Billy Preston

Music
August 2, 2012
Waltz Around Our 100 Best Texas Songs
Blogs
August 2, 2012
The 100 Best Texas Songs: The Complete List
100. Tripping Daisy, "Sonic Bloom" Before this album, the band had a grunge-pop affectation, but this song, from 1998's Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb, was more heartfelt than anything they'd done before. - Daniel Hopkins 99. Pleasant Grove, "The Plaque at 16ft" Bret Egner wrote "The Plaque at 16ft, ... More >>
Blogs
July 31, 2012
Best Texas Songs of All Time: #19-1
Songs #100-80 Songs #79-60 Songs #59-40 Songs #39-20 The Spotify playlist for songs #19-1 19. Billy Preston, "Nothing From Nothing" Houston pianist Billy Preston got to hang around some decent talent (The Beatles, The Stones), but his solo material went in another direction altogether. This is ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2010
For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: George Harrison Brings Friends to Fort Worth in '74
Legend has it George Harrison's '74 tour, kicked off shortly before the release of Dark Horse late that year, was a fiasco best forgotten -- in large part because the former Beatle, whose wife Pattie had just left him for Eric Clapton, had gone on the road following the same bout of laryngitis th ... More >>
Music
December 28, 2006
Everlasting Sounds
Ten of the year's most timeless records
Music
November 17, 2005
Various Artists
I Believe To My Soul (Rhino)
Music
August 19, 2004
Julia Fordham
Friday, August 20
Music
June 3, 2004
A New Texas Jam
Crossroads Guitar Festival celebrates six-strings and the men who make them famous
Music
December 18, 2003
Dr. John
All By Hisself: Live at the Lone Star (Skinji Brim)
Culture
April 12, 2001
The Man Who
Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis is the guy behind the guys
Music
October 19, 2000
Baby, Get Back
"Autobiography" and bootleg box prove that when it comes to the Beatles, you can never just let it be
Music
October 5, 2000
Drive Away
Living in Los Angeles, At the Drive-In does Texas proud
Music
November 28, 1996
Glory and injustice
Is bass legend Chuck Rainey falling through the cracks?
Music
July 18, 1996
Man with a horn
Jeff Aycock hasn't hocked his dreams just yet