January 9, 2014
LEON RUSSELL - SNAPSHOT
Leon Russell is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music.Born in Lawton, Oklahoma, he began playing piano at the age of four. Russell attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At this time he was already performing at Tulsa nightclubs. After moving to Los Angeles, he became a session musician, working as a pianist on the recordings of many notable musical artists from the 1960s. By the late 1960s, Russell diversified, becoming successful as an arranger and wrote and co-wrote songs. As a musician, he worked his way up from gigs as a sideman to well known performers. By 1970 he had graduated to solo recording artist, although he never ended all his previous roles within the music industry.
Russell was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, March 14, 2011, at a black-tie dinner at The Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Manhattan. - wikipedia
01. So Hard To Say Goodbye
02. Come For You
03. I Love The Way You Love Me
04. Honey & Eli
05. Blue Eyes & a Black Heart
06. Sweet Magic Love
07. Too Hot To Handle
08. Lost Inside The Blues
09. I See The Light
10. Friendly Fire http://fp.io/fb4aa4c7/
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