Leon Russell
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Multi-instrumentalist (mainly keyboardist and pianist), eminent composer and singer, Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges, 1942-2016) has played with many rock stars, from Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1950s to Elton John in 2010, via Frank Sinatra, Phil Spector, Joe Cocker and The Rolling Stones. His career, launched with Marc Benno in Asylum Choir, is punctuated by hits (the classics "A Song for You" and "Tight Rope" ), landmark albums (the triple Leon Russell Live ) and collaborations (with his wife Mary McCreary, Willie Nelson). A colorful character and respected musician, he teamed up with Elton John for The Union (2010) and released a final album, Life Journey (2014), before passing away on November 13, 2016 at the age of 74. Before his death in 2015, he collaborated with the Tedeschi Trucks Band on the album Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited Live at Lockn', released ten years later, which revives Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour, in which Russell took part in 1970.
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- A Way To Survive featuring Leon Russell
- Okie From Muskogee
- Lady Blue
- Honky Tonk Women (With Leon Russell) by Leon Russell
- A Song For You
- Tight Rope
- Me And Baby Jane
- Hummingbird
- Jesus On My Side
- Never Too Old (To Hold Somebody) by Leon Russell
- Housewife
- Midnight Lover
- Shadow And Me
- Ladies Of The Night
- Quiet Nights by Leon Russell
- Columbus Stockade Blues by New Grass Revival
- One for My Baby and "One More for the Road" by Leon Russell
- Round Midnight
- That Lucky Old Sun
- One More Love Song
- Sweet Mystery
- On The Borderline
- Life And Love
- High Horse
