From dsurkin@optonline.net Thu Nov 02 06:59:34 2006
Subject:Re: Vanilla Fudge

After the Hassles, Billy Joel and the drummer of the Hassles stayed
together as a duo. The name was Attila. Joel played Hammond through a
Marshall guitar stack, if I remember correctly. I best liked the first
cut on the first side; the rest of the album left me cold. On the
first cut, he did some interesting counterpoint.

Also, if memory serves me well, Joel was never a pedal player, so he
only played left hand bass in Attila.

--Dean

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>
> Perhaps it was Billy's other band, Hannibal (I think that was the
> name or maybe it was some other barbarian) which he had to sing like
> he'd gargled drano. I think he mentioned that on the Howard Stern
> show a few years back. He may not have played keys though. I think he
> just sang so he could have been in a band with only one keyboard
> player.
> Karl
>