Leon Russell - 1971-02-05 - Baarn, Netherlands (FM)

Leon Russell

1971-02-05

Castle Groeneveld

Baarn, The Netherlands

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. DJ Intro 

02. Come On Into My Kitchen

03. Girl From The North Country 

04. Instrumental > Girl From The North Country > Blues Power > Shoot Out On The Plantation

05. Dixie Lullabye 

06. Pisces Apple Lady 

07. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry 

08. Prince Of Peace 

Leon Russell - 1971-02-05 - Baarn, Netherlands (FM)

The first 2 years of the decade of the 1970s produced one success after another for Leon Russell. In early 1970, he organized the backing band for Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour, which included himself as well as host of musicians who had supported Delaney and Bonnie during their 1969/1970 tour. He also released his self titled solo album which included the the first recording of what would become his signature tune, A Song for You, That song has since been covered by more than 40 different artists including the Carpenters, Ray Charles, Peggy Lee, Willie Nelson, Helen Reddy, Whitney Houston, Donny Hathaway, and Christina Aguilera. Also in 1970, Russell played piano on Dave Mason's album, Alone Together, most notably on the song Sad and Deep as You. In March 1971, he produced some tracks for Bob Dylan, including Watching the River Flow and When I Paint My Masterpiece, both of which prominently featured Russell's gospel-flavored piano. In August, he played a set as part of George Harrison's Concert For Bangladesh. He also played on Badfinger's album Straight Up, including piano on the band's hit single, Day After Day. On top of all that, Russell released 2 albums in 1971 - Leon Russell & The Shelter People in May and Asylum Choir II in November. This FM broadcast captures him early on in the 2nd year of that incredibly productive period, in the Netherlands on February 5, 1971, 53 years ago today.