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When I revisited this song a few months ago, I just was in awe of how Billy could play. This is one of those songs that could go on for 15, 20 minutes and I wouldn't get tired of it, yah know what I mean? Funkin outrageous. Nobody could play like him.
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I found this on the net and thought I'd release it into the MOS, since it's kind of rare to find this in MP3 form. Here's Billy's fist Apple single like you may have never heard it. It's a stripped down alternate take. This album was produced by George Harrison and I believe he had 1/2 of Blind Faith helping him out as well as Keith Richards and some other friends. So enjoy the stripped down raw artistry. If you would like to have the original version available in the... MORE
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In over 40 years of playing music, Billy Preston crossed paths with many greats, including Sam Cooke. He recorded this burning b-3 instrumental for Sam's label SAR in '63, and just a few years later he was hanging out with the Beatles..Damn. Happy Friday
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IN ABOUT 1957-58, BILLY HAD ALREADY PLAYED ORGAN FOR MAHALIA JACKSON!FOR SEVERAL YEARS, HE OFTEN PLAYED AT WITH DORIS AKERS AND THE SKY PILOT CHOIR,IN L.A.,HE WAS STUNNING!LATER HE PLAYED FOR WORLD FAMOUS HEALING EVANGELIST, A A ALLEN..UNDER HIS GIANT TENT CRUSADE, IN EL MONTE ,CALIF. BRO. ALLEN INVITED HIM TO TRAVEL WITH OUR TEAM, BUT SOME OF THETEAM MUSICIANS, THOUGHT HE WAS"TOO YOUNG14 YRS),TO BE ON THE ROAD!"(IN LATER YEARS,HEVISITED REV. ALLENS MIRACLE VALLEY CAMPMEE... MORE
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Billy Preston rocks!
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You heard "Short Fat Fanny" by Little Richard before, but you should watch & listen to this superior version. Billy was working for Little Richard when this video was made but i couldn´t find any reference of this song being released so maybe it was just a video edit.
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Shown the way by The Morning News: an alphabet of jazz videos on Moistworks
I'm told that if you don't watch this one, you're dumb.
