365 Songs: New York State of Mind – Billy Joel
In this morning’s Herald “Review of the Decade”, I was reading about 9/11 and I was thinking back to one of my lasting memories from the time after the horrific events. Billy Joel performed the brilliant New York State of Mind at the benefit Concert for New York City and along with the other brilliant performances from the concert it represented so much.
The song was written in 1976 and first appeared on theTurnstiles album. Here’s my performance of New York State of Mind. It doesn’t quite have the emotion of the NYC concert, but I hope you like it nonetheless!
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Beautifully and evocatively played. I am a fan of and sometimes student at your RadioLingua Spanish site. So I was curious about your own site and happy to find that you play piano, and play so well.
Best regards,
Alan