The Pilot Episode of The Humble Skeptic podcast was launched in October of 2022, and on that program, Shane told his Dad’s story of seeing Billy Joel perform at a piano bar in Los Angeles. If you’ve had a chance to listen to that episode, you know the story (if not, you should listen to that show first). On this program, Shane discusses some of the new evidence that has recently come to light about the location of The Executive Room, and talks with John Gibson about his memories of the famous piano bar.
SHOW NOTES
Related Resources
The Pilot Episode, Humble Skeptic Ep. #1
Is My Dad One of the Characters in Billy Joel’s Piano Man? Shane Rosenthal
The Life & Times of an Angry Young Man, Hank Bordowitz
How to Detect Deception, Shane Rosenthal
The Virtue of Doubt, Shane Rosenthal
On Faith & Doubt, Shane Rosenthal
Related Links
The Executive Room According to PopSpots, Bob Egan
The Legacy of the O.J. Simpson Murder Trial, John Gibson
John & Sandy Gibson’s role in the Billy Joel story, Hank Bordowitz
Piano Man—Billy Joel, Hank Bordowitz
ABC’s 20/20 Segment on Billy Joel
Liam Cooper’s Interview with a former owner of The Executive Room
Liam Cooper’s King of the Keys Trailer
Billy Joel’s Piano Man (sign at the very end says: “Bill Martin at the piano”)
An Interview with Billy Joel, The Library of Congress
Music
The song that appears at the very end of the podcast (in the additional material that appears after the close of the program) is “Along the Way,” by The Hunts.
According to the Library of Congress (see link above), Billy Joel stated that The Executive Room is now “a bank or an insurance building.” The image above is of The Pierce National Life building, which is an insurance company, and according to the replica also shown above, at one time it also happened to be a bank building. This also matches one of the statements that Shane’s dad mentioned on the Pilot Episode. And when Shane sent a picture of this building to John Gibson (after he volunteered the information about it being located in the lobby of a large office building), he wrote back saying, “Oh, that looks like the building!”
UPCOMING EVENTS
CEDAR CITY, UTAH
On Wednesday, Sept. 18th, Shane will discuss the topic of his forthcoming book, Is Faith Blind? at the Festive Hall Conference Center in Cedar City, Utah. The event is free and dinner is provided. Doors open at 6:00 pm, and you can find the event page here.
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
On Friday, Oct. 18th, Shane will be the keynote speaker at the ReThink315 fundraising dinner, which will take place at the Missouri Athletic Club in Des Peres. To purchase tickets for this event or for more info, click here.
MILAN, ITALY
On Sunday, Oct. 13th, Shane will be speaking at Chiesa Riformata Filadelfia on the northwest side of Milan. For more info or directions, click here.
HOUSTON, TEXAS
On Friday & Saturday, Nov. 8-9, Shane will be participating in a panel discussion on the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection, featuring Gary Habermas and others. This event will take place at the Lanier Theological Library.
If you would like to invite Shane Rosenthal to speak at your event, send an email to: INFO at HUMBLESKEPTIC dot COM.
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The Executive Room: New Evidence for Billy Joel's Famous Piano Bar