On Now.

I'm loving this so far! Billy had such a rich talent and enduring legacy. The king of session players!

Ugh I totally forgot. Will check the replay at 1:00 am. Thanks!

Damn...didn't know Billy went through what he went through. Joyous life as well as a sad one.

silverchild said:

Damn...didn't know Billy went through what he went through. Joyous life as well as a sad one.

Why do they have to make people wait until after midnight to check the "Unsung" replays? I love my '90s shows and all but come on. But I will be replying once I watch the episode.

Timmy84 said:

silverchild said:

Damn...didn't know Billy went through what he went through. Joyous life as well as a sad one.

Why do they have to make people wait until after midnight to check the "Unsung" replays? I love my '90s shows and all but come on. But I will be replying once I watch the episode.

Yeah...TV One should air the premiere and then air an encore presentation. Love "Martin" and all, but I hate staying up trying to catch an episode I missed. Glad I catched this one though. Definitely one of the best of the "Unsung" series.

silverchild said:

Timmy84 said:

Why do they have to make people wait until after midnight to check the "Unsung" replays? I love my '90s shows and all but come on. But I will be replying once I watch the episode.

Yeah...TV One should air the premiere and then air an encore presentation. Love "Martin" and all, but I hate staying up trying to catch an episode I missed. Glad I catched this one though. Definitely one of the best of the "Unsung" series.

Right. Well I can wait but it's hard especially when nothing else is on.

Billy Preston was on an episode of Martin, I wonder if they are showing that one tonight?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Billy Preston was on an episode of Martin, I wonder if they are showing that one tonight?

Probably not. I know he WAS on an episode though.

silverchild said:

I'm loving this so far! Billy had such a rich talent and enduring legacy. The king of session players!

For sure. This is the BEST episode of Unsung so far to me. I really feel sorry for all of the demons he had to deal with.

daPrettyman said:

silverchild said:

I'm loving this so far! Billy had such a rich talent and enduring legacy. The king of session players!

For sure. This is the BEST episode of Unsung so far to me. I really feel sorry for all of the demons he had to deal with.

It was, it's a shame he's not in the Rock Hall.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

daPrettyman said:

For sure. This is the BEST episode of Unsung so far to me. I really feel sorry for all of the demons he had to deal with.

It was, it's a shame he's not in the Rock Hall.

Maybe this episode could help the efforts.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

daPrettyman said:

For sure. This is the BEST episode of Unsung so far to me. I really feel sorry for all of the demons he had to deal with.

It was, it's a shame he's not in the Rock Hall.

I'm still shocked he's not in. His work with the Beatles and the Stones should count for SOMETHING, right?!

daPrettyman said:

silverchild said:

I'm loving this so far! Billy had such a rich talent and enduring legacy. The king of session players!

For sure. This is the BEST episode of Unsung so far to me. I really feel sorry for all of the demons he had to deal with.

I don't agree but it was an interesting episode.

phunkdaddy said:

daPrettyman said:

For sure. This is the BEST episode of Unsung so far to me. I really feel sorry for all of the demons he had to deal with.

I don't agree but it was an interesting episode.

And what you think was the best one?

I still think it's between DeBarge and Phyllis (I still watch Phyllis like crazy).

You can watch it on the TV1 website now. I just tuned in.

One thing that suprised the hell out of me ...

They didn't say one thing about homies AFRO.

purplethunder3121 said:

You can watch it on the TV1 website now. I just tuned in.

It's there already??

It usually takes a day or three

Timmy84 said:

phunkdaddy said:

I don't agree but it was an interesting episode.

And what you think was the best one?

I still think it's between DeBarge and Phyllis (I still watch Phyllis like crazy).

I enjoyed the Barkays episode best as well as Tami Terrell's.

This episode of Unsung with Billy Preston was both fascinating and awfully sad to watch. I did enjoy the subjects that they interviewed from Bruce Fisher, Will Porter, Syretta Wright. You can tell they really enjoyed reminiscing about Preston's music, musical identies, breakthroughs and personal charms. Props to the producers of this show, but I would have loved to learn more about Preston's musical and interpersonal relationships with The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. For a man that was called the "Fifth Beatle" by John Lennon and George Harrison and so well thought of in the rock community, it would have been cool to celebrate that.

For a Black r&b musician in a musically segregated and racist music industry back then, to become the MOST IN-DEMAND session musician (both in the studio and on the road) is astonishing to me. I went to Wikipedia (not the most reliable but it's a source) and this dude put in some work! He was like a journeyman carpenter that always found work because of the quality of his work. I only know of Billy's solo hits, but for a man who broke so many barriers in Black music and diversified contemporary White music, he isn't mentioned with Sly Stone, James Brown, P-Funk.

The most heartbreaking segment was the part about him battling kidney disease and even after receiving the transplant, he relapsed. I'm on music kick listening to rap (Black Star, Naughty By Nature, Bad Meets Evil, Biggie to name a few) to Love Supreme. I gotta get into more of Billy's '70's records.

funkpill said:

purplethunder3121 said:

You can watch it on the TV1 website now. I just tuned in.

It's there already??

It usually takes a day or three

Yeah, I just got through watching it. Had me tearing up a little. Billie's nephew looks a lot like him. Some great songs from the seventies I haven't heard in many years had me singing along..."Nothing..from Nothing leaves Nothing/Ya gotta have something if you wanna be with me!" What a talent!

Gonna watch the Sylvester episode next...

[Edited 7/25/11 21:10pm]

Wow, I just saw it on the site. His last days... But so glad he's not suffering anymore. And it's quite shocking how it was mentioned of his sexuality. Blessed talent. Genius. RIP

phunkdaddy said:

Timmy84 said:

And what you think was the best one?

I still think it's between DeBarge and Phyllis (I still watch Phyllis like crazy).

I enjoyed the Barkays episode best as well as Tami Terrell's.

I enjoyed those also, but Billy's was so much more indepth than the Barkays. Tammi's was really good also and I would rank it up there with Billy's.

Timmy84 said:

Wow, I just saw it on the site. His last days... But so glad he's not suffering anymore. And it's quite shocking how it was mentioned of his sexuality. Blessed talent. Genius. RIP

They didn't just mention his sexuality, but was up front and honest about it.

That comment made by the friend was too funny about Billy and his young thing having kids.

gotta check this out. He's someone I've definitely been curious about.

daPrettyman said:

daPrettyman said:

Timmy84 said:

Wow, I just saw it on the site. His last days... But so glad he's not suffering anymore. And it's quite shocking how it was mentioned of his sexuality. Blessed talent. Genius. RIP

They didn't just mention his sexuality, but was up front and honest about it.

That comment made by the friend was too funny about Billy and his young thing having kids.

I agree.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

daPrettyman said:

They didn't just mention his sexuality, but was up front and honest about it.

That comment made by the friend was too funny about Billy and his young thing having kids.

Also the black church/choir/gay thing they mentioned.

Yeah, that was hilarious!

Jboogiee said:

On Now.

I saw it. Very sad. I read about his childhood sexual abuse and his drug problems but had no idea that things were that bad e.g. his arrests which included insurance fraud and (gasp) sexual assault of two men. Damn he was on a downward spiral to say the least.

Its a shame he couldn't accept counseling if for no other reason than to at least curb his drug use. Billy's spirit was broken I think. Fucking child rapists! All of them need to be killed.

That description of him on his death bed was just too much.