Sublime

Because I could at least respect the British rock and rollers—they were clear on their influences, clear that what they were doing was just a riff on Black folks singing the blues, and better than that, at that moment in time they appreciated what freshness we could bring to the sound. Billy Preston was practically another one of the Beatles by

Thelonious Monk playing “Honeysuckle Rose”.

(Most ink at the time went toward George Harrison’s post-Beatles solo release, All Things Must Pass, which dropped later that month.)

And without helping himself to a slice of the songwriting credits, which would have been standard practice. The failure of George Martin to rip them off remains one of the most bizarre elements of their story.