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Today in counterculture history (06/06) 2
#14568170 - 06/06/11 05:48 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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- 1970: Syd Barrett plays his one and only solo show
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Performances
Despite the numerous recording dates for his solo albums, Barrett undertook very little musical activity between 1968 and 1972 outside the studio. On 24 February 1970, he appeared on John Peel's BBC radio programme Top Gear playing five songs—only one of which had been previously released. Three would be re-recorded for the Barrett album, while the song "Two of a Kind" was a one-off performance (possibly written by Richard Wright). Barrett was accompanied on this session by Gilmour and Shirley who played bass and percussion, respectively.
Gilmour and Shirley also backed Barrett for his one and only live concert during this period. The gig took place on 6 June 1970 at the Olympia Exhibition Hall as part of a Music and Fashion Festival. The trio performed four songs,"Terrapin", "Gigolo Aunt", "Effervescing Elephant" and "Octopus". Poor mixing left the vocals barely audible until part-way through the last number. At the end of the fourth song, Barrett unexpectedly but politely put down his guitar and walked off the stage. The performance has been bootlegged. Barrett made one last appearance on BBC Radio, recording three songs at their studios on 16 February 1971. All three came from the Barrett album. After this session, he took a hiatus from his music career that lasted more than a year, although in an extensive interview with Mick Rock and Rolling Stone in December, he discussed himself at length, showed off his new 12-string guitar, talked about touring with Jimi Hendrix and stated that he was frustrated in terms of his musical work because of his inability to find anyone good to play with.
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William Everett "Billy" Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American rhythm and blues musician from Houston, Texas raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. In addition to his successful, Grammy Award-winning career as a solo artist, Preston collaborated with some of the greatest names in the music industry, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Band, Nat King Cole, Little Richard, Eric Burdon, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, George Harrison, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, King Curtis, Sammy Davis Jr., Aretha Franklin, the Jackson 5, Quincy Jones, Mick Jagger, Peter Frampton, Phyllis Hyman, Richie Sambora, Sly Stone, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Norah Jones and Ringo Starr. He played the Fender Rhodes electric piano and the Hammond organ on the Get Back sessions in 1969.
Preston and Tony Sheridan are the only two non-Beatles to receive billing as an artist alongside the Beatles (as distinct from receiving credit as a session musician on album packaging) on an official Beatles record release. The label of the "Get Back" single credits the artists on the record as The Beatles with Billy Preston.
As a guest/session performer
(1963) Night Beat (Sam Cooke) (1969) "Get Back" and "Don't Let Me Down" (The Beatles) (1969) Abbey Road (The Beatles) (1970) Let It Be (The Beatles) (1970) All Things Must Pass (George Harrison) (1970) John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon) - piano on "God" (1971) Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones) (1971) The Concert for Bangla Desh (George Harrison and Friends) (1971) There's a Riot Goin' On (Sly & the Family Stone) (1971) Live at Fillmore West (King Curtis & Aretha Franklin) (1971) Barbra Joan Streisand - Keyboards and Drums (1972) Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones) (1972) Wind of Change (Peter Frampton) - Plays piano, keyboards, harpsichord, accordion (1973) Ringo (Ringo Starr) - Organ on "I'm The Greatest" and "Oh My My" (1973) Goats Head Soup (Rolling Stones) (1974) Dark Horse (George Harrison) - Electric piano (1974) Goodnight Vienna (Ringo Starr) - clavinet on the title track, electric piano on "Only You (And You Alone)" (1974) It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (Rolling Stones) (1975) "You Are So Beautiful" (Joe Cocker) (1975) Extra Texture (Read All About It) (George Harrison) - Electric piano on "His Name Is Legs (Ladies And Gentlemen)" (1976) Thirty Three & 1/3 (George Harrison) (1976) Black and Blue (Rolling Stones) (1976) Love You Live (Rolling Stones) (1978) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Also acted the part "Sgt. Pepper" in the film (1981) Tattoo You (Rolling Stones) (1985) "Till My Baby Comes Home" (Luther Vandross) - Plays organ (1986) "Great Gosh A'Mighty (Been A Long Time Comin')" - Co-written with Little Richard - from the hit motion picture Down and Out in Beverly Hills. Little Richard - vocal. (1990) Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band - Plays keyboards and vocals (1990) Giovani Jovanotti (Jovanotti) - Plays keyboards & Fender Rhodes (1991) ...E La Vita Continua (Nino D'Angelo) (1993) Wandering Spirit (Mick Jagger) - "Sweet Thing", "Out of Focus", "Use Me", "Wandering Spirit" and "I've Been Lonely for So Long". (1996) Voyage of Dreams - Jephté Guillaume and the Tet Kale Orkestra - Plays Organ, Strings on "Al Di Yo", "Go Tell Them", "Kanpe", "Get Up") (1996) Donnie McClurkin (Donnie McClurkin) - Organ (1996) El Equilibiro de los Jaguares (Jaguares) - Organ/Hammond B3 on "Detrás de los Cerros" (1996) Peace Beyond Passion (Me'shell Ndegeocello) - Keyboards on "Deuteronomy: Niggerman" (1997) Bridges to Babylon (Rolling Stones) - Organ on "Saint of Me" (1998) Undiscovered Soul (Richie Sambora) (2000) The Harsh Light of Day (Fastball) - Plays keyboards on "You're An Ocean" (2001) Songs From The West Coast (Elton John) - "Electric organ" on "I Want Love", "The Wasteland", "Love Her Like Me" (2001) Reptile (Eric Clapton) (2001) One More Car, One More Rider (Eric Clapton, live) - DVD includes live performance of Will It Go Round in Circles (2002) Travelogue (Joni Mitchell) - Plays Hammond B3 on the track "You Dream Flat Tires" (2002) "American IV:The Man Comes Around"(Johnny Cash) - Piano on "Tear Stained Letter" and "Personal Jesus" (2003) The Colored Section (Donnie) - Plays Hammond B3 on the last track: "The Colored Section" (2003) Concert for George - Including "Isn't It a Pity" and "My Sweet Lord" (2003) Get Born (Jet) (2004) Me and Mr. Johnson (Eric Clapton) - Also appears in the DVD companion Sessions for Robert J (2004) Crossroads Guitar Festival (Eric Clapton) (2004) Genius Loves Company (Ray Charles) (2005) 12 Songs (Neil Diamond) (2005) Back Home (Eric Clapton) (2005) Choose Love (Ringo Starr) (2005) The Concert for Bangladesh (George Harrison and Friends) (Re-mastered version & video) (2005) Tough on Crime (Rebecca Pidgeon) - Plays Keyboards (2006) Stadium Arcadium (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - Plays on "Warlocks" (2006) The Road to Escondido (Eric Clapton, J. J. Cale) (2007) Reach (Is'real Benton) - Plays organ on "Have A Good Time"
Death
Preston had battled kidney disease in his later years, brought on by his hypertension. He received a kidney transplant in 2002, but his health continued to deteriorate. He died on June 6, 2006 in Scottsdale, Arizona, of complications of malignant hypertension that resulted in kidney failure and other complications. He had voluntarily entered a drug rehabilitation clinic in Malibu, CA, at the suggestion of guitarist Is'real Benton and suffered pericarditis there, leading to respiratory failure that left him in a coma from November 21, 2005. Shortly before he entered rehab, he told his manager, Joyce Moore, that he was a homosexual.[8] His funeral was held on June 20 at the Faithful Central Bible Church in Inglewood, California, where his remains were interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.
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Edited by Learyfan (06/06/21 09:20 AM)
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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/06) [Re: Learyfan] 2
#14568231 - 06/06/11 06:23 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Billy Preston was a badass. Great artist, amazing afro.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/06) [Re: gzuf]
#16339752 - 06/06/12 05:15 AM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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Annual bump.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/06) [Re: Learyfan] 2
#16339757 - 06/06/12 05:21 AM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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i was wondering how you find out about all these important dates and things that have happened. is it all just knowledge you've acquired over the years and stories you've heard? or do you read about them on blogs and stuff??
eitherway its pretty amazing how you seem to have a grasp of all this historical knowledge of important things that have happened in the world.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/06) [Re: Dosile Kouki] 1
#16339761 - 06/06/12 05:24 AM (11 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks man, but you're giving me way too much credit. All I do is search for different things and then save them to my e-mail calendar. 
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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/06) [Re: Learyfan] 1
#18376400 - 06/06/13 05:14 AM (10 years, 8 months ago) |
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Billy Preston - "Nothing From Nothing"
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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/06) [Re: Learyfan] 2
#20091552 - 06/06/14 05:56 AM (9 years, 8 months ago) |
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Here's the full Syd Barrett solo show audio.
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#20092319 - 06/06/14 11:18 AM (9 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks Leary
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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/06) [Re: TYL3R]
#21769877 - 06/06/15 10:37 AM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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No problem. And today is the 45th anniversary of the solo Syd show.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/06) [Re: Learyfan]
#23313069 - 06/06/16 05:36 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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And today is the 10th anniversary of Billy Preston's death.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/06) [Re: Learyfan]
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Annual bump.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/06) [Re: Learyfan]
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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/06) [Re: Learyfan]
#26035757 - 06/06/19 05:49 AM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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On This Day in 1970: Syd Barrett Solo Show
Monday, June 6, 2016
46 years ago today, Syd Barrett made his live debut as a solo artist, and if you were fortunate enough to be there for his performance, you’re a very lucky individual, because heaven knows Syd ended up making precious few live performances beyond that one.
After Pink Floyd famously failed to pick Syd up for a gig one day, thereby effectively beginning the process of dropping him as the frontman for the band he helped to form, Syd embarked on a solo career which would last for all of two albums: The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, both of which were released in 1970. (An odds-and-sods collection entitled Opel would eventually emerge, but by that point Syd had long since slipped into a self-imposed retirement from music which would last until his death in 2006.) It was between the release of The Madcap Laughs in January and Barrett in November that Syd performed at the Music and Fashion Festival in Kensington, Olympia, singing and playing guitar while Jerry Shirley played drums and his old pal David Gilmour played bass.
In advance of the gig, Barrett spoke with Sounds Magazine, and when journalist Giovanni Dadomo asked him if he was looking forward to playing live again, he replied, “I used to enjoy it, it was a gas. But so’s doing nothing. It’s art school laziness, really.” Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that the performance ultimately lasted for a grand total of four songs – “Terrapin,” “Gigolo Aunt,” “Effervescing Elephant,” and “Octopus” – and ended with Syd unexpectedly setting down his guitar and walking off the stage, leaving Gilmour and Shirley to wrap things up without him.
From there, the world saw less and less of Barrett in the live arena. In 1971, he did a session for John Peel and another for the BBC, the following year he popped up in a group called the Last Minute Put Together Boogie Band (it was rather spontaneous, as you might guess), and then there was his flirtation with the band Stars, which lasted for precisely two performances.
After Stars, Barrett walked away from music, but he left behind a legacy which is all too short but which remains as influential now as ever.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/06) [Re: Learyfan]
#26723709 - 06/06/20 09:46 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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50th anniversary of Syd Barrett's only solo show today.
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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/06) [Re: Learyfan]
#27337264 - 06/06/21 09:27 AM (2 years, 8 months ago) |
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15th anniversary of the death of Billy Preston today.
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