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Leon Live is a live album by singer and songwriter Leon Russell recorded on August 28, 1972, at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California. It was Russell's first live album and was originally released as a three-LP set in a tri-fold cover on Russell's Shelter Records label. The album was mixed at Ardent Studios and distributed by Capitol ...
Live at Gilley's is a live album by singer and songwriter Leon Russell. The album was recorded on September 17, 1981, at Gilley's Club in Pasadena, Texas. The recording was first released on April 25, 2000. The second release was in 2019 by Leon Russell Records with Varèse Sarabande. [1] [2] [3]
Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock and roll, [3] country, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, southern rock, [4] blues rock, [5] folk, surf and the Tulsa sound.
The concert industry exploded in the 1970s, and the live album, a stopgap project once reserved for only the biggest artists, became a compulsory ritual and a pivotal moment for many artists. Live ...
It was a track on his LP album, Will O' the Wisp. The song reached number 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 1, 1975. [2] [3] [4] The song featured a saxophone solo in the instrumental section. The first live play of the song in a concert was by George Benson on September 30, 1977, at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California. His studio ...
The best part about Yessongs—the muddy sounding, triple live album that Yes released in 1973—was Roger Dean’s majestic artwork on the gatefold sleeves. Fortunately, seven multi-track shows ...
The 1970s was an era that produced some of the greatest live albums in history. In the previous decade, artists and producers took great pains to make studio albums sound as spotless and pristine ...
Most of the songs were written by Russell, with two songs co-written by Jack Wessel. In Face in the Crowd , Russell returns to the style he is known for his unique Tulsa sound . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Jack Wessel, a bass player, was a long time Leon Russell band member, starting in 1981.