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06-06-2006, 11:48 AM
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Singer-songwriter Billy Preston dead at 59
PHOENIX - Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed his own series of hit singles, including "Outta Space" and "Nothing From Nothing," died Tuesday at 59.
Preston's longtime manager, Joyce Moore, said Preston had been in a coma since November in a care facility and was taken to a hospital in Scottsdale Saturday after his condition deteriorated.
"He had a very, very beautiful last few hours and a really beautiful passing," Moore said by telephone from Germany. "He went home good."
Preston, who had battled chronic kidney failure, had undergone a kidney transplant in 2002, but the kidney failed and he has been on dialysis treatments ever since, Moore said earlier this year.
Known for his big smile and towering afro, Preston was a teen prodigy on the piano and organ, and lent his gospel-tinged touch to classics such as the Beatles' "Get Back" and the Stones' "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?"
He broke out as a solo artist in the 1970s, winning a best instrumental Grammy in 1973 for "Outta Space," and scoring other hits with "Will It Go 'Round In Circles," "Nothing From Nothing" and "With You I'm Born Again," a duet with Syreeta Wright. |
06-06-2006, 11:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Colorado | | | very sad. A great contributor to music. |
06-06-2006, 11:56 AM
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RIP
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06-06-2006, 11:57 AM
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Wouldn't you like to know?! | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Atlanta | | Whoa! That sux!
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06-06-2006, 11:59 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Martin Keith Guitars Moderator | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Long Island, NY | | Man! He was tops.
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06-06-2006, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ctbass very sad. A great contributor to music. | +1 |
06-06-2006, 03:05 PM
|  | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | | I saw him with Clapton a couple of years ago, he was kicking ass!
RIP |
06-06-2006, 03:14 PM
|  | Basement Clef | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Below Ground, Detroit area | | | He was awesome. I especially dug his "Outta Space".
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06-06-2006, 06:14 PM
|  | Deteriorating faster than I can lower my standards | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Frederick MD USA | | | I heard today that he was the only non-Beatle ever to get a credit on a Beatles album. Even Clapton can't say that!
Thanks Billy. RIP |
06-07-2006, 10:43 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Outside Boston | | RIP, Billy.  |
06-07-2006, 11:07 AM
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06-07-2006, 10:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Adelaide, Australia | | He was smokin hot on the Concert For George DVD.
A great talent that will be sorely missed.
RIP
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06-08-2006, 03:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Sydney, Oz | | | RIP Billy. Bet you're having a ball up there with George.
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06-08-2006, 05:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: London, UK | | | Ditto to all the above. What a man, and what a musician! |
06-08-2006, 05:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: sheffield, england | | RIP Billy man...
Listening to "Get Back" now as I write this...man he could play...he never quite made it BIG big, but he was on that "Concert for George" thing and he was kickin'...
Its a sad day... 
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06-08-2006, 07:02 AM
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Tell you what is sad..... coke..... man... I can't even say what I want to do to the next dealer I happen to run into....evidence and all....very few prejudices left man... but the pusher man.... hamburger... effing hamburger... let it rot and the seagulls can have a feast....
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