Billy Preston, keyboard player with the Beatles, dies at 59

[launderess]

Very sad end to a great person..

Billy Preston, keyboard player with the Beatles, dies at 59

Billy Preston, the songwriter and keyboard prodigy whose soulful playing graced records by Little Richard, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died in Arizona yesterday aged 59.

arts.guardian.co.uk

 

[appnut]

sniffle, sniffle, I really liked him a lot. Jason, let's have "Let It Go Round In Circles" as background music on a washer video.

 

[agiflow]

He will live on ..especially on the beatles rooftop gig of get back.

Led Zep
Beatles
Stones
Allman bros...that is just a few of the many great performers we were blessed in our generations with.

We are blessed.

 

[Maytagmom]

RIP Billy Preston

Loved his music!

 

[jasonl]

Go round in circles

You got it, and I'll do the Oasis spinning to Outta Space for the spin cycle.

:-(

 

[jasonl]

Which Led Zepplin songs did he play in? No Quarter? there's a a funky song on Physical Graffitti that sounds like him.

 

[spinout]

Billy Preston...

Does anyone happen to know if he did a solo single entitled *I Can Help*? My recollection from '74 or '75.

 

[agiflow]

Actually Jason...i was just naming a few other great groups of that late 60's early 70's era. Billy to my recollection never played on any Zep album...the keyboards were done by the bass player JPJ.

 

[jasonl]

OH ok... But I know he played on Heartbreaker by the Stones. That distorted banging on the electric piano is good ol' Billy.

Rest in peace my brother in music. Till we meet on the other side.

 

[lightedcontrols]

Billy was...

....one of the greatest Hammond organ players to ever grace the keyboard! He played on lots of Gospel records as well as pop. A great Artist that will be sorely missed. Mark

 

[kevinpreston8]

Great musician, and another one lost

by the foolish use of drugs. Damn I remember in high school how "in" drugs were, and what a geek you were if you were not into them. Then of course the 80s it got even worse. Our drug culture and associated "do whatever feels good" leads us to this. Great artists and talents dead. This guy was only 59. He lost 20-30 years of his life, add on another decade that he likely lost in ill health.

Sad and troubling.