I lived down the road from the hospital where he passed .. I was pulling out of my complex on the year anniversary that he had passed and sitting at the corner intersection with the radio on... When they had a tribute to Billy Preston that day and it was a goose bump moment, knowing that I was sitting in front of the hospital that he had died a year later!! I just absolutely loved him and it was an honor to be there at that time.❤😊
Fantastic song. Guys like Billy really brought the country and the world closer together. You can’t resist this funky beat, piano, and his maaad soulful vocals!
Preston was the Consummate Musician & writer among other things, He also wrote the Classic You are so Beautiful & let Joe Cocker sing that one! His grass roots go back to Jazz & was friend with Joe Sample from the Crusaders Houston, Tx
Highly and Extremely Talented Human Being. He brought us so much joy & happiness via His GOD given gifts, talent, and overall genuis. His talent as a Gospel Artist was just as, if not more impressive than his R&B & Pop portfolio. He is surely missed. Thank GOD His Spirit lives on in our Hearts & Souls Forever. Good Night Brother Preston. We will see You in The Morning. r.i.p.
R.I.Heaven Billy Preston. You are truly missed❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽😥😘😥😥😥😘😘What a Blessing You Were and still are through your amazing music 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😥😘😘😘😘You are still living through your music. I just listened to the Gospel Pioneer Reunion DVD on RU-vid, and You Made That ORGAN SANG PLAYING THE GOSPEL SONG, ”YOU CAN'T BEAT GOD GIVING, NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY.” I did not know that Billy Preston played GOSPEL MUSIC UNTIL I CAME ACROSS THAT VIDEO ON RU-vid!!!!!! If I had been a part of that GREAT GOSPEL SESSION WITH ALL THE LATE GREAT GOSPEL SINGERS, I would've been SHOUTING OUT OF THE BUILDING!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽😥😥😥😥😥😥😥I mean Billy Preston put ALL HIS HEART, SOUL, and AWESOME TALENT ON THAT DVD!!!!!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😥😥😥😥😥😥He was also on the ”Benny Hinn Show, ” and HE DANCED ON THE FOOT PEDALS PLAYING THE GOSPEL HYMN, ”HOW GREAT THOU ART.” If you all want to see BILLY PRESTON SHOW UP TO SHOW OUT!!!! Go watch that Benny Hinn video on RU-vid, the name of the video is ”RELIGIOUS SESSION, PART 1.” BILLY PRESTON TORE THAT ORGAN UP!!!!!!! THERE WILL BE NO OTHER LIKE THE GREAT BILLY PRESTON🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😥😥😥😥😥 I don't think that he really knew how GIFTED, TALENTED, AWESOME, and BLESSED HE REALLY WAS🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘😘😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥🌹🌹🌹🌹THANK GOD!!!! Billy PRESTON LEFT HIS LEGACY ON THIS SIDE OF JORDAN FOR ALL GENERATIONS TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AND HEAR JUST HOW AMAZING THIS MAN TRULY WAS and IS🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹😘😘😘😥😥😥 I KNOW THAT BILLY PRESTON IS PLAYING THAT HAMMOND B3 ORGAN IN GOD’S HEAVENLY CHOIR🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 May God bless and rest Billy Preston’s soul🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😥😥😥😥😥😥😥🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
What a great talent Billy Preston was. I generally remember this song (I was 8 when it came out). Didn't think much of it then. Now I really appreciate it.
I am no keys player. I'm trying. The foot work throws me a bit and watching this MASTER whoop that piano's backside...sliding back and forth on the bench, all while never missing a beat or note is AMAZING! And it really proves just how much he really loved performing! It's like he really wants to get up and dance, but he's got another job he has to do right now. I'm almost 60 and this song still amazes me!
Que tiempos....que tiempos mi amado Billy ...soy una dinosauria de 66 años...melodía tono y ritmo juntos sin ser vulgares ni groseros ...ODA a la buena música...Gracias.
Many people did not know that Billy Preston was gay - He died June 6,2006 age 59 in Scottsdale, Arizona - Preston had suffered kidney disease in his later years, brought on by his hypertension. He received a kidney transplant in 2002, but his health continued to deteriorate. He had voluntarily entered a drug rehabilitation clinic in Malibu, California, at the suggestion of guitarist Is'real Benton, and suffered pericarditis there, leading to respiratory failure that left him in a coma from November 21, 2005