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Leon Russell
1999-02-20
House of Blues
Los Angeles, CA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. Lost Inside the Blues
02. Back To The Island
03. Sixteen Tons
04. Night Life
05. Hummingbird
06. Sweet Dreams
07. Magic Mirror
08. Lady Blue
09. It's A Hard Rain Gonna Fall
10. Let The Good Times Roll
11. He Stopped Loving Her Today
12. Love's Gonna Live Here Again
13. Legend In My Time
14. Tight Rope
15. Out In the Woods
16. Band Introductions
17. This Masquerade
18. Song For You
19. Jezebel
20. Jumpin' Jack Flash
21. Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms > Stranger In A Strange Land
22. Paint It Black Tease > Kansas City
Leon Russell rose to prominence in the early 1970s with a string of accomplishments that any artist would envy. 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 in 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. It was the start of what would become a Hall Of Fame carrer, as Leon was inducted into that institution in 2001. This soundboard recording captures him nearly 30 years after his early 1970s hey day, and 12 years before his Rock Hall Induction, in Los Angeles on February 20, 1999, 26 years ago today.
5 comments:
Thanks for this. One of the great regrets of my life was not seeing Leon in a small club less than an hour from where I am living (it was between a gas station and a donut shop), after he released the wonderful "The Union" album with Elton John. The man had a storied career: played on more than 100 classic oldies, co-headlined two of the biggest rock concerts in history (Mad Dogs and Englishmen and the Concert for Bangladesh) and was for one year America's biggest concert attraction. Deserving of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which Elton campaigned for.
Thanks very much for the Leon show
Thank you very much, G.
THANKS
Cant wait to here this one jam. Many Thanks!
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