What Robert Goldstick brings to the Music of Elton John and Billy Joel is years of playing the piano from classical training to all styles of rock 'n roll, jazz, blues, and country. All of these styles played in restaurants, bars, clubs, concerts, parties, weddings, funerals, and almost anywhere else you can imagine.

He is a true maestro of the piano and can evoke sounds and emotions that turn any place into a concert hall or a dance hall - whatever fits the mood and the party.

Every style of music and every experience of performing has added to the presentation of every song.

The show includes first the songs of Elton John and Billy Joel plus songs by other performers that either they performed or were influenced by. Also, there are stories about the performers as well as stories about the experience of performing these songs for the past 30 years.

The result is that at the end of the show you will have heard the music you love and learned something about the lives and experiences of these two great performers. You'll also know a bit of what it is like to be a "piano man" and travel the world making music for celebrations.

To hear what it is like to be there, listen to live version of Piano Man recorded at Clint Eastwood's Mission Ranch in Carmel, California. Also, check out the intro to Baby Grand where he makes the transition from the tried and true piano bar song to one of Billy Joels' coolest tunes that he recorded with Ray Charles.

Review by Alan Hord, after show at Celtic Bayou,Redmond, WA

"I think you have a wonderful unique voice that balances your marvelous keyboard interpretations and arrangements of two classic hipsters of the late 20th century. The dexterity and depth of your talent is both captivating and refreshing... and I am extremely appreciative of this pairing of these two formats; it's absolutely complementary and very entertaining".

Gigmasters experience

Robert Goldstick has been a performer on gigmasters for the past two years as is the No. 1 rated steel drum band in Seattle with over 25 bookings, 22 extremely positive client reviews and a consistent 5 star rating. You can read reviews and listen to his calypso music under steel drum band in Seattle, Washington.

BIOGRAPHY

Robert was performing in the second grade and hasn't stopped since. Starting with classical piano lessons to rock 'n roll in High School, Jazz in college and journeyman piano work for the next 40 years he has experienced almost every playing situation you can imagine. From the neighborhood bar in Philadelphia where he grew up to European royalty parties in the Canary Islands, audiences have always been surprised and extremely pleased at his ability to make music that is both beautiful and emotional. From gritty blues to smooth jazz to psychedelic rock'n roll, the piano is going to tell a story of love and life.

And it's always a new story. He never plays any song the same because every moment is new, so every song has a new flavor to represent the unique time of now.

The trail has been long and winding including piano bars in Philadelphia, New York, Orlando, Los Angeles, Carmel, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and Seattle; theaters in New York and Los Angeles as a player and writer; front act for Blood Sweat and Tears as the musical part of a mime troupe; Joey D and The Starlighters, jazz, country and blues bands here there and everywhere, private parties from weddings to funerals (One of the greatest complements I ever received was after singing Amazing Grace at a funeral).

Each gig has added something to the blend of music, song and lyrics that he brings to every performance. Consequently, you hear the songs of these performers through the eyes and ears of a real piano man.

He's also been performing in nursing homes for the past 15 years and seen the incredible effect music can have under the most extreme conditions and this has shown him how to apply that intensity to the everyday world. It is a wonderful experience to bring a crowd of happy people to the place of singing Piano Man as a group; but it is infinitely more satisfying to bring song to someone who can't speak or see someone dance who can't move. Seeing these miracles has shown him how to create the same degree of feeling in the "normal"ÃÆ'ƒâ€šÃÆ'‚ world. You can find out more about this work at his website This site was created to show musicians and caregivers how to present music in care facilities and has been used by thousands of people to make nursing home residents lives a little better.