The Beatles Bible - Topic: Billy Preston

vonbontee on Billy Preston

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:01:40 +0100

GeorgeTSimpson said

The beatlesbible site says john also played organ on i want you

Yeah, I had to check that myself after reading your post! I can't imagine what parts he played - maybe his contributions are buried under all those layers of guitars & Moog noise.

GeorgeTSimpson on Billy Preston

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:16:25 +0100

The beatlesbible site says john also played organ on i want you

vonbontee on Billy Preston

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:31:57 +0100

That's Billy playing the fancy solo bits, yes. (I didn't know that John played anything other than guitar and Moog on that one!)

GeorgeTSimpson on Billy Preston

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:34:05 +0100

I never heard any of his solo music except of the two songs or so that were included on come and get it (best of apple), one of which is that's the way god planned it, which is also on concert for bangladesh. I'm no big fan of billy's solo songs although his beatles piano lines are amazing especially the solo of get back and the organ part after the "she's so" in I Want You. I think it was a good idea to let him play again on abbey road (his something organ line is also amazing) although I ...

mithveaen on Billy Preston

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:55:40 +0000

Joe said:

That Billy Preston documentary I mentioned at the top of the thread: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/e.....lanned_It/ – I helped out in a very minor way with some info and suggestions.

It's a very good documentary, though the last five minutes are pretty bleak. Apparently Keith Richards accidentally outed Billy in his recent autobiography. The radio producer asked Billy's manager about it and it's confirmed for the first time in this doc. Apparently that – and sexual abuse he suffered as a child – was a key reason why he turned to drugs in later life.

I hope the ...

Von Bontee on Billy Preston

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 07:13:53 +0000

Well done, sir, and welcome to the 'bible! I've only got a greatest-hits thing myself, and have beem curious about the deeper cuts...

on Billy Preston

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:21:17 +0000

Joe said:

In the meantime, let's chat Billy. Anyone got any of his albums? Are they any good? Apparently his first one for Apple (That's The Way God Planned It) featured Keith Richards on bass, Ginger Baker on drums, George Harrison on rhythm and Eric Clapton on lead guitar. What a band!

Incase any of you guys are interested, I have most of Billy Prestons music, and I've started a youtube channel that will have all of his albums. So far I've uploaded 9 albums, and I think I still have about 6 to go. Billy preston was such and under-rated ...

mithveaen on Billy Preston

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:38:50 +0000

GniknuS said:

I've been meaning to hear some of Billy's stuff, being a Hammond organ player myself, but I just keep getting caught up with other artists. Billy's on my mental queue I suppose you could say.

But this is easily my favorite Beatle related cover I've ever heard, even though Billy's not the lead vocalist.

Man... I'm not fond of vocal "acrobatics" (as Christina Aguilera once said) but Yolanda's voice and Billy's Hammon is just amazing. It's indeed one of the best Beatle related covers, thanks for sharing Gniknus!

And Joe, ...

mr. Sun king coming together on Billy Preston

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:17:58 +0000

Well, Thanks for the Link Joe, it is fascinating

Von Bontee on Billy Preston

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:14:23 +0000

Well, I was at work and wanted to post something IMMEDIATELY but didn't remember my assigned password - something completely unmemorable like "f8we47TJK9hdW" - which I had written down at home. So I felt I had no choice but to create a whole new account right then and there. Later I learned that, duh, I could CHANGE my given password to something of my own choosing, something that I could REMEMBER. But it was too late.

Why didn't I just choose one of the two and stick with it? Because I DON'T THINK THESE THINGS THROUGH! Plus I'd invested a lot of ...

mr. Sun king coming together on Billy Preston

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:28:12 +0000

Why Do you have 2 accounts?

I Forget

Von Bontee on Billy Preston

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:26:45 +0000

Vonbontee #2 thanks you!

(But he's full of it - we do work here and he knows it.)

mr. Sun king coming together on Billy Preston

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:17:59 +0000

That's A Good One vonbontee

vonbontee on Billy Preston

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:16:24 +0000

Neither do you! LOL

Von Bontee on Billy Preston

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:08:48 +0000

Doesn't work here at the office tho...