From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Tue Jun 06 11:51:39 2006
Subject:Re: Billy Preston dies

Hi All,

Yeah, I noted that statement with interest. I wouldn't be surprised, though: studio time was expensive "back in the day," and producers often had little patience for players who couldn't nail a killer part on the first couple of tries. So, they went to a hired gun to finish it. Keyboard and drum parts seem to be especially prone to this practice. And of course, there was never any credit on the album liner, for reasons that varied from contractual obligations, to pride, to keeping up showbiz images.

A couple of years back, there was an interesting discussion on this list about whether Howard Wales did or didn't play the organ solo on Green-Eyed Lady. (I suspect that he did. If you listen to the other solos and intros that Jerry Corbetta played, there's a different, more rock-like feel to them. G-EL's solo has a jazz-like feel.)

Regards,

-BW

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At 01:35 PM 6/6/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Fox news reported that Billy played organ on "Sly and the Family
>Stone's greatest hits". I have thought for many years that Rose Stone
>played those parts...
>
>Funny how much discrepancy there can be on how these old songs were
>recorded; who played what.
>
>Bill
>
>Bill Carson
>President
>FourEyes Creative, Inc.
>Minneapolis, Minnesota
>612-270-1613

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