ELIO PACE - An Innocent Man - 'The Billy Joel Songbook® Live' (Official Video)

Winner of the 2019 'Best Long Form Music Video' award at the 17th annual Independent Music Awards in New York City.
Order the award winning 'The Billy Joel Songbook® Live' on DVD or double CD now at www.eliopace.com
In 2013 and 2014, Elio was invited to ‘fill Billy Joel’s shoes’, starring in five very special reunion concerts in the USA with Joel’s original 1971-72 touring band, recreating the historic WMMR Sigma Sounds live recordings. Following on from the huge success of these American shows and along with his magnificent 6-piece band, in March 2014, Elio embarked upon the debut 70-date UK & Ireland tour of his brand new show, THE BILLY JOEL SONGBOOK®; the world’s first EVER national, theatre concert tour celebrating the incredible songs and career of Billy Joel.
This powerhouse of a show, was filmed and recorded live on 2nd November 2015 during its second, critically-acclaimed national tour and features over 30 Billy Joel classics including the massive hits, 'Uptown Girl', 'Just The Way You Are' and 'My Life' as well as fan favourites such as 'Captain Jack', 'Goodnight Saigon' and 'Piano Man'.
'The Billy Joel Songbook® Live' DVD and double CD beautifully showcase the electrifying concert performances of the dynamic Elio Pace.
(C)&(P) 2018 ROSA RECORDS
Words & Music by Billy Joel
For more information please visit www.eliopace.com

[@jefftoll604]

Such a powerful voice. A difficult song to sing. Truly excellent.

[@johngiovine8792]

This was my personal theme song some 40 years ago... what a time indeed. Such a beautiful cover, thank you.

[@aglushtube]

How come I didn't see this video before!!! Elio is so good singer and piano player. Amazing voice!

[@diamondeye75]

Hit that high note in chest voice no sweat broken. Great male vocalist right there.

[@nathanwood1084]

Hi my man. We had the pleasure of seeing on a cruise before lockdown. Your amazing me and my wife found you to be one of our most favourite artists ever!

[@natashabennett9166]

Just found this fantastic guy through Alex Belfield 👏 WOW 💖 AMAZING

[@natashabennett9166]

@Christopher I'm hooked so much talent

[@lsmoulton]

A tremendous artist....world class !!!

[@z0770z]

Thanks Alex,

[@kitkatmeowville5601]

Me too!, he's great!

[@reelseafishinguk]

Alex brought me here too

[@welder4life690]

wow,my favorite billy joel song done exceptionally amazingly well,great cover wow! first time hearing this ,amazing!

[@dan7893]

wow, what a voice

[@michaelcourtney4046]

This guy is seriously good!

[@filipezalewska9382]

Such good performance.

[@Mouse01011]

OMG! I am a believer! You ARE an Innocent Man!

[@pyt7778]

LOVE Elio, a brilliant singer/musician as well as a lovely guy!! Also a huge shout out to my old pal Neil Fairclough, who’s also the bassist for Queen- after Brian May aappeared on the Wogan show with Elio and met Neil…the rest is history ❤️

[@cynthiaottilige4841]

Respect, Sir. Epic.🎉 4:02

[@djrbmm]

My god is this guy amazing!

[@ianwiseman3247]

Seen him Live in Hunstanton, Norfolk - Wish he would come again! Absolutely brilliant

[@chuckmilne9963]

Saw the whole show last night in Aberdeen, Scotland and it was sublime. The man has an incredible vocal range and is a superb "Piano Man". Add to that, an incredible band. I had to hold back tears on many of his renditions. Just sooo good.

[@christopherallen9580]

Outstanding to the maxx!!!!

[@daveg8htfadlibaudio250]

I love it Elio, noticed you like the Shure 87A 😀

[@charlieharpman2107]

Beautiful song!!! Great cover 👍😀

[@theowarner]

Wow! Never heard a cover of this challenging song that was even close - bravo!

[@darrenphillips5874]

I’m glad he’s getting more and more exposure now, Sir Terry had him on weekend Wogan he and his band are so talented

[@ronsotoupdo]

This is not an easy song to master, Your upper rang truly amazing, really enjoyed your performance!

[@asinger2968]

This guy is a singer!

[@craigpetrie8713]

Tremodous that is i saw him Dundee tonight doing Elvis tribute.

[@rogerbennion4399]

Seems like only yesterday :-) A magical night. A fantastic DVD. And, an equally fantastic double cd.

[@adamferrara2000]

Such a shame I missed out on seeing this guy live, I've never been a concert goer but I'd have loved this

[@dougroll1262]

Beautiful tone , phrasing

[@moneytrain731]

Great voice....such a beautiful song.....but only Billy can truly do this song justice. It's like stairway to heaven. It's a big song to pull off.

[@howtodoitdude1662]

That’s because he’s not Billy Joel 😂

[@thekaopectones862]

Fan-freaking-tastic, Elio!

[@raymoorey8425]

All I can say is fantastic, I totally enjoyed listening (Billy Joel watch out) lol

[@gracielaelisabarrios7108]

Un espectáculo este vago,genial 🎶🎶🎵🎵

[@svenmuller5313]

What a voice. See you in Hamburg next year 😊

[@billyraybar]

Wow! What a voice

[@annetaylor9493]

Can't wait to see Elio again at Alnwick playhouse in October....brilliant guy.

[@carlamarano3641]

Excellent, I love it.

[@caiomuniz1952]

Olhei e gritei : CANTORA!!!

[@jca1962jca]

Wow,...that's voice....Awesome!!......

[@stevehourihan3590]

Absolutely fabulous!

[@reggiejohnson1201]

I love it!!

[@josefkrassnig399]

Brilliant 👏👏👏❤️🎈

[@fluffybunny7840]

Where has he been ...he’s great... just discovered him from Alex Bellfield!

[@susanjewitt8535]

Fluffy Bunny. Same here. He's great.

[@carolynellis387]

Trying to get tickets for one of his shows

[@reslevelpo]

Håber, at han synger denne i Odense til efteråret.

[@PernilleHojgaard]

Hvad syntes du så?? Jeg så ham i Haderslev hertil aften. Sikke en koncert, sikke en stemme, sikke et show, sikke en backinggruppe. Wauw..........

[@reslevelpo]

Ja, det gjorde han, og vi hørte mange andre gode nr. i et forrygende show, som varede i små 3 timer.

[@DJCoachCookie68]

Wow! Great, love it, plus he looks like me too! 👉🏻👨🏻‍🦲 😊

[@hamwise881]

It's weird hearing it in a different key

[@srnunan4783]

Bb, whole step lower. Not many have the range that Billy had..

[@BenjiDarius]

This is they key he's been singing this song in since 2000 Plus he actually hits the "I Am"s with his actual chest voice and not falsetto like Billy always did

[@Oorwul]

Some people stay far away from the dog...

[@donnievasey8528]

Good bit to be fair... not in the original key. Tuned down.

[@johnlazenby723]

You think Billy Joel sings it in the original key now? Even more tuned down!

[@donnievasey8528]

Well, yea... now. He's in his 70s .

[@geofff6544]

yeah except billy joel has to be helped out on the high notes - elio does it all by himself

[@howtodoitdude1662]

Billy is a little older

[@seanscanlon9067]

Billy only had a back-up singer hit the high notes for him back in the 80s when he was a smoker and when he performed the song in its original key. He later gave up smoking and for the past 20 years or so, he has sung the whole song himself, albeit having dropped the key a little, but so has Elio too.

[@mattgrant5341]

he's also singing the song in a lower key

[@AndyMontgomeryPiano]

Jesus, he's better than Billy Joel!

[@Scottcambell810]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RR-qv8uz]

Hang on a minute mate !

[@seanscanlon9067]

I wasn't aware that Jesus made any music.

[@z0770z]

@@seanscanlon9067 If he had, he wouldn't beat this Bloke, IMO of course!

[@briankelly6295]

@@RR-qv8uz Yes, he is that good. Whether he is better than Billy or not is a matter of personal preference, but don’t act like he’s not on Billy’s level. He definitely is….

[@johnthompson-sj1ib]

Sorry to say that Elio is better than Billy (sorry Billy) but it's true

[@liamsmith2261]

Nonsense. He's damn good but he's not THAT good.

[@johnthompson-sj1ib]

@@liamsmith2261 😊

[@overgrowndwarf1628]

Not really. This is better than the studio edit, but I've seen Billy twice and both times his "Innocent Man" rendition left this in the dust.

[@briankelly6295]

@@liamsmith2261 Yes, he is that good. Whether he is better than Billy or not is a matter of personal preference, but don’t act like he’s not on Billy’s level. He definitely is….

[@liamsmith2261]

@@briankelly6295 I’m sorry mate but your just flat wrong.

[@babsgermany2036]

Gestern Admiralspalast Berlin. Hat mir überhaupt nicht gefallen, bin in der Pause gegangen. Das schrieb ich auf seiner Facebook-Seite, wurde daraufhin geblockt. Ha! Kritik unerwünscht. Seine Selbstüberschätzung kam auch auf der Bühne rüber, sorry.

[@sarahwoolley79]

Wow. I don't have a problem with criticism and i respect your opinion, but to say that he overestimates himself is way off the mark. His Facebook page is not run by him either. Having seen him perform many, many times, I am blown away by his talent. His musicality is second to none, alongside the rest of the band. Like Billy, Elio started out as a hugely talented classical pianist, but once he discovered the music of Billy Joel, his music career took a turn (even whilst still at secondary school, taught by the most nurturing, wonderful music teacher). You only need to look at his sell out tours that have, this year, visited far larger venues with people returning again and again to see Elio and the band. Only last week we did an 800 mile round trip to see them in Dublin.

[@Bianka1106]

@@sarahwoolley79Thank you for this reply 👍