Last Wednesday Elio Pace and highly talented Band thrilled the audience with their 'Billy Joel Songbook' at the packed Admiralspalast Berlin. Security was tighter than usual for obvious reasons - but all that was forgotten as soon as the show started.
Great to see familiar faces again as drummer Mikey Ciancio (seen with Bobby Cochran, Doña Oxford and Albert Lee), Neil Fairclough (seen with Queen), Tom Wright and the rest of the band seen with my friend Jilly Penegar at Horsham a couple of years ago. Elio burst with energie, was very talkative and kept us entertained in the best way telling little anecdotes - never a dull moment ! Also, he did not forget to mention legendary Terry Wogan a much loved radio and TV personality in Britain probably not that well-known over here but most of my UK friends know what I mean.
What a great night, a heartfelt THANK YOU to all of you guys. I'm happy to see that the tour was such a success - more than deserved !
Band:
Elio Pace, p, git, harmonica
Tom Wright, git
Neil Fairclough, b
Mathew Newton, keys, p, git
Frank Walden, sax, perc.
Mikey Ciancio, dr
