Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Billy Preston - That's the Way God Planned It (Concert for Bangladesh)


Tully's blog post for "Traveling Man" referenced Billy Preston as one of the contributing musicians to the Exile sessions and it got me thinking of a quintessential Preston moment. Preston had a close relationship with the Beatles, especially George Harrison, so it is no surprise that when Harrison was collecting musicians for his Concert for Bangladesh, Preston would be among the selected group. If you have not seen the concert film for this, please do, it is a great concert full of memorable performance. The one that stands out to me though is Preston's "That's the Way God Planned It." I especially like when he starts feeling it about 3:23 into the song. One of the more inspiring performances. Unfortunately Preston is no longer with us, he passed away in 2006,but listening to this song, we know Billy is somewhere still feelin' it.

3 comments:

  1. Man, great performance...

    Was that a little chicken dance I saw in there?

    I think every post has featured organ/keyboards so far. Good stuff!

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  2. yeah, he's feeling IT with mitch mitchell about right now.

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  3. I like how all the other members on stage just back up and let Billy be Billy.

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