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Originally Posted by masraum View Post
Piano Man was actually somewhat a biography. Apparently his manager totally screwed him in some sort of contract, so he stopped making music for a while hoping that the guy would eventually let him out of the contract if he wasn't still making money. I guess he eventually went to a big record company who eventually convinced the guy to let him out of the contract. Or something like that.
His 1st solo record was also mastered at the wrong speed. I saw him at Massey Hall during the Piano Man tour in 1974.

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