DebraKadabra's "Piano Man" story reminded me that I have a "Piano Man" story, too.
We were visiting my friends back in Michigan over Winter Break, and on New Year's Eve, we had a small get-together with a bunch of the old gang. It was slightly dampened by the snowstorm, but Michigan in Winter, everyone's kinda used to it. Something the guys always do when we get together is jam. But the power went out around 9:00 because of the storm. Damn, what to do? Plenty of candles, so that's not a problem.
Well, there's the piano upstairs, so we went upstairs, I played the piano, and John sang. Acoustic guitars came out. We started leaning towards Elton John and Billy Joel songs, which everyone knew, and it became a big sing-along. There may have been alcohol involved. A lot of it.
During the final chorus of "Piano Man", everyone's singing "SING US A SONG, YOU'RE THE PIANO MAN!" and suddenly all the lights came back on. Yay! The power of music. ♫♫