy Joel is who this man played with for
1:11.4	30 years. He was the drummer and he still is a drummer. He's got a band right now. Slim Kings
1:19.4	that are fantastic but he's played with all kinds of people. Mick Jones, Carly Simon, Elton
1:24.6	Sean, Meatloo, Karen Carpenter, Stevie Nix. But Billy Joel was his gig for over 30 years. He has
1:33.6	a new book out and it was great to talk to this man. Fantastic human and I think this is the type
1:44.8	of band member you want. Just festive, funny, on it, gets it 70 years old. I felt like I was talking
1:55.8	to a 30 year old. Great, great, great guest. Great drummer. Oh my God. Come on man. Those Billy Joel
2:04.4	records. I grew up on them. The stranger, 52nd Street, Glass Houses. Those three spun at my house.
2:14.6	On my home stereo in my car on the walk man on the CD player. All of those. I don't know man.
2:26.1	This guy has got the feel. Big shot. Just go listen to that and just be like, oh yeah, this guy is
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