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Billy Preston: Billy's Feelin' Real Good

Penny Valentine, Sounds, 29 January 1972

A BROOKLYN friend of mine who had this uncanny knack of being able to spot a rising star at 100 yards said to me a couple of years ago: "There's this phenomenal guy called Billy Preston who plays organ, piano, sings, writes — you name it. Watch him because he is going to be huge. Have I ever been wrong?"

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