Billy

Shades of

A Billy Joel tribute

Billy Joel Tribute: Shades of Billy Thursday, July 13 | 7:30 p.m. Amphitheater Stage

Sponsor: MemorialCare

Shades of Billy is comprised of lead singer Steve Feller, who looks and sounds like Billy Joel, backed by a band of veteran players who bring the sounds of excellent horns, vocals, piano, guitars and bass to accompany Feller at the grand piano.

Feller has been performing Billy Joel’s Top 40 hits for decades. With the finesse of his band, he brings an authentic re-creation of the best of the iconic singer. The concert includes such hits at “Uptown Girl,” “Piano Man” and “The Longest Time.”

Feller was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1955 where he began singing and playing the piano at the age of 5. Always the show man, he entertained his parents guests at dinner parties with his strong vocals and later went on to perform and win on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour three times.

Before Feller was of legal age, he was performing in bars and clubs in New Jersey and New York and would have to wait outside on his breaks. But this did not deter him from his calling as a piano-playing singing entertainer. When Feller was 17 his family moved to Los Angeles, California where he immediately fell into the musical world on the west coast. In high school in the 1950s, Feller joined a band that originated from a talent show. It ended up playing at all the local high schools and became very well known in the Southern California area. After high school, Feller joined several Top 40 bands and played all the songs as they hit the charts in the ‘70s and early ‘80s.

While performing a single piano act in Burbank, California his former band mates from high school started sitting in and in record time the band was reunited. They hit the road to become a sought-after vintage rock and roll band. During the next 30 years, the band opened for and performed with the likes of Chuck Berry, The Righteous Brothers, Three Dog Night, The Four Tops, The Temptations and many more.

Throughout all phases of his musical career, Feller has steadily performed Billy Joel songs as they hit the charts and is now showing tribute to his most revered iconic entertainer, Billy Joel, in his performance of “Shades of Billy.”

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