« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2

Author Topic: RIP Billy Preston  (Read 5828 times)

Lightnin' Rod

  • Administrator
  • Heavy Duty
  • *****
  • Posts: 4504
    • View Profile
RIP Billy Preston
« on: June 06, 2006, 08:42:25 AM »
Bob just announced it during the Drive's 10 @ 10.  

Playing a BP set now.

RIP
Logged
and any fool knows
a dog needs a home
a shelter
from pigs on the wing

RGMike

  • The Core
  • Eight Miles High
  • *****
  • Posts: 79320
    • View Profile
Re: Billy Preston
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2006, 08:53:46 AM »
Quote from: "Rod"
Bob just announced it during the Drive's 10 @ 10.  

Playing a BP set now.

RIP


 :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

Not the way god planned it.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,198353,00.html
Logged
You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round

RGMike

  • The Core
  • Eight Miles High
  • *****
  • Posts: 79320
    • View Profile
RIP Billy Preston
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2006, 09:12:18 AM »
per his Wikipedia listing, Prestons first two LPs were

(1965) The Most Exciting Organ Ever
(1966) The Wildest Organ In Town

 :shock:
Logged
You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round

urth

  • Moderator
  • Transcendent Typist
  • *****
  • Posts: 15274
    • View Profile
RIP Billy Preston
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2006, 10:26:56 AM »
Damn. Tough week for keyboard players. RIP Billy.
Logged
Let's get right to it.

RGMike

  • The Core
  • Eight Miles High
  • *****
  • Posts: 79320
    • View Profile
RIP Billy Preston
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2006, 12:22:39 PM »
Logged
You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round

mshray

  • The Core
  • Transcendent Typist
  • *****
  • Posts: 15129
    • View Profile
RIP Billy Preston
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2006, 01:17:26 PM »
Quote from: "RGMike"
a better obit:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2006/06/06/entertainment/e103723D91.DTL


That is a *much* better obit.  I knew most of that stuff, even the first SNL guest bit, but not about him being on Blood on the Tracks, which considering it's one of my favorite albums is a pretty big oversight on my part.  

I also didn't know about him being in the W.C. Handy biopic St. Louis Blues, wherein he plays Handy as a child (Preston was 12 at the time).  I've always meant to see that, not only because I'm from there, but for the past 20+ years my folks have lived in W.C. Handy's old neighborhood.  In fact my dad has done a bit of research on him & was the driving force in getting the neighborhood 'officially recognized' by the city & he was the one who proposed naming it Handy-Greer.  Check out the film credits:
 
Nat 'King' Cole ....  W.C. Handy
Eartha Kitt ....  Gogo Germaine
Cab Calloway ....  Blade
Ella Fitzgerald ....  Singer
Mahalia Jackson ....  Bessie May
Ruby Dee ....  Elizabeth
Juano Hernandez ....  Rev. Charles Handy
Billy Preston ....  Will Handy as a boy
Pearl Bailey ....  Aunt Hagar
Logged
"Music is the Earth, People are the Flowers, and I am the Hose."

--Carlos Santana, 2010

RGMike

  • The Core
  • Eight Miles High
  • *****
  • Posts: 79320
    • View Profile
RIP Billy Preston
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2006, 01:24:57 PM »
Quote from: "mshray"
Check out the film credits:
 
Nat 'King' Cole ....  W.C. Handy
Eartha Kitt ....  Gogo Germaine
Cab Calloway ....  Blade
Ella Fitzgerald ....  Singer
Mahalia Jackson ....  Bessie May
Ruby Dee ....  Elizabeth
Juano Hernandez ....  Rev. Charles Handy
Billy Preston ....  Will Handy as a boy
Pearl Bailey ....  Aunt Hagar


DAMN!
Logged
You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round

princessofcairo

  • The Core
  • Super Scribe
  • *****
  • Posts: 6394
    • View Profile
RIP Billy Preston
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2006, 03:23:47 PM »
my mom just told me billy paul died. i knew i should check in here first to verify.
Logged

RGMike

  • The Core
  • Eight Miles High
  • *****
  • Posts: 79320
    • View Profile
RIP Billy Preston
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2006, 05:02:25 PM »
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
my mom just told me billy paul died. i knew i should check in here first to verify.


"Mee-ee...  aaa-and... Missus Stevie Wonder..."
Logged
You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round

urth

  • Moderator
  • Transcendent Typist
  • *****
  • Posts: 15274
    • View Profile
RIP Billy Preston
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2006, 05:12:18 PM »
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
my mom just told me billy paul died. i knew i should check in here first to verify.


At least she was close. Right era, right first name, right last initial.
Logged
Let's get right to it.

ggould

  • Administrator
  • Master Poster
  • *****
  • Posts: 9159
    • View Profile
    • http://www.ggould.com
KPIG
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2006, 10:26:41 PM »
on the way home, KPIG described a lot of the things Billy did in his life, then played that marvelous live track with the George Harrison band doing "That's the Way God Planned It."  That made my day for sure.  Then they played the Beatle "I Me Mine" with Billy on organ.  I was hummin' the first tune all night.
Logged
Don't stand in the way of LOVE!

RGMike

  • The Core
  • Eight Miles High
  • *****
  • Posts: 79320
    • View Profile
Re: KPIG
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2006, 08:18:19 AM »
Quote from: "ggould"
on the way home, KPIG described a lot of the things Billy did in his life, then played that marvelous live track with the George Harrison band doing "That's the Way God Planned It."  That made my day for sure.  Then they played the Beatle "I Me Mine" with Billy on organ.  I was hummin' the first tune all night.


The orig studio version of "...God Planned It", from the Harrison-produced LP Preston made in '69, shows up often on VIP. It's hard to find in the states. But it's a lovely song.  I'm amazed PBS hasn't sprung for a remastered copy of the Concert for Bangla Desh to use during pledge drives. I remember seeing that in a theater when it was released.
Logged
You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round

Alicat

  • The Core
  • Super Scribe
  • *****
  • Posts: 5456
    • View Profile
RIP Billy Preston
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2006, 10:25:32 PM »
Damn, RIP Billy. You made beautiful music.
Logged
Sharks bleed teal.

princessofcairo

  • The Core
  • Super Scribe
  • *****
  • Posts: 6394
    • View Profile
RIP Billy Preston
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2006, 01:24:32 AM »
Quote from: "Alicat"
Damn, RIP Billy. You made beautiful music.


why'd you do it, alicat? your avatar killed billy preston! well, it's killing me, anyway.
Logged

RGMike

  • The Core
  • Eight Miles High
  • *****
  • Posts: 79320
    • View Profile
RIP Billy Preston
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2006, 07:40:01 AM »
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
Quote from: "Alicat"
Damn, RIP Billy. You made beautiful music.


why'd you do it, alicat? your avatar killed billy preston! well, it's killing me, anyway.


Does that mean her next avatar will be Roberta Flack? :wink:
Logged
You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round
Pages: [1] 2
« previous next »