Why is Billy Joel considered "The Bard of Long Island?" His career-changing album The Stranger seems to easily answer this question. The album is examined in enthusiastic detail on this episode of Read Between the Tracks. Caitlin and Geoff meet the many characters on this album, such as Anthony, Mama Leone, BrendER and Eddie, and more! On this journey, you may even find the stranger within yourself, ominous whistling and all.

Bibliography/Credits:

Opening and Closing Tracks (sampled):

Glitter Blast Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Source Material:

Billy Joel by Fred Schur 

The New York Times