Missionaria Protectiva

      Preston was born in 1946 in Houston, Texas, but was raised in Los Angeles, where show business crept into his life early on. His mother, who played Sapphire in an  Amos ’n’ Andy  road show, owned an upright piano, which Preston began to play at the age of three. By the time he was ten, he had played with famed gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, and was preparing to act the role of young W.C. Handy in the movie  Birth of the Blues . Before the age of fifteen, he was playing organ and piano and leading his own church choir.       Preston first went on the road as accompanist to Rev. James Cleveland, the king of the male gospel singers. After two years with Cleveland, Preston joined Little Richard’s act, playing his first rock and roll in such hinterland towns as Liverpool, England, where he met and befriended the then pre-legendary Beatles.       Eventually, Preston recorded three gospel albums for Vee-Jay Records (now out of print) and settled down to a relatively anonymous gig

      American musician, a drummer and vocalist, member of J. Geils band from 1967 until the group split in 1985. Boyishly good looking he made a strong reputation as a legendary drummer/singer.       In the mid 1960’s he was one of the founding members of the band, along with Peter Blankfield-better known as Peter Wolf- called the Hallucinations. While working on their musical career it is stated that they worked at a framing shop. At the same time a few young men moved to the Boston area to continue with their education and found them selves forming a group called J. Geils. In 1967 Bladd and Wolf joined the group which was renamed The J. Geils Band.       For years the band played a mix of Blues and R&B with growing popularity in the New England area. By 1971, the band had landed a recording contract with Atlantic and released a self-titled debut.       The Band had played literally thousands of live performances by the time they recorded 'Bloodshot' in 1973 and th

      By the time Skip Battin joined the Byrds in the late 1960s, the group had already undergone the transition from a singles-orientated pop group to album-based country-rock pioneers. With Battin in the line-up, they changed direction again to become a rock’n’roll band in which Battin played bass and contributed sometimes quirky songs. When the band dissolved, Battin went on to join country-rockers the New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Flying Burrito Brothers.      BYRDS Untitled  ( Columbia,1970) https://www.sendspace.com/file/z1jipm