The Kids & Me, Billy Preston, 1974, :33
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
I can't believe I have only barely heard of this guy; I had no idea he left his fingerprints all over the major musical moments of the 1960s and '70s, and was so intricately connected with the Beatles. As always, a brother is denied the spotlight, and then he died tragically early. This is a solid funk-rock album, not consistently great, but with plenty of high points. The original version of "You Are So Beautiful," later a hit by Joe Coker, turns out to be super corny, however. The sludgy instrumental "Creature Feature" could be a Funkadelic track. Favorites: "Tell Me You Need My Loving," "Nothing From Nothing," "Little Black Boys and Girls."
