BROOKLYNSTEVE: 01/09/14

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/

LEON RUSSELL - LIVE IN JAPAN

Track Listings
1. Heaven [Live in Japan, 1973]
2. Over the Rainbow/God Put a Rainbow [Live in Japan, 1973]
3. Queen of the Roller Derby [Live in Japan, 1973]
4. Roll Away the Stone [Live in Japan, 1973]
5. Tight Rope [Live in Japan, 1973]
6. Sweet Emily [Live in Japan, 1973]
7. Alcatraz [Live in Japan, 1973]
8. You Don't Have to Go [Live in Japan, 1973]
9. A Song for You/Of Thee I Sing/Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms [Live in Japan
10. Alcatraz [Live in Houston, 1971] [#][*]
11. Stranger in a Strange Land [Live in Houston, 1971] [#][*]
12. Groupie (Superstar) [Live in Houston, 1971] [#][*]
13. Roll Over Beethoven [Live in Houston, 1971] [#][*]
14. Blues Power/Shoot Out on the Plantation/As the Years Go Passing By/The
15. Jumpin' Jack Flash [Live in Houston, 1971] [#][*]
16. Of Thee I Sing/Yes I Am [Live in Houston, 1971] [#][*]
Editorial Reviews
Russell's 1973 triple-LP Leon Live was hailed as one of the greatest live recordings
in rock. What it overshadowed was his equally revelatory recording made at the
Budokan in Japan that same year; wonderfully gritty performances from Houston in '71
join Heaven; Queen of the Roller Derby; Tight Rope; Sweet Emily; Alcatraz; You Don't
Have to Go , and more. U.S. debut, CD debut! http://fp.io/feac6ee9/