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Thread #92023   Message #1754654
Posted By: Margret RoadKnight
06-Jun-06 - 10:53 PM
Thread Name: Obit: 'Fifth Beatle' Dies..Billy Preston (June 06)
Subject: RE: Obit: 'Fifth Beatle' Dies..Billy Preston (June 06)
Sad news - one of the great musicians and entertainers, and a delightful person.
Billy Preston toured Australia in the '60s with Ray Charles, and in the '70s as a solo act (absolutely solo, just him and a Hammond Organ with two Leslie Speakers).
I also saw him with James Cleveland in Detroit in '77, and finally met him in New Orleans in 2000 (pic at my website, access though Google)