For a listen, try:
Billy's singing doesn't sound all that much like the "Billy Joel" we're familiar with. However, he does deliver a pretty damn good Jon Lord impersonation on Hammond, with the occasional hint of Emerson. He also produces some fairly good fake-guitar simulations on it. I think he once said that he got stuck having to play only piano in the wake of
Piano Man, but actually prefers organ. Most of the songwriting is not too impressive, although the instrumental "Amplifier Fire" (track 4) combines an uptempo blues jam with a bit of noise improv and some pretty decent proto-prog, and the even more uptempo "Brain Invasion" (the last track, also instrumental) is pleasantly, and surprisingly, reminiscent of the Nice. To judge from this, Billy may have been able to play his ass off early, but he only learned to write when he got into his solo career.
Also, for a link to some individual tracks:
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc....1.L2zoDK_IJkU
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