RIP Billy Preston

[duane]

Very sad news indeed…..

Quote:

‘Fifth Beatle’ Billy Preston Dies at 59

The great singer-songwriter and performer Billy Preston, the real "Fifth Beatle," has died after a long illness as a result of malignant hypertension that resulted in kidney failure and other complications.

As a result of a medical insult, he’d been in a deep coma since last November 21, but was still struggling to recover. He died at Shea Scottsdale Hospital in Scottsdale, Ariz., where he’d lived for the last couple of years.

Billy was called the Fifth Beatle because he played keyboards on "Let It Be," "The White Album" and "Abbey Road." He also played on the Rolling Stones’ hit song "Miss You," and often played with Eric Clapton. He also did the organ work on Sly & the Family Stone’s greatest hits.

Preston’s own hits include "Nothing From Nothing," "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "You Are So Beautiful," which Joe Cocker turned into an international hit.

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[AGAP]

didn’t he play on Exile on Main Street as well…

[fata morgana]

[Rich]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae3l9dF2UNw&search=get%20back%20billy ae3l9dF2 … ck%20billy

that’s how I like to remember him.

[Hansione]

Sad, and so young!

exile on mainstreet, sticky fingers, let it be, black and blue etc.

I have a dvd of "the all starr band", he looked so vitale. yeah sad

[jaylst]

He was also great in the concert for Bangladesh, dancing around like a crazy person, just feeling the music. I would definitely recommend that if you haven’t seen it. I think it just came out on DVD, if I’m not mistaken.

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