Leon Russell has passed.........

decal
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We've lost another "Living Legend"

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/arts/music/leon-russell-hit-maker-and-musicians-musician-dies-at-74.html?_r=0
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    Terrible news
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  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    No!! He was just here in LA and I passed on the chance to see him... RIP one of the legendary live performers.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    I followed Leon's career for decades and am a HUGE fan of what he brought to Freddie King's Shelter recordings--which are timeless blues masterpieces.

    RIP my friend.
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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    Wow, bad news.I had the chance to see him when he was the band leader of Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs tour and was the 1st time I saw a guy multi task. He played a baby grand piano, and then strapped on a old Black Les Paul. More recently I saw him open for Hot Tuna playing only a white baby Yamaha and then he opened for them again a year later and sounded great. He looked frail walked w/ a cane when walked otherwise used a scooter to get around. Besides all that I just played a Glen Campbell album and he produced a few of the songs. To end this there was a Joe Bonamasa concert from the Greek Theater in L.A. on MTV LIVE and he ended the show w/ a long incredibly beautiful version of Hummingbird.
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    Yea..sadly another one gone...Saw the show that would become the Leon Live recordings in 1973 in Murfreesboro Tn by a stroke of luck..Friend had tickets and laid em on me cause he couldn't make it...That band he had with Rev.Patrick Henderson and Black Grass included a lot of the Mad Dogs too...gotta be one of the best show bands ever put together...Non stop from beginning to end...
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    Sad news for sure. Met him at a festival I played in 2002 at the Capitol in St Paul Mn and what a fun cat to hand with for the short time I was able to. Been listening to his stuff all day.
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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