SHADES OF BILLY

Steve Feller as Billy Joel

Steve Feller was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1955 where he began singing and playing the piano at the age of five.  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.  Steve performed with his school choirs as well as always being in bands that performed locally.  Before Steve 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 always being the piano playing singing entertainer.

When Steve was seventeen his family moved to Los Angeles, California where he immediately fell into the musical world on the west coast.  Steve joined a 1950’s band in High School that originated for a Talent Show and then played at all the local High Schools and became very well known in the Southern California area.  After High School Steven  joined several Top 40 bands and played all the songs as they hit the charts in the 70’s and early 80’s.

While performing a single piano act in Burbank, California his former band mates from High School started sitting in. In record time, the band was reunited and hit the road to become one of the most sought after Vintage Rock and Roll bands across the nation and worldwide.  During the next thirty 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 fazes of his musical career, Steve has steadily performed Billy Joel’s 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” The Music of Billy Joel.

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THE BAND

Shades of Billy is a musical tribute to Billy Joel comprised of lead singer, Steve Feller, who looks and sounds like Billy Joel with a band of veteran players that rock the sounds to excellence. Steve has been performing Billy Joel songs since they hit the Top 40 Charts continually for decades with all the years of experience to finesse them. The compilation of these band members from their former experiences of performing with major acts and acts of their own throughout the years have given them the ability to play it right. They take the extra time and expertise to play all the additional intricacies as Billy Joel and his band play the incredible lineup of songs.

This tribute to Billy Joel brings to their audience the exciting and accurate representation of Billy Joel in the look, feel and sounds of excellent horns, vocals, pianos, guitars and bass to accompany their lead vocalist at the grand piano.

Shades of Billy brings Billy Joel to audiences large and small and to every kind of venue indoors and out bringing them to sing along to their favorite songs and learn some tidbits of information they may not have previously known about Billy Joel.

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