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Music Appreciation

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,574 posts) Fri Sep 2, 2022, 08:32 AM Sep 2022

Billy Preston was born on this date.

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Billy Preston was born on this date. (Original Post) Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2022 OP

"The Fifth Beatle" PJMcK Sep 2022 #1

ty. i can get up now. mopinko Sep 2022 #2

PJMcK

(22,035 posts)

1. "The Fifth Beatle"

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Fri Sep 2, 2022, 09:54 AM

Sep 2022

Preston was a great and influential keyboardist in the '60s, '70s and '80s. His virtuosity on piano, organ, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes electric piano and synthesizers were musical and influential.

He would have been 76 today. His music lives on.

mopinko

(70,102 posts)

2. ty. i can get up now.

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Fri Sep 2, 2022, 10:17 AM

Sep 2022

good sound quality too. havent heard it in a long time, and it sounds so much better w my trained ears.

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