Billy Preston- I Wrote a Simple Song

DSCN3683This was $4.00 approx.  It looked like a good album not being up to date on Billy Preston’s discography at time of purchase.BillyPreston-020411-0002Billy’s Website

Preston, who first met the Beatles in Hamburg with Little Richard, played on the later albums and is featured in the film “Let It Be”.  He also had a decent solo career.  He was born in Houston, Texas in 1946.  He would die in 2006.beatles billy

This was Preston’s sixth studio album but his first for A&M.  Released in 1971, it got decent chart success and produced a #2 single with “Outa-Space”.  Quincy Jones arranged the strings and horns.  David T. Walker plays the guitars.  George Harrison plays a dobro on the title song.  There are some funky performances and there are some slower gospel numbers. Overall, it is a good album.DSCN3684There are a few good songs to choose from, but somehow today, for Martin Luther King Day, I felt “My Country ‘Tis Of Thee” was a more appropriate choice.billy_preston

Satisfactory record.

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