This is the solo album made by the group that consisted of
Billy Joel and drummer
Jon Small.
Joel tries to make his organ sound like
Jimi Hendrix's guitar, and the overall approach is proto-heavy metal, but occasional hints of
Joel's later style peep through. [The Back-Trac album is a 1985 reissue of the original, Epic 30030, and the album was also rereleased in 1985 in New Zealand under
Joel's name and the title
California Flash by Music World, CECON 339.]
–
William Ruhlmann, Rovi