Billy Joel, Janis Ian: Avery Fisher Hall, New York City November 15th, 1974
Ian Dove, Rolling Stone, 19 December 1974
UNLIKE HIS records, Billy Joel in person is a halfway dynamic performer and his largely suburban audience treats him with the reverence accorded any minor prophet. The veneration began with the opening announcement — "Welcome home, Billy Joel" — and had nowhere to go from there but up.
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