Profile
Liberty DeVitto
Musician + Drummer
Male
Born
Aug 8, 1950
Age
62
Genres
Rock music + Pop ...
Instruments
Drums
Performed With
The Beach Boys + ...
Liberty DeVitto is an American rock drummer. He is best known as the drummer for Billy Joel, but has also played with the NYC Hit Squad and has been a session drummer on recordings of other artists.
Family
Discover the family history of Liberty DeVitto.
Liberty DeVitto
Age 62
children
News + Updates
Browse recent news and stories about Liberty DeVitto.
-
Summer Courtyard Concert Series Mercer SpaceGoogle News - Aug 04, 2011
-
Third Annual Waterson Dunham Valor Ride This Weekend Patch.ComGoogle News - Jul 15, 2011
-
Tomek Krawczyk & Grzegorz Krawczyk Nasze Miasto.PlGoogle News - Jul 10, 2011
-
Norwalk Rocks To The Sounds Of The '60s In Summer Concert Series Opener Wilton VillagerGoogle News - Jun 16, 2011
Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Liberty DeVitto.
CHILDHOOD
1950
Birth
Born on August 8, 1950.
TEENAGE
1964
13 Years Old
DeVitto was born in New York City of Italian ancestry where his father was a police officer at the New York Police Department. He taught himself to play the drums after seeing The Beatles on their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964.
… Read More
TWENTIES
1974
23 Years Old
In 1974, he was living in Los Angeles and had already released Piano Man and Streetlife Serenade.
… Read More
1976
25 Years Old
Up to that point, he had the longest running tenure in Joel's band, starting with the recording of 1976's Turnstiles.
… Read More
FIFTIES
2006
55 Years Old
After working with Billy Joel for 30 years, DeVitto was discharged from drumming duties for the 2006 Billy Joel tour for an unknown reason.
Original Authors of this text are noted on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_DeVitto.
Text is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Text is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.