title: The Way I Am (Billy Preston album)
text: # The Way I Am (Billy Preston album)
  
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  The Way I Am is the fourteenth studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1981. The album was arranged by Bob Esty, David Blumberg, Arthur G. Wright, Marty Paich, Gene Page and Billy Preston.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Hope" (Bob Esty, Paul Jabara) – 3:19
  * "Good Life Boogie" (Billy Preston) – 4:17
  * "Keep on Truckin'" (Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston, Jr., Anita Poree) – 4:25
  * "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) – 3:57
  * "Lay Your Feelings on Me" (Kay Lewis, Helen Lewis) – 4:20
  * "I Won't Mistreat Your Love" (Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 3:57
  * "Baby I'm Yours" (Van McCoy) – 3:18
  * "Until Then" (Preston, Jesse Kirkland, Joe Greene) – 3:34
  * "The Way I Am" (David Paich) – 4:55
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Billy Preston – vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements (8)
  * William Bryant – keyboards
  * Dave Budimir – synthesizers
  * Reginald "Sonny" Burke – keyboards
  * Michael Lang – keyboards
  * David Paich – keyboards
  * David Shire – keyboards
  * Charles Fearing – guitars
  * Marlo Henderson – guitars
  * Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
  * Steve Lukather – guitars
  * Greg Poree – guitars
  * Melvin "Wah Wah Watson" Ragin – guitars
  * Red Rhodes – guitars
  * Trevor Veitch – guitars
  * David T. Walker – guitars
  * Arthur G. Wright – guitars, arrangements (3)
  * Marvin Charlot – bass
  * Nathan East – bass
  * David Hungate – bass
  * Les Hurdle – bass
  * Abraham Laboriel – bass
  * Reggie McBride – bass
  * Freddie "Ready Freddie" Washington – bass
  * Eddie N. Watkins Jr. – bass
  * Nathan Watts – bass
  * Ollie E. Brown – drums
  * James Gadson – drums
  * Jeff Porcaro – drums
  * Rick Shlosser – drums
  * Joe Clayton – percussion
  * Gary Coleman – percussion
  * Paulinho da Costa – percussion
  * Melvin Webb – percussion
  * Herman Riley – alto sax solo (6)
  * Bob Esty – arrangements (1)
  * David Blumberg – arrangements (2, 6, 7)
  * Marty Paich – arrangements (4, 9)
  * Gene Page – arrangements (5)
  * Oma Drake – backing vocals
  * Joe Greene – backing vocals
  * Jesse Kirkland – backing vocals
  * Mike Reed – backing vocals
  * Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
  * Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
  * Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
  * Oren Waters – backing vocals
  * Syreeta Wright – backing vocals
  * Mona Lisa Young – backing vocals
  * Terry Young – backing vocals
  
  ### Production
  
  * Suzanne DePasse – executive producer
  * Tony Jones – executive producer
  * Jane Clark – engineer
  * Guy Costa – engineer
  * Joe Robb – engineer
  * Allen Sides – engineer
  * Russ Terrana – engineer, mastering
  * Suzanne Coston – project manager
  * Kevin Wright – engineer
  * John Matousek – mastering
  * Harry Langdon – photography
  * Suzi Biles – stylist
  * Wayne Masserelli – make-up
  