Leon Russell was an interesting artist. Born in Oklahoma, he began playing piano at a very young age and was getting paid for it starting at 14 when he gigged in Tulsa. As Leon told me when I visited ...

Leon Russell, seen here circa 1970, is the subject of a new tribute album, "A Song for Leon." (Michael Ochs Archives) Anyone tracing a path through the history of American soul music could do worse ...

It didn’t take long after Tulsa-born and raised rocker Leon Russell released his May 1970 self-titled debut album for its lead-off ballad, “A Song for You,” to ...

It’s been decades since filmmaker Les Blank made “A Poem Is a Naked Person,” his documentary about musician Leon Russell. But it’s only now, two years after Blank’s death, that the film is finally ...

Leon Russell’s credits go back to early ’60s stints with Jan & Dean, the Super Stocks, the Everly Brothers, the Beach Boys, the Monkees, and the Rolling Stones — and that was all before he released ...

We don’t have a word count here at AudioPhix. If it takes 500 words to tell a story, we write 500 words. If it takes 2,000, then that’s what we write. Well, I may write a few more than necessary. I ...

A quick perusal of the late Leon Russell: The Master of Space And Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History will most likely leave an indelible impression that the native Oklahoman was one of the ...

Album closers are just as important as album openers. While it’s crucial to have a good opener, the closer is the last thing an artist leaves with a listener. Will it be something that makes you start ...

Elton John and Leon Russell are veteran piano men with a new album, "The Union," that's just been named one of the year's best by Rolling Stone. It's also been nominated for a Grammy. How these old ...

Originally aired on KCET December 5 1970 Taped at the Vine Street Theatre on Hollywood and Vine Leon Russell and friends with Sweet Emily Claudia Lennar Kathi McDonald Chuck Blackwell John Gallie Don ...