Nov 09 2024 60 mins
Who did Leon play with ? Let's see... there's Jan and Dean, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, George Harrison, Delaney and Bonnie, Edgar Winter, Dean Martin, Freddy Cannon, Ringo Starr, Doris Day, Elton John, Bruce Hornsby, the Zac Brown Band, David Gates and Bread, Bill Wyman, Jesse Ed Davis, Rita Coolidge, Gram Parsons, Barbra Streisand, Ricky Nelson, Aretha Franklin, Ann-Margret, Marvin Gaye, Steve Winwood, The Monkees, The Ventures, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Crystals, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Everly Brothers, The Righteous Brothers, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Barbra Streisand, the Beach Boys, the Ventures, Willie Nelson, Badfinger, the Tedeschi - Trucks band, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Frank Sinatra, The Band, Bob Dylan, the Gap Band, the New Grass Revival, J. J. Cale, B.B. King, Dave Mason, Glen Campbell, Joe Cocker, the Rolling Stones, Phil Spector, the Ronettes, the Crystals, Darlene Love, Brian Hyland, Ike and Tina Turner, Badfinger and the Flying Burrito Brothers. Leon was a “Shindog” a member of the house band on the “Shindig” television program, and even had a short stint replacing Paul Revere in Paul Revere & the Raiders when Paul was called to fulfill a military obligation. This week we present another episode of Leon Russell, side man with:It Ain’t Easy - Ron Davis, My Baby Left Me – The Grease Band, That Man Is My Weakness – Rita Coolidge, Moon Child – The Ventures, Man In The Fog – Flying Burrito Brothers, You Belladonna You – Jesse Ed Davis, Try Some, Buy Some – George Harrison, Cotton Fields – The IN Group, Day After Day – Badfinger, Delta Man – Bobbie Gentry, Gimme Some Lovin’ – Freddie King, L. A. Getaway - Hill, Barbata, Ethridge, Kansas City – Jan and Dean, Direct Me – Larry Hosford (and George Harrison), Nothing Wasted, Nothing Gained – New Grass Revival, Tulsa Shuffle – The Tractors, Where’s Baby Gone – Billy (Mr. Guitar) Strange, Sky Lark – Aretha Franklin.