Margouleff (left) and Preston worked together on multiple albums and remained friends until Preston’s passing in 2006 at the age of 59. Photo: Courtesy of Jawbone Press. In early 1975, we got a call from Billy Preston’s manager, Bob Ellis, who told us that Billy was interested in having Malcolm [Cecil] and me work on his next album for A&M Records. Billy was at the peak of his career and riding high with his biggest hit, “Nothing From Nothing,” …
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