Leon Russell was and is great. Golden Prime, the youtube hacks that click baited Leon with George Harrison , have behaved like total losers and should take this down and re-issue it with a proper title and an apology.
yes this is clownish production, all the video is ripped then why no ripped audio? how do you do a 20 minute film on a fascinating musician with his own unique style and then never play a single note? dont say copyright because i use copyrighted material everyday on youtube.
When I was probably 8 years old (2006), he came to Gruene Hall here in Texas. My dad had always raised me listening to his kind of music and I loved his Leon Russel CD. I was singing along to every song I knew on the stairs up to the stage and his drummer noticed me and was just amazed that I knew the words to the songs. When the show was over he told me to follow him and took me to their tour bus. He went in for a second, came back out and told me to give him something to sign, that Leon never signs anything and that I need to give him something, I gave him the shirt off my back, he came back out moments later with the shirt signed by every member of the band and his drumstick that he used that night. I'll never forget that.
Leon Russell was a legend in his craft whether it was producing his own music or that of others. He was a true pioneer. The video mentions George Harrison but doesn't go into complete detail about their interactions. George respected Leon and the feeling was mutual. I never read anything that either of them said anything bad about the other.
Met him through a friend many years ago. He used to come over the house and just hang out. I had no idea who he was. I was young and jaded. I had hung out with famous guitar players and just didn't realize who he was till one day my friend put Leons movie on TV. I about shit myself! My parents had his records when I was young and I grew up listening to him! After that day things changed. When he would come over I never bothered him and I tried not to act starstruck, tried! But through time and patience I like to think he took a shine to me cause we would often go to a local restaurant and eat lunch and the stories started coming out. Leon was one hell of a human being, and his voice talking to him. Lots of good times! Both Leon and my friend are gone now. Somebody bought my friends house but every time I drive by I think of them. I've been so blessed!
16:18 George wasn't into "British rock". He was into Carl Perkins, Elvis, Buddy Holly etc. He was at the forefront of "British rock" but his American roots were definitely there.
My thoughts exactly. George Harrison incorporated those influences into his playing and adapted them into what became his own style. Listen to What Goes On on Rubber Soul. Harrison is killing it on rockabilly, country style playing influenced by players like Carl Perkins.
@@drewbaby2020 John started the Quarrymen, met Paul and invited him to join them. Paul brought George who was a couple of years younger and after a quick tryout he was asked to join. George was an extremely talented songwriter and musician and had an amazing solo career. He is the only Beatle I saw live. Lennon and McCartney were prolific songwriters and George had to try and crack that duo and talent to get his songs onto albums. I think some of the reported tension between them was overblown. I mean what artist wouldn’t love to have John and Paul singing backing vocals for them. George had the experience of working and gleaning from two of the best ever. He had one of the greatest careers and was adored by millions of fans. I think his real frustration came towards the end along with the rest of them when they finally broke up.
@@CharlesHoward-ud6qv Exactly--and I'm ancient and heard it all that way as it happened. Paul is the only one I was lucky enough to see. George sat down beside Paul on a bus when he was still a kid, Paul a few years older. Paul said they were probably the only two on that bus who played the guitar, and what were the odds... he always thought of him as another kid brother. At the end of George's life, Paul and George held hands as George lay on his death bed--Paul said, something they would have never have done as young, healthy men, but for those last moments they could be the brothers they had always been, and they loved each other.
I've had the pleasure of meeting Leon several times. After my wife's and had the first meeting, we were considered friends. After the second meeting, he actually remembered our names. It was then that all we had to do was let the box office know to tell Leon we were there and backstage after show all access was given to us. We always had a conversation with Leon and let him know that we were appreciative. He was a great person. Oh.....and by the way....always had killer food for everyone.
@billdauphine951 yep.... true. He was a wonderful man. Everyone has their faults , but my wife and I never seen them with Leon. We wouldn't talk too long because there was always a crowd. Mostly said hello and would chat about 5 minutes and leave it at that. After show backstage was always crowded and I'm sure he felt like he was being pulled in 10 different directions. BTW The food was ALWAYS GREAT....I CAN SAY THAT
Apparently, they had to use george Harrison 's name to get attention. Too bad that it made Leon look sleezy. Leon never needed to use anybody else's coat tail to get attention.
Leon crushed Bangladesh and Harrison first album, the brothers, skynard he was a genius and many musicians took from him, his creativity was across the board and some musicians didn't like to give credit where it was due. Although George and Elton had enough talent to give 🎉 especially Elton who did the same for Lennon Thanksgiving day, Madison Square Garden on a bet !!
I think that whoever they dug up to do this video thought Joe Cocker and Willie Nelson was the same person.Elton John was shown because they knew each other a long time and did a long tour together a few years before Leon's death.Got to see him three times opening for Bob Dylan.Just plain awesome.Only got about five minutes into the video.Glad I read others comments.
I lived in Tulsa in Leon's early years. Saw him at Caines ball room in Tulsa in the early 1970s. I always thought he was underrated. Little hideaway one of my favorite songs. And of course masquerade 🎼🎼🎼
Saw leon with doobie brothers, and jo jo gunn at the Hollywood palladium in mid seventies. Had festival seating and could touch the front of the stage. Wife was on my shoulders and leon leaned down and kissed her cheek♡.
Leon Russell's performance at the concert for bangla desh is one of the best Ive ever seen. The ramble is legendary. The back and forth with the back up singers is utter perfection
I was at the November 1970 concert at Fillmore East when the Leon Russell band opened for Elton John’s trio. Unbelievably powerful on both counts. The following Summer I heard them again headlining over Hot Tuna, also at Fillmore East. Again, both were great.
Leon had just become known to the public while touring with Joe Cocker during the Mad Dogs and Englishmen concerts. He was on his way to becoming a top R&R star by Nov of 1970. Elton wasn't really popular in England and didn't get known until he came to CA and played at the Troubadour. So, he was on his way to stardom, but it was Leon that asked him to go on tour with him, as his opening act.
Using George Harrison for clickbait. The video barely mentions the relationship between him and Leon Russel. Harrison’s early influences were people like James Burton and Carl Perkins. He incorporated them into his music and fairly quickly developed his own style. You can hear the influence in What Goes On from Rubber Soul. Harrison kills it. Russell began his relationship with Harrison as a studio musician that developed into a lifelong friendship. I saw Harrison live on tour I believe in 1972. Awesome show even though Harrison was recovering from a cold and sore throat it was still so awesome.
Leon and George were good friends. Interviews with George showed he put the word out on the musical streets to try to track him down after he became recluse. The headlines here are annoying and implies there were issues there.
'Silence about George Harrison was indeed SILENCE , Did I miss something. This might be the worst mini music doc of all time. Clueless! The photos match nothing, bizarrely hundreds of photos of Elton John, this is a mess! Don't waste 22 mins on this nonesense. ! Just play his records. (Did he know Kurt Cobain? Thought not)
I often wonder if a grade school kid puts these types of videos together. So many videos like this in TH-cam. I hate the AI narration too that sometimes pronounces words wrong. Does anybody actually review these before they are posted?
@@garyroy7340 I have to ask; do you think it was a good video? I applaud the democratization of content that TH-cam and today's technology offers, but the downside is that it encourages low-quality content. If you are the person that created this, I'm sorry that you're upset. I am glad that it didn't cost me anything to see it, but then again, I'm in no hurry to ever see another one. The clickbait title that had little to nothing to do with the content was bad enough, but the pics don't even go with the narration. I would encourage you to take a little more pride in your work. Then again, you don't have to. That's the joy of TH-cam.
A big problem with this kind of program is the disjunction between the text and the illustrations. I once heard the name Joseph Stalin spoken over the image of Harry Truman. There is a lack of respect for the artists, as well as us.
Wonderful man, you would never know how famous he was if you met him, carried himself like an ordinary person? One of the nicest people I’ve ever met in the music industry.
Leon Russell was a fantastic musician with so many great performances either with the Wrecking Crew or as a solo artists. I just wanted to see what silence was broken by Leon Russell about George Harrison. This video was a complete waste of time for me to watch since nothing was really mentioned about it.
My exact same observation. I was disappointed that the title was so misleading. Nothing against Leon, whatsoever, I expected to hear to a revelation and did not.
I saw Leon with Edgar Winter in a small Toronto Club 35 years ago. It was a truly amazing show and when they played Masquerade there was no way to stop yourself from crying.
"HANK WILSON'S BACK" - A GREAT Album of Leon doing old school Country covers done in the early 70's - My favorate that my dad would ask me to turn the sound up insteàd of down or more often off.
I skipped forward to find the info on George and there was nothing revealing. Another clickbait title. I usually avoid these types of videos. Lots of times they are put together poorly, repeat the same thing over again, have misinformation and maybe talk one minute about what the headline says. What’s with that random solo picture of Elton John when they weren’t even talking about him at the time?
Like a good deal of these stories/info on my social media feeds, the lead headline was bogus!! I loved Leon Russell and his music, and saw him twice in Austin in the early/mid 1970s! What a talented musician , great performer, and gifted songwriter , he was! Included on the Shelter Records label was Freddie King, another favorite of mine and of the folks in Austin!
Golden Prime~ You really should edit your video. Leon was born in Lawton, OK. He didn't go North to Tulsa until later. He attended Will Rogers High School. Kurt Kobaine has NO place in anything Leon Russell. You sadly don't mention how his kids grew up & started playing with him. Yes he was semi retired when Elton John came along, it was a great thing Elton did for Leon!!
@TulsaGirlForever - Not only that, the narration of this video is done by AI and not properly edited by Golden Prime, so lot's of ideas are repeated numerous times. Letting an AI express things over and over is very tedious and sloppy for a content creator to allow. It is up to a good producer to EDIT the AI script for redundancies before publishing a video that is twice as long as it needs to be.
Agree, I really love that song! We were lucky to have it pop up on transistor radio back in the 1970's, I was a kid then and fell in love with that song.👍🥰
A friend of mine worked with Leon, Ringo, and George recording an album of what my friend called, 'some of the most beautiful love songs I've ever heard.' When he finished the songs with Ringo and George, he decided to shelve them and write more songs on his own so he could get all of the publishing. Leon was more than likely both bipolar and autistic. Reading the book Leon Russell by Bill Janovitz shed a lot of light on that. Leon was a forceps baby, which is what more than likely caused his neurological problems that weakened his right side!
Back in the early 80's. I went to a cool FREE outoor event where people were floating around in the Russian River in Califronia in Intertubes. The whole town was part of 1 big party. Leon was the HeadLiner. What a Great Summer Week End. Had a Blast !!
In my 60 plus years as an adult, i attended maybe 3 concerts , concerts worth mentioning Here in Phila, at the Academy of Music, i sat in the peanut gallery and watched what i consider the greatest assembledge of musicians and babies and dogs. I believe Mad Dogs and Englishmen album, is the greatest ever produced, with the songs ranging from blues, to soul to rock What is missing in ths bio is the mention of Elton John bestowing him to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, maybe 2014 a must watch on You Tube. I came into Mad Dogs thinking Cocker was King, and left with only one choice Russell There exists a video of the concert for those who are further interested. Thank you , Leon Russell, the master of Space and Time Oct 27 2024 Phila Ray aka herbert hoover
I saw the 1st show in Detroit. Leon had friends in Detroit, David Teegarden and Skip Knape, of Teegarden and Van Winkle and probably others. They were there 2 nights, so it was a party atmosphere, with Leon and some others going to this well know mansion where musicians lived. That concert was my first real one, not counting teen clubs where I did see some known bands. To this day, one of the most memorable ones and I've been to many. Like you, we all went for Joe Cocker but a lot of us became lifelong fans of Leon.
The Tulsa sound still lives. I was so fortunate to attend many annual birthday parties at Cains Ballroom. Leon was and still is a giant talent. Tulsa is proud to claim him. There is a beautiful monument at his gravesite here.
@@chlynn13b92 I visited the Church Studio about 6 weeks ago. It is well worth the time and effort. I had a wonderful private tour given by Darla and we had a great conversation about Leon and the Tulsa sound, etc. They have Jamie Oldaker's drum set there all set up for current use. Lots of Leon memorabilia too. Go see it!!
I saw Leon at the Tampa Theater around 1984-85. It was comparable to the “Leon Live” album; an absolutely mind blowing rock & blues show. In later years I saw him with Edgar Winter. Around 2008 I saw him at the now defunct Barcode Club in Asheville NC. He was in poor health, using a cane, & very weak. I approached him with a Best Of Leon Russell CD sleeve & asked him for an autograph. He seemed surprised & delighted & shook my hand after signing. I was THRILLED!
I top was at that concert in the Tampa Theatre. Such a great venue and so intimate to have Leon in concert with such good acoustics we sat in the front row up in the balcony. Been s fan since Delany Bonnie and friends.
I thought I had heard of most musicians, but I never heard of Leon until he passed away, I didn't realise he was involved with so many of the top bands and artists, he was definitely a musicians musician.
He was a favorite of mine as a teenager. If you want to here his best stuff, the first album, Leon Russell, Carney, Shelter People are the ones to check out. Willow the Wisp is good too.
@@scottmc59 Don't forget Leon's album 'Stop All that Jazz' which I recently rediscovered & am enjoying immensely, including the title tune. Leon really could play ANY genre.
@@scottmc59 I went to see Leon when I was a teenager and enjoyed the concert, but didn't appreciate him as I should have and only have dim memories of his long white hair and beautiful melodies.
I saw Leon in a low point, I guess. Around '82? A friend got me a comp to see him at La Boucherie in Lake Charles. So jumped into my car at 7:30p, and drove fast to get there for the first song. I made it, keeping a steady 90 MPH (about 150 miles door to door). Great show, wonderful musician. We shared a reefer in the parking lot between sets. RESPECT!
I got to see Leon in May 2016 in a small venue up at Big Bear Lake (Southern California) and it was amazing. His hands glided over the piano keys like magic. Never seen anything like it. I was only about 20 feet away.
I was always a fan of Leon's.. My favorite was "Leon Russel & Marc Benno- Asylum Choir II" an underrated album but a gift to those who were lucky enough to hear it.
I don't think that Leon Russell played on "All Things Must Pass". He did cover the song "Beware of Darkness". And he did play on Eric Clapton's first (self-titled) solo album.
I attended the 1970 Mad Dogs and Englishmen concert in Seattle. A wonderful, fantastic, and memorable experience. It was more than a concert it was a party and celebration of the power of music. What a treat
You want to talk about unjust... At least Leon is in the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame. Joe Cocker isn't. In fact, Dolly Parton is in the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame and Joe isn't. Now THAT is unjust!
@JeeGee114 Jee, scrutinize the list of Rock N Roll Hall of Fame inductees and then tell me he doesn't deserve a place. His iconic performance at Woodstock alone should qualify him. 🎙🎶🎵 True... he was a 'cover artist' , but he was a GREAT cover artist that could take a song 🎵🎶🎵🎶 and make it better. Not everyone likes Joe... But not everyone likes the Beatles or the Stones either. During his era he was enormously popular and his tour with the Mad Doga & Englishmen was insane! ✌
He wasn't born in Tulsa. He was born in Apache. His family moved to Tulsa when he was about four. He was born with perfect pitch and started piano at four. Both parents and two aunts played piano.
@@SmittySmith-lu9bh He was because Apache didn't have a hospital. Also, he didn't move to Tulsa until he was11 or so. From Apache, his family moved to Maysville.
In the army i got a hit of acid because i had an 8 track player we tripped out on shelter people. The background back beats and sounds. Truly a stranger in a strange land.
I've been a fan since the early 70s. Was lucky enough to see him in a small theater that only held 500 people, in Morehead City, NC. He was awesome and glad to have his new bus that he said Elton John had helped him out with. He was probably the biggest musical influence of the 60s and 70s. He became a massia type figure after he got married. There was no artist that didn’t want to play with him.
Leon was a trailblazer from his Asylum Choir recordings with Marc Benno, which were wonderful, to the present day. Thank you for this wonderful video. R.I.P. Leon
I wasn’t aware he influenced Linyard Sky-Nard and boy did he shake things up with his final truth about George Harrison. It was extra soulful having the whole thing narrated by a CG program matched with recycled photos of the wrong people.
I saw one of Russell's last solo concerts at Sideline's, Marrietta, GA. He was awesome. R.I.P. BTW - George Harrison's first solo album was an electronic ditty called "Wonderwall." Yea, the Oasis inspiration. Peace on earth.
btw, Wonderwall, harrison's first album, was NOT an "electronic ditty", it was the soundtrack from the movie of the same name, consisting both of indian music and rock oriented music. It was all instrumental, but there were no electronics in sight... It's actually quite listenable. Harrison's SECOND ALBUM, however, was Electronic Sounds, an absolute mess consisting of trying and failing (mostly failing), while droodling on one of the worlds first synthezisers.. There are no tunes, no rhythm... A true candidate for the worst album ever releeased by an established musician.
@@robertdjurhuuswasa1622 Wonderwall is not really a George Harrison album. It's a movie soundtrack. George has some music on it, but there are songs by others, too.
Interesting video about Leon Russell, but at no point doe Leon break his silence about George Harrison. They talk a little about the two, but the title implies some kind of revelation that just isn't there.
This robot voice is used on a lot of videos like this and they are always so mediocre in content. Whenever I hear it’s bland tone I now know to move on.
Great testimony to Leon and his trail-blasing career. It was awesome. It was factual and informative. I had no idea he had cerebryl palsy and may have had alsymers. He was an inspiration to thousands of notable musicians and songwriters, including myself. I just wish the narrator would've pronounced names correctly. Ronnie VanZant and Gary Rossinton's band was Lynyrd Skynyrd, pronounced, Leonard Skinerd. Leon was a fighting genius, to say the least and a hero to me😂❤
They were not paid. They all went because they were friends of Leon's and probably loved Joe Cocker's music. A few went on to do great stuff, like Bobby Keys with the Stones, Rita Coolidge and her solo career.
@chlynn13b92 Leon went a bit crazy. The crazy number of musicians and singers and all the costs associated including private jets, lodging, "entertainment" et al left Joe broke. I heard Joe state this in an interview, and Leon skirted around the issue when I saw him live. It was a great tour (musically), but took a huge toll on a bunch of participants (including emotionally).
This snippet loses a lot of credibility when they are talking about Leon and they show a picture of Kurt Cobain. And then they screw up again when they are talking about Joe Cocker and repeatedly show pics of Willie Nelson. The whole thing reeks of a computer generated production that no one even watched to check for errors.
I saw Leon at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis in the year before his passing. Great talent, glad he is getting his acclaim. Although this video was sort of redundant and the videos were not matched well with the narrative. And we never find out about a riff with Harrison.
At 6:02 that's Willie Nelson, not Joe Cocker. At 6:30 it's took on the role of ringMASTER, not ringleader. At 8:30 you neglect mentioning the most successful version of This Masquerade by George Benson.
The reason Leon Russell’s music dropped off was because he was a hippie. He was big during the hippie movement. And very few southern bands continued as hippies in the 80s except for a few like Lynyrd Skynyrd.. That is why his music dropped off
Bogus headline. Intro clip never explained or referred to again. Extremely long-winded video with photos repeated dozens of times. Reminds me of watch one of those huckster weight-loss ads that go on and on forever repeating themselves. Thumbs down despite my respect for Russell.
Too much g-damn clickbait on this channel ... will be telling YT to NOT RECOMMEND this channel ... Maybe someday you'll figure out that people are after quality content and not being tricked into clicking videos. No wonder you only have a few thousand subscribers. SEE YA, LOOOOSAHS ...
Nice Documentary but who ever put it together needs to learn what people look like. They keep showing Willie Nelson when they are talking about Joe Cocker and at one point show Curt Cobain and he wasn't even born when Russell was with Joe Cocker. But still very interesting.
You can now find Leon Russell's back catalog available on George Harrison's Dark Horse Records label, thanks to George's son, Dhani
It was always there
I didn't know it if it was there. Thanks person.
WELL DONE DHANI !
maybe golden prime can get a clue
Leon Russell was and is great. Golden Prime, the youtube hacks that click baited Leon with George Harrison , have behaved like total losers and should take this down and re-issue it with a proper title and an apology.
yes this is clownish production, all the video is ripped then why no ripped audio? how do you do a 20 minute film on a fascinating musician with his own unique style and then never play a single note? dont say copyright because i use copyrighted material everyday on youtube.
When I was probably 8 years old (2006), he came to Gruene Hall here in Texas. My dad had always raised me listening to his kind of music and I loved his Leon Russel CD. I was singing along to every song I knew on the stairs up to the stage and his drummer noticed me and was just amazed that I knew the words to the songs. When the show was over he told me to follow him and took me to their tour bus. He went in for a second, came back out and told me to give him something to sign, that Leon never signs anything and that I need to give him something, I gave him the shirt off my back, he came back out moments later with the shirt signed by every member of the band and his drumstick that he used that night. I'll never forget that.
That’s a beautiful story to cherish
Leon Russell was a legend in his craft whether it was producing his own music or that of others. He was a true pioneer.
The video mentions George Harrison but doesn't go into complete detail about their interactions. George respected Leon and the feeling was mutual. I never read anything that either of them said anything bad about the other.
Met him through a friend many years ago. He used to come over the house and just hang out. I had no idea who he was. I was young and jaded. I had hung out with famous guitar players and just didn't realize who he was till one day my friend put Leons movie on TV. I about shit myself! My parents had his records when I was young and I grew up listening to him! After that day things changed. When he would come over I never bothered him and I tried not to act starstruck, tried! But through time and patience I like to think he took a shine to me cause we would often go to a local restaurant and eat lunch and the stories started coming out.
Leon was one hell of a human being, and his voice talking to him. Lots of good times!
Both Leon and my friend are gone now. Somebody bought my friends house but every time I drive by I think of them. I've been so blessed!
16:18 George wasn't into "British rock". He was into Carl Perkins, Elvis, Buddy Holly etc. He was at the forefront of "British rock" but his American roots were definitely there.
And don't forget his love of gospel music, which first infused his early attraction to music.
My thoughts exactly. George Harrison incorporated those influences into his playing and adapted them into what became his own style. Listen to What Goes On on Rubber Soul. Harrison is killing it on rockabilly, country style playing influenced by players like Carl Perkins.
The Beatles ugh they purposely kept George down bcuz it was all about Paul and John.
@@drewbaby2020 John started the Quarrymen, met Paul and invited him to join them. Paul brought George who was a couple of years younger and after a quick tryout he was asked to join. George was an extremely talented songwriter and musician and had an amazing solo career. He is the only Beatle I saw live. Lennon and McCartney were prolific songwriters and George had to try and crack that duo and talent to get his songs onto albums. I think some of the reported tension between them was overblown. I mean what artist wouldn’t love to have John and Paul singing backing vocals for them. George had the experience of working and gleaning from two of the best ever. He had one of the greatest careers and was adored by millions of fans. I think his real frustration came towards the end along with the rest of them when they finally broke up.
@@CharlesHoward-ud6qv Exactly--and I'm ancient and heard it all that way as it happened. Paul is the only one I was lucky enough to see. George sat down beside Paul on a bus when he was still a kid, Paul a few years older. Paul said they were probably the only two on that bus who played the guitar, and what were the odds... he always thought of him as another kid brother. At the end of George's life, Paul and George held hands as George lay on his death bed--Paul said, something they would have never have done as young, healthy men, but for those last moments they could be the brothers they had always been, and they loved each other.
I've had the pleasure of meeting Leon several times. After my wife's and had the first meeting, we were considered friends. After the second meeting, he actually remembered our names. It was then that all we had to do was let the box office know to tell Leon we were there and backstage after show all access was given to us. We always had a conversation with Leon and let him know that we were appreciative. He was a great person. Oh.....and by the way....always had killer food for everyone.
Lucky...(I hope it's true).
@billdauphine951 yep.... true. He was a wonderful man. Everyone has their faults , but my wife and I never seen them with Leon. We wouldn't talk too long because there was always a crowd. Mostly said hello and would chat about 5 minutes and leave it at that. After show backstage was always crowded and I'm sure he felt like he was being pulled in 10 different directions. BTW The food was ALWAYS GREAT....I CAN SAY THAT
THANK YOU Elton for keeping this giant's memory alive.
So what revelations about George Harrison were sending shockwaves throughout the music community?
In fact, we learnt absolutely nothing new about anything. Just clic bait. And lynard Skynard isn't pronounced like that.
Lie'- nerd Skinyerd - lol
Apparently, they had to use george Harrison 's name to get attention. Too bad that it made Leon look sleezy. Leon never needed to use anybody else's coat tail to get attention.
Leon crushed Bangladesh and Harrison first album, the brothers, skynard he was a genius and many musicians took from him, his creativity was across the board and some musicians didn't like to give credit where it was due. Although George and Elton had enough talent to give 🎉 especially Elton who did the same for Lennon Thanksgiving day, Madison Square Garden on a bet !!
Click bait indeed… not a fitting way to celebrate Leon’s career…
I think that whoever they dug up to do this video thought Joe Cocker and Willie Nelson was the same person.Elton John was shown because they knew each other a long time and did a long tour together a few years before Leon's death.Got to see him three times opening for Bob Dylan.Just plain awesome.Only got about five minutes into the video.Glad I read others comments.
I lived in Tulsa in Leon's early years. Saw him at Caines ball room in Tulsa in the early 1970s. I always thought he was underrated. Little hideaway one of my favorite songs. And of course masquerade 🎼🎼🎼
Yes, AI strikes again. I like how they tossed in a photo of Kurt Cobain, as if it were Leon too. 🙄
Saw leon with doobie brothers, and jo jo gunn at the Hollywood palladium in mid seventies. Had festival seating and could touch the front of the stage. Wife was on my shoulders and leon leaned down and kissed her cheek♡.
Not too difficult a mistake to make with one called Willie the other Cocker!
@@anthonyfrancis2374 LOL!!
WTF is Kurt Cobain doing in this??
Exactly - overrated....
@@LD-qg6pr Same as Willie Nelson?
Nothing about a big deal with George Harrison.
Leon Russell's performance at the concert for bangla desh is one of the best Ive ever seen. The ramble is legendary. The back and forth with the back up singers is utter perfection
It's in the background, so largely out of sight.
Leon Russell was probably the best performance of the Bangladesh concert. Youngblood and Jumping Jack Flash was a great performance.
@@frankperricone2065 "Youngblood" is 1950s, and I've never been impressed with "Jumping Jack Flash".
@@frankperricone2065 Billy Preston's performance rocked the house like Mick Ronson's in Maggies Farm on the Rolling Thunder Tour..ImhO xx
@@jnagarya519noted. All media has been notified
I was at the November 1970 concert at Fillmore East when the Leon Russell band opened for Elton John’s trio. Unbelievably powerful on both counts. The following Summer I heard them again headlining over Hot Tuna, also at Fillmore East. Again, both were great.
I don't know what you saw, but at Fillmore East I saw Elton performing alone, who OPENED FOR Leon.
I was also at the Fillmore East show with Hot Tuna.
I was there too…Elton John opened for leon
Leon had just become known to the public while touring with Joe Cocker during the Mad Dogs and Englishmen concerts. He was on his way to becoming a top R&R star by Nov of 1970. Elton wasn't really popular in England and didn't get known until he came to CA and played at the Troubadour. So, he was on his way to stardom, but it was Leon that asked him to go on tour with him, as his opening act.
Using George Harrison for clickbait. The video barely mentions the relationship between him and Leon Russel. Harrison’s early influences were people like James Burton and Carl Perkins. He incorporated them into his music and fairly quickly developed his own style. You can hear the influence in What Goes On from Rubber Soul. Harrison kills it. Russell began his relationship with Harrison as a studio musician that developed into a lifelong friendship. I saw Harrison live on tour I believe in 1972. Awesome show even though Harrison was recovering from a cold and sore throat it was still so awesome.
Leon and George were good friends. Interviews with George showed he put the word out on the musical streets to try to track him down after he became recluse. The headlines here are annoying and implies there were issues there.
'Silence about George Harrison was indeed SILENCE , Did I miss something. This might be the worst mini music doc of all time. Clueless! The photos match nothing, bizarrely hundreds of photos of Elton John, this is a mess! Don't waste 22 mins on this nonesense. ! Just play his records. (Did he know Kurt Cobain? Thought not)
I often wonder if a grade school kid puts these types of videos together. So many videos like this in TH-cam. I hate the AI narration too that sometimes pronounces words wrong. Does anybody actually review these before they are posted?
@@pjg58xthis was largely AI generated (artificial intelligence)
Wish I'd read this comment first!
Whoa, I've been pronouncing Lynyrd Skynyrd's name wrong all these years... How embarrassing.
lol
me too
And apparently they misspelled their own name for about half a century. Glad this video showed 'em.
A lot of people have lol!
Leon was truly one of the greats, and worthy of a much better vid than this hash patty.
So put a better video out big talker.
@@garyroy7340 I have to ask; do you think it was a good video? I applaud the democratization of content that TH-cam and today's technology offers, but the downside is that it encourages low-quality content. If you are the person that created this, I'm sorry that you're upset. I am glad that it didn't cost me anything to see it, but then again, I'm in no hurry to ever see another one. The clickbait title that had little to nothing to do with the content was bad enough, but the pics don't even go with the narration. I would encourage you to take a little more pride in your work. Then again, you don't have to. That's the joy of TH-cam.
Thank God there are plenty of good ones about Leon.
A big problem with this kind of program is the disjunction between the text and the illustrations. I once heard the name Joseph Stalin spoken over the image of Harry Truman. There is a lack of respect for the artists, as well as us.
Wonderful man, you would never know how famous he was if you met him, carried himself like an ordinary person? One of the nicest people I’ve ever met in the music industry.
Leon Russell was a fantastic musician with so many great performances either with the Wrecking Crew or as a solo artists. I just wanted to see what silence was broken by Leon Russell about George Harrison. This video was a complete waste of time for me to watch since nothing was really mentioned about it.
🎉🎉😂🎉 4:y😊
My exact same observation. I was disappointed that the title was so misleading. Nothing against Leon, whatsoever, I expected to hear to a revelation and did not.
Thanks stopping at 4:28
I saw Leon with Edgar Winter in a small Toronto Club 35 years ago. It was a truly amazing show and when they played Masquerade there was no way to stop yourself from crying.
I saw that show in Boston.
"HANK WILSON'S BACK" - A GREAT Album of Leon doing old school Country covers done in the early 70's - My favorate that my dad would ask me to turn the sound up insteàd of down or more often off.
And what was the silence about GH, don't watch this video if you were suckered in by the headline.
I skipped forward to find the info on George and there was nothing revealing. Another clickbait title.
I usually avoid these types of videos. Lots of times they are put together poorly, repeat the same thing over again, have misinformation and maybe talk one minute about what the headline says.
What’s with that random solo picture of Elton John when they weren’t even talking about him at the time?
I am thinking the same thing. Misleading title. Click bait.
Like a good deal of these stories/info on my social media feeds, the lead headline was bogus!! I loved Leon Russell and his music, and saw him twice in Austin in the early/mid 1970s! What a talented musician , great performer, and gifted songwriter , he
was! Included on the Shelter Records label was Freddie King, another favorite of mine and of the folks in Austin!
Golden Prime~ You really should edit your video. Leon was born in Lawton, OK. He didn't go North to Tulsa until later. He attended Will Rogers High School.
Kurt Kobaine has NO place in anything Leon Russell. You sadly don't mention how his kids grew up & started playing with him. Yes he was semi retired when Elton John came along, it was a great thing Elton did for Leon!!
@TulsaGirlForever - Not only that, the narration of this video is done by AI and not properly edited by Golden Prime, so lot's of ideas are repeated numerous times. Letting an AI express things over and over is very tedious and sloppy for a content creator to allow. It is up to a good producer to EDIT the AI script for redundancies before publishing a video that is twice as long as it needs to be.
Thanks guys ...its a shame when people who put these together fail to get their FACTS straight. Also the Harrison clickbait bullshit
Willie Nelson is NOT Joe Cocker
Willie is a crud ball rolled up in grease with 100 year old lint stuck to his head.
AI
Even KC jont the party…
Lean Ord Sky nard ? Wow 😂
yeah- and Kurt Cobain is not young Leon Russell...
His best song, musically speaking, is "TIGHT ROPE"! It's a masterpiece!
Agree, I really love that song! We were lucky to have it pop up on transistor radio back in the 1970's, I was a kid then and fell in love with that song.👍🥰
His true genius reached it's zenith w/ "A Song for you". Covered many times by the greats, including Donny Hathaway and played at countless weddings.
Agreed.
A friend of mine worked with Leon, Ringo, and George recording an album of what my friend called, 'some of the most beautiful love songs I've ever heard.' When he finished the songs with Ringo and George, he decided to shelve them and write more songs on his own so he could get all of the publishing.
Leon was more than likely both bipolar and autistic. Reading the book Leon Russell by Bill Janovitz shed a lot of light on that. Leon was a forceps baby, which is what more than likely caused his neurological problems that weakened his right side!
Back in the early 80's. I went to a cool FREE outoor event where people were floating around in the Russian River in Califronia in Intertubes. The whole town was part of 1 big party. Leon was the HeadLiner. What a Great Summer Week End. Had a Blast !!
In my 60 plus years as an adult, i attended maybe 3 concerts , concerts worth mentioning Here in Phila, at the Academy of Music, i sat in the peanut gallery and watched what i consider the greatest assembledge of musicians and babies and dogs. I believe Mad Dogs and Englishmen album, is the greatest ever produced, with the songs ranging from blues, to soul to rock
What is missing in ths bio is the mention of Elton John bestowing him to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, maybe 2014 a must watch on You Tube. I came into Mad Dogs thinking Cocker was King, and left with only one choice Russell There exists a video of the concert for those who are further interested.
Thank you , Leon Russell, the master of Space and Time Oct 27 2024 Phila Ray aka herbert hoover
I saw the 1st show in Detroit. Leon had friends in Detroit, David Teegarden and Skip Knape, of Teegarden and Van Winkle and probably others. They were there 2 nights, so it was a party atmosphere, with Leon and some others going to this well know mansion where musicians lived. That concert was my first real one, not counting teen clubs where I did see some known bands. To this day, one of the most memorable ones and I've been to many. Like you, we all went for Joe Cocker but a lot of us became lifelong fans of Leon.
The Tulsa sound still lives. I was so fortunate to attend many annual birthday parties at Cains Ballroom. Leon was and still is a giant talent. Tulsa is proud to claim him. There is a beautiful monument at his gravesite here.
And The Church Studio! That place looks amazing and I love that it's a recording studio again. I hope to see it soon.
@@chlynn13b92 I visited the Church Studio about 6 weeks ago. It is well worth the time and effort. I had a wonderful
private tour given by Darla and we had a great conversation about Leon and the Tulsa sound, etc. They have Jamie Oldaker's drum set there all set up for current use. Lots of Leon memorabilia too. Go see it!!
One cool result of Leon hanging around George in ‘71 was Leon playing piano on Badfinger’s Day After Day.
I saw Leon at the Tampa Theater around 1984-85. It was comparable to the “Leon Live” album; an absolutely mind blowing rock & blues show. In later years I saw him with Edgar Winter. Around 2008 I saw him at the now defunct Barcode Club in Asheville NC. He was in poor health, using a cane, & very weak. I approached him with a Best Of Leon Russell CD sleeve & asked him for an autograph. He seemed surprised & delighted & shook my hand after signing. I was THRILLED!
I top was at that concert in the Tampa Theatre. Such a great venue and so intimate to have Leon in concert with such good acoustics we sat in the front row up in the balcony. Been s fan since Delany Bonnie and friends.
I thought I had heard of most musicians, but I never heard of Leon until he passed away, I didn't realise he was involved with so many of the top bands and artists, he was definitely a musicians musician.
He was a favorite of mine as a teenager. If you want to here his best stuff, the first album, Leon Russell, Carney, Shelter People are the ones to check out. Willow the Wisp is good too.
@@scottmc59 Don't forget Leon's album 'Stop All that Jazz' which I recently rediscovered & am enjoying immensely, including the title tune. Leon really could play ANY genre.
@@scottmc59 I went to see Leon when I was a teenager and enjoyed the concert, but didn't appreciate him as I should have and only have dim memories of his long white hair and beautiful melodies.
A load of waffle
Mmm...sounds scrumptious. Maple syrup or no? Cinnamon, yes?!
I think it's AI.
I saw Leon in a low point, I guess. Around '82? A friend got me a comp to see him at La Boucherie in Lake Charles. So jumped into my car at 7:30p, and drove fast to get there for the first song. I made it, keeping a steady 90 MPH (about 150 miles door to door). Great show, wonderful musician. We shared a reefer in the parking lot between sets. RESPECT!
I got to see Leon in May 2016 in a small venue up at Big Bear Lake (Southern California) and it was amazing. His hands glided over the piano keys like magic. Never seen anything like it. I was only about 20 feet away.
Pretty good but it has nothing to do about a big deal with George Harrison.
I was always a fan of Leon's.. My favorite was "Leon Russel & Marc Benno- Asylum Choir II" an underrated album but a gift to those who were lucky enough to hear it.
I still have it!
I saw him in Headlines Music Hall in Louisville, Kentucky shortly before his death. He was fantastic.🎹🎶☮️
I had the honer to stand at his piano in Arlington Washington at a open air concert he was a great artest and a kind man RIP LEON
His Shelter People album with a definite rendition of Beware of Darkness is an alltime hit.
Love Leon 💖🥰💯✌️🌹🌞r. i. p. Gorgeous💙 Genius ⭐
Leon is legendary. his work is almost unmatched. he was in the wrecking crew for fucks sake. thats all anyone needs to know. so talented.
I don't think that Leon Russell played on "All Things Must Pass". He did cover the song "Beware of Darkness". And he did play on Eric Clapton's first (self-titled) solo album.
Leon may have played on George’s songs at the concert for Bangladesh but he was not on All things must pass
@@motherlessblues1565 queried that one myself ...no wonder this needed... miss leading click bait
He played on Concert for Bangladesh @@motherlessblues1565
I wish he could have joined The Traveling Wilburys.
He did, he was Tom, George, Bob and Jeff rolled into one guy.
@maximusindicusoblivios180 lol
I've read that he was approached or that they had considered him. He was hard to find during this time.
If you think this is ridiculous {and you should} check out "when Cher opened up about Leon Russell". It's very close to the same video.
God bless Leon Russell, as he blessed us with his immense talent.
I attended the 1970 Mad Dogs and Englishmen concert in Seattle. A wonderful, fantastic,
and memorable experience. It was more than a concert it was a party and celebration of the power of music. What a treat
You want to talk about unjust...
At least Leon is in the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame. Joe Cocker isn't.
In fact, Dolly Parton is in the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame and Joe isn't.
Now THAT is unjust!
I so agree! Madonna and many others that don't come close to Joe's talent.
Joe Cocker is basically a cover artist. Never got his appeal.
@JeeGee114
Jee, scrutinize the list of Rock N Roll Hall of Fame inductees and then tell me he doesn't deserve a place.
His iconic performance at Woodstock alone should qualify him. 🎙🎶🎵
True... he was a 'cover artist' , but he was a GREAT cover artist that could take a song 🎵🎶🎵🎶 and make it better.
Not everyone likes Joe...
But not everyone likes the Beatles or the Stones either.
During his era he was enormously popular and his tour with the Mad Doga & Englishmen was insane! ✌
Stranger in a strange land💯🔥
Sittin' on a highway in a broken van
My favorite Leon song
...My favorite Leon song!!!
Mad Dogs And Englishman was amazing!
Gonna watch it
@@mikeolson6834 fella ya need to watch it then watch again then watch....arrr what the hell lol
He wasn't born in Tulsa. He was born in Apache. His family moved to Tulsa when he was about four. He was born with perfect pitch and started piano at four. Both parents and two aunts played piano.
Apache? I thought Leon was born in Lawton.
@@SmittySmith-lu9bh He was because Apache didn't have a hospital. Also, he didn't move to Tulsa until he was11 or so. From Apache, his family moved to Maysville.
Check out Day After Day by Badfinger.
Leon Played the piano for Pete Ham and the band. Pete Ham and George Harrison played slide guitar also.
In the army i got a hit of acid because i had an 8 track player we tripped out on shelter people. The background back beats and sounds. Truly a stranger in a strange land.
I've been a fan since the early 70s. Was lucky enough to see him in a small theater that only held 500 people, in Morehead City, NC. He was awesome and glad to have his new bus that he said Elton John had helped him out with. He was probably the biggest musical influence of the 60s and 70s. He became a massia type figure after he got married. There was no artist that didn’t want to play with him.
His solo scat singing in the Concert for Bangaladesh is the best ever performance
Leon lived the Choctaw Bingo life ! A musical genius, larger than life!
Leon was a trailblazer from his Asylum Choir recordings with Marc Benno, which were wonderful, to the present day. Thank you for this wonderful video. R.I.P. Leon
I am a big Leon Russll fan and enjoyed this summary of his life and career. However, I really resent being misled by the video title.
Exactly!👍
Joe Cocker looks so much like Willie Nelson.
And a ypung Leon so much like Kurt Cobain 🙂
😅 😅 😂😂.....😅
Whose responsibility is it to edit these
lousy videos ??
@@susanmurrell635 the comments section 🧀
Leon did not play on All Things Must Pass.
He got to play with Badfinger on Day After Day
They don't seem to have a picture of Joe Cocker.🤔🤨 That's ok, learning more about Leon, loved his piano playing.
Uh, why was Kurt Cobain's pic flashed? Did someone think HE was Leon??? I saw Leon w/Willie, Waylon, and The Crickets and loved him always.
It took two minutes before I realized this video was going nowhere
I wasn’t aware he influenced Linyard Sky-Nard and boy did he shake things up with his final truth about George Harrison. It was extra soulful having the whole thing narrated by a CG program matched with recycled photos of the wrong people.
😅
I saw one of Russell's last solo concerts at Sideline's, Marrietta, GA.
He was awesome. R.I.P.
BTW - George Harrison's first solo album was an electronic ditty called "Wonderwall."
Yea, the Oasis inspiration.
Peace on earth.
btw, Wonderwall, harrison's first album, was NOT an "electronic ditty", it was the soundtrack from the movie of the same name, consisting both of indian music and rock oriented music. It was all instrumental, but there were no electronics in sight... It's actually quite listenable. Harrison's SECOND ALBUM, however, was Electronic Sounds, an absolute mess consisting of trying and failing (mostly failing), while droodling on one of the worlds first synthezisers.. There are no tunes, no rhythm... A true candidate for the worst album ever releeased by an established musician.
@@robertdjurhuuswasa1622 You are correct! It's been a long time... Like they say, "if you grew up in the sixties, uh, I forgot." Thanks!
@@robertdjurhuuswasa1622 Correct, love it, got the T Shirt!
@@robertdjurhuuswasa1622 Wonderwall is not really a George Harrison album. It's a movie soundtrack. George has some music on it, but there are songs by others, too.
This man rocked the roll !!!
Weird....at 2:16, that's a picture of Kurt Cobain, not Leon...
My dad took me to a Leon Russell concert and he said I burned my underwear
Talking about Joe Cocker wile showing Willy Nelson is just disconnected. Get it together folks. This is disrespectful of both men.
The visuals in all these sort of videos is crap. Also the Harrison title is mostly crap and certainly click bait
"She uses beauty like a knife, she cuts and even more,
she changes right before my eyes into something ugly and sore."
Of Thee I Sing, Leon Russell
Interesting video about Leon Russell, but at no point doe Leon break his silence about George Harrison. They talk a little about the two, but the title implies some kind of revelation that just isn't there.
This robot voice is used on a lot of videos like this and they are always so mediocre in content. Whenever I hear it’s bland tone I now know to move on.
Anyone heard that album he did with Elton John. I heard three songs from it. My 2 favorites are “Monkey Suit” and “Gone to Shilo” with Neil Young.
Leon's fan Forever.
Great testimony to Leon and his trail-blasing career. It was awesome. It was factual and informative. I had no idea he had cerebryl palsy and may have had alsymers. He was an inspiration to thousands of notable musicians and songwriters, including myself. I just wish the narrator would've pronounced names correctly. Ronnie VanZant and Gary Rossinton's band was Lynyrd Skynyrd, pronounced, Leonard Skinerd. Leon was a fighting genius, to say the least and a hero to me😂❤
The Mad Dog tour lost money... because of the musicians on the payroll. I saw Leon perform a year or two before his passing. He sounded Great!
They were not paid. They all went because they were friends of Leon's and probably loved Joe Cocker's music. A few went on to do great stuff, like Bobby Keys with the Stones, Rita Coolidge and her solo career.
@chlynn13b92 Leon went a bit crazy. The crazy number of musicians and singers and all the costs associated including private jets, lodging, "entertainment" et al left Joe broke. I heard Joe state this in an interview, and Leon skirted around the issue when I saw him live. It was a great tour (musically), but took a huge toll on a bunch of participants (including emotionally).
He’s not left out any conversations around here in my family here in Rome. R.i.P.
HA - I get it
Clickbait title. Nothing new to learn here. Save yourselves twenty minutes and move on.
There was a picture of Cobain too. Not Leon.
Enjoyed Leon many times when he visited SD. Absolutely loved everything he played ❤
This snippet loses a lot of credibility when they are talking about Leon and they show a picture of Kurt Cobain. And then they screw up again when they are talking about Joe Cocker and repeatedly show pics of Willie Nelson. The whole thing reeks of a computer generated production that no one even watched to check for errors.
George Harrison was my favorite Beatle.
I saw Leon at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis in the year before his passing. Great talent, glad he is getting his acclaim. Although this video was sort of redundant and the videos were not matched well with the narrative. And we never find out about a riff with Harrison.
At 6:02 that's Willie Nelson, not Joe Cocker. At 6:30 it's took on the role of ringMASTER, not ringleader. At 8:30 you neglect mentioning the most successful version of This Masquerade by George Benson.
What about the revelations of George Harrison? As much as I love George and Leon, I do not like CLICKBAIT!
Always loved Leon Russell!
So, you show Kurt Cobain as Leon? What's wrong with you guys?
The reason Leon Russell’s music dropped off was because he was a hippie. He was big during the hippie movement. And very few southern bands continued as hippies in the 80s except for a few like Lynyrd Skynyrd.. That is why his music dropped off
Why is there a picture of Kurt Cobain?
When you say Joe Cocker and show a picture of Willie Nelson. Just doesn’t make sense
Bogus headline. Intro clip never explained or referred to again. Extremely long-winded video with photos repeated dozens of times. Reminds me of watch one of those huckster weight-loss ads that go on and on forever repeating themselves. Thumbs down despite my respect for Russell.
Saw him in Louisville in 1974. One of my ATF concerts. Carny; one of my ATF albums. God bless him!
Leon was a beautiful force. Handsome with talent, a rarity!
Too much g-damn clickbait on this channel ... will be telling YT to NOT RECOMMEND this channel ... Maybe someday you'll figure out that people are after quality content and not being tricked into clicking videos. No wonder you only have a few thousand subscribers. SEE YA, LOOOOSAHS ...
Nice Documentary but who ever put it together needs to learn what people look like. They keep showing Willie Nelson when they are talking about Joe Cocker and at one point show Curt Cobain and he wasn't even born when Russell was with Joe Cocker. But still very interesting.
Talking about joe cocker and showing willy nelson?? Kinda dumb.
Check out Leon Russell's Greatest Hits on CD. That is the only recording that I have.
But not our hearts, all the way back to Shindig in- was it 64? All i know is i saw it after school one day & fell in love with his sound then.❤
It sent shockwaves through the industry when he morphed into Kurt Cobain 😂
Confused BS. Photos don’t sync with narrative
Yes, weird selection of images totally disconnected from the pretty well done script.