Billy Joel in the Legacy Period of His Career

Billy Joel has had an illustrious career marked by innumerable hits and a status of icon. Now, he's reaching the time of his career where he's not really doing new material, but he's still being honored with lifetime achivement-y stuff. The latest example of this is the Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize. Yep. He won it for this year! The description of the prize is as follows, "[The Gershwin Prize] honors the career of one musician and their dedication to 'promoting the genre of song as a vehicle of cultural understanding; entertaining and informing audiences; and inspiring new generations." Not a bad thing to receive! Joel got the Prize specifically for Allentown and he will give a special performance in Washington D.C. this fall.