Happy New Year

I had a nice quiet New Year's Eve. I was at home and did very little, which was nice. This morning got loads of emails wishing me a happy New Year. One of them was from friend of mine Sam Moore & his lovely wife Joyce. They sent me a You Tube link to a great little performance of Aretha Franklin and Billy Preston singing 'Auld Lang Syne'. Both of them are and were close people to Sam & Joyce. Aretha actually played keyboards on one of Sam's solo albums after he left the massive soul duo of Sam & Dave. Billy was one of Sam's best and closest friends and Joyce was his manager. Sadly, Billy died in 2006. This You Tube performance is great, have a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U9zXXRiTVA

It has reminded me that a few days ago I found some shots of Billy Preston playing with the Rolling Stones around 1976. I must get them onto my website when I get a min.