Don Preston

Through the 1950s, a teenaged Don Preston acquired the chance to strum his guitar for most from the day’s hitmakers, like the Penguins, the Coasters, the Olympics, as well as the Jaguars. He continued to utilize a roster of performers that included Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ritchie Valens, the Righteous Brothers, Gene Vincent, Rick Nelson, Ray Sharpe, and Jessie Hill. Affects from those years could be noticed in Preston’s Sacre Blues record, which mixes the blues with components of nation and rockabilly. The guitarist also was an associate from the Shindogs through the 1960s, along with Chuck Blackwell and Delaney Bramlett. By the next 10 years, he was element of Joe Cocker’s Mad Canines and Englishmen. Afterwards work carries a trio of recordings with blues guitarist Freddie Ruler. He also added vocals and electric guitar function to Leon Russell’s Shelter People, and made an appearance at George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh.