10 minutes of some of best rock n roll in 1971.
Inside Leon Russell's Long History With Country Music
Throughout his lifetime of making music, Leon Russell glided effortlessly from rock & roll to blues and gospel. But the singer-songwriter-pianist, who died Sunday at home in Nashville at the age of 74, had a strong affinity for country music, a relationship that Russell fostered even while working in Los Angeles, far away from his native Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Leon Russell's music helped to shape our world
"Listen to the melody 'cause my love is in there hiding," Leon Russell sang on his timeless classic, A Song For You. It is one of the most beautiful lines about the how music can convey the truth of the human heart.
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