http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/fif...359775029.html
Isn't it a pity that Billy Preston has perfected the art of dying? I can only question what is life and pray to my sweet lord before crying (wah-wah) as Johnny plugs me in out of the blue.Keyboardist Billy Preston, a so-called "fifth Beatle" who also played with the Rolling Stones and enjoyed solo success in his own right, has died in Arizona after a long illness. He was 59.
Okay, I'm done making a Pyrrhus post.
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Billy Preston is dead - BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON LET IT BE WITH BEATLES
Last edited by Niles Crane; June 07, 2006 at 12:07 AM.
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Re: Billy Preston is dead - BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON LET IT BE WITH BEATLES
Ah, I have the Concert for Bangladesh DVD/CD, and I must say it's a shame to see him go. Well, like you so eloquently put it, "All Things Must Pass."
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Damn he actually died early. If it wasn't for that damn ilness.
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Re: Billy Preston is dead - BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON LET IT BE WITH BEATLES
Yeah I heard this on the radio today
Originally Posted by Octavian
http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/fif...359775029.html
To think it was only yesterday I had bought All Things Must Pass.
. I wasnt necessarily a fan of his stuff but thats only because I never really gave it chance. Last year I almost bought one of his albums...err cds'. I have read a lot about him over the years in different books on the Beatles though.
What do you recommend by him Octavian?
Oh, and I thought Charles Manson was the fifth Beatle
j/k ...damn I feel old.
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And watched the grisly pilgrims go that walk the roads of Death,
And I have seen black valleys gape, abysses in the gloom,
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Re: Billy Preston is dead - BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON LET IT BE WITH BEATLES
I honestly don't know, I'm only familiar with his contributions to All Things Must Pass and the Let It Be album. The world truly did end on 6/6/06.What do you recommend by him Octavian?
Seems he did some work with Ray Charles, so I guess you could look into him. I was never into jazz that much.Last edited by Niles Crane; June 06, 2006 at 10:53 PM.
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Billy Preston was an excellent man. I remember hearing about this early in the day yesterday, and was saddened. I had been following up on his health until a few months ago. You know, it is sad. Billy was a great Musician, someone who worked with the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and toured with Eric Clapton & George Harrison very often.
I remember him singing Isnt It a Pity at the Concert For George, he was excellent. It is scary. Harrison dies 21 years After Lennon, Preston 5 years after Harrison. Who is next? As for the fifth Beatle, that spot is undoubtly held by George Martin, literally followed their Manager, Brian Epstein.
