[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Leon Russell (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 10/18/2014 11:06:21 PM EDT
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He's great. Check out
http://www.amazon.com/Hank-Wilsons-Back-Leon-Russell/dp/B000002U03 a parody on country music. He has done some great stuff. He is coming with Willie Nelson to Jackson, MS next month. |
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He was pretty famous in his day. I seem to remember some controversy about him testifying against friends in a narcotics investigation? I don't think that was him. Greg Allman was actually cast in the movie Rush because of what he did. Read |
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Always thought he was kind of creepy but he wrote "A Song For You" which is a really awesome song.
A Song For You Many people have covered it. My favorite was him, Willie Nelson and Ray Charles below: Here |
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Great writer/piano man, and he once had a wife hotter
than GQ's hottest spouse of the 21st century |
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Joo keeding me? At the original Concert for Bangladesh Mick Jagger couldn't make it. They got Leon to do a version of "Jumpin Jack Flash" that pretty much owned the song. If someone would kindly embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnXtBEsRu88 Please send inability to embed insults here -> That song alone is worth buying the concert DVD, although the whole concert was excellent. Quoted:
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Quoted: awesome !!!!!! Quoted: Quoted: I'll be doing monitors for him tonight. I read his wikipedia entry last night; as a musician I'd be happy to have a small fraction of his success. awesome !!!!!! He's about 15 feet away from my console playing piano. It's loud as balls  |
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Hell yeah-in the early 70s I discovered he contributed to the Stones Let it Bleed album on piano. He also worked with the recently departed J.J. Cale, among many others, who we used to throw on the turntable (Cale wrote Cocaine which Clapton covered) .
From the net: LEON RUSSELL (1941- ) In the 1970s, wildman pianist and vocalist Leon Russell was extremely appreciated among his musical contemporaries, who employed him frequently on their records. He also enjoyed a time-limited but successful solo career fusing blues and rock and gospel. Born in Oklahoma, he became a session musician in the early '60s as part of Phil Spector's players, then going to play on the Byrds' Mr. Tambourine Man and with artists like the Monkees and Glen Campbell. In the late '60s and early 70s, he played with Delaney & Bonnie and became musical director for Joe Cocker's band. Billy Preston and the horn section of Bobby Keys and Jim Price were part of these two bands, as well, and non coincidentally, they all arrived pretty much together in the Stones' camp. In 1969, Russell played piano and arranged the horn section on the Stones' Live with Me, which featured Bobby Keys on sax. Unlike Price, Keys and Preston, that was his last recorded contribution with the Stones. Mick, Bill and Charlie all contributed to Russell's 1970 album. In addition to playing with Cocker, in the '70s Russell recorded and toured with artists such as the Flying Burrito Brothers, George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan. He also played on Bill Wyman's 1974 and 1976 solo albums. In the 1980s and '90s, Russell's popularity diminished, but he continued working with artists like Willie Nelson and J. J. Cale. "If someone would kindly embed . . . " 
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Saw him open for Tower Of Power back in the 80's. 
The Egyptian Theatre in Seattle. Tower of Power-There's a blast from the past. Really tight! Ahead of their time IMO.
Egyptian Theatre . . . I worked for some Chinese restaurant owners when in high school. Bruce Lee was friends with 2 of the men when they all went to UW in Seattle. Lee was best man for 1 of the guys. The other guy took me to the premiere of Enter The Dragon at the Egyptian (IIRC). It was a happening in the Chinese community of Seattle, though bittersweet. Lee had died 6 days before. ETA: Daughter was wrong . Egyptian Theater is still there. |
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I'll be doing monitors for him tonight. I read his wikipedia entry last night; as a musician I'd be happy to have a small fraction of his success. The scope, depth and breadth of ARFCOM never ceases to amaze me. Give him our best and please request JJF if he doesn't have Stranger on the set list. |
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My all time favorite musician. Mixture of hard rock and soul. He does the best version of Jumping Jack Flash that has ever been done.
Offbeat piano notes make him unique. He is awesome. Very heavy sound for the early 70's. First version (and my first exposure to Leon Russell) is from the Concert from Bangaladesh
Second version is different but good all its own. Cleaner more energetic sound. Thank goodness they digitally remastered this two album set. I only had it in 8 track and couldn't find it anywhere. One of the two 8 tracks was stolen years ago. This is my favorite all time album. A number of great hits on this. Crank it up. He exudes energy! Listen to it and focus on the piano.
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Quoted: The scope, depth and breadth of ARFCOM never ceases to amaze me. Give him our best and please request JJF if he doesn't have Stranger on the set list. Quoted: Quoted: I'll be doing monitors for him tonight. I read his wikipedia entry last night; as a musician I'd be happy to have a small fraction of his success. The scope, depth and breadth of ARFCOM never ceases to amaze me. Give him our best and please request JJF if he doesn't have Stranger on the set list. The show was really awesome. Honestly I wasn't very familiar with him (hence having to read wikipedia ), but I have gained a great deal of respect for him in a very short time.This week I found out that a good friend of mine is sick. During the concert, Leon talked about a friend of his that had recently died. He then played "His Eye is on the Sparrow." I thought, what a ballsy thing to do during a rock and roll show. But I really appreciated it. Anyway, his keyboard and monitoring rig is huge. He brought his own stage monitors (which I mixed), a total of seven speakers that surrounded him. The backing band was really good, too. |