leon russell..... - DM's Beatles forums

how long do you reckon leons been around?????longer than you think i bet...

Hell, I saw him in concert 20+ years ago and he was a fossil then. Had the cain and white beard with the white suit on. If the beard was shorter, he'd have looked like Colonel Sanders to me that night.

Honestly though, he's a great, great player, and a fantastic entertainer. Just ask the bazillion people he's sat in with.

Thanks, pc31!

I think it's so cool that he never smiles on stage. Wow!

Thank you for the rare clips of Leon. Any idea who his band members are?

He looked so radically different when

I saw Elton John open for him

at the Fillmore East in 1970.

It was a tie, though, as to who did a better show that night.

Leon and Elton were both on fire that night.

on the first one it looks like kris krisstoferson on the banjo...and it looked delaney bramlett on guitar...i found this on a forum elsewheres....That's Leon alright and contrary to many of the youtube comments I
think he sounds pretty fine and looks sharp as hell...with the
Shindogs...I'm guessing that was Delaney Bramlett playing that Gibson
335 right up close to him wish I could have seen who was playing the
Fender (James Burton?)...maybe Steve Douglas on Sax, too.  Can anyone
name anymore of the many members of the Shindogs? Seems to me both he
and Glen Campbell did time with Ricky Nelson also, quite possibly in
his TV band along with James Burton.  Does anyone have confirmation of
that?

I used to have a Russell Lee single on Roulette from late 50s or early
60s; I know he recorded under Russell Bridges or Lee Bridges too,
maybe...plus all his session work with Sinatra, Gary Lewis and The
Playboys (probably him on "This Diamond Ring" ya know), a host of
Snuff Garret productions...god there must be a site somewhere that
lists all the myriad sessions that he did.  I'll bet it is very
impressive.
      and this
http://www.tv.com/shindig/show/2198/episode_guide.html
entry 10...

That looks like Glen Campbell on the banjo. I'd say the tall sax player is Jim Horn.

no he doesn't...he looks more like kris...look again professor
i'd agree with the jim horn pick tho..this is him in 69....

here this looks more like him in 64...

Now, good sir, I do beg to differ from you.  My good freinds at Wikipedia have this on the TV show Shindig: "The series house band, the Shin-diggers (later renamed the Shindogs), featured a young Glen Campbell, Billy Preston, and pianist Leon Russell."

I believe the early clips are in fact from Shindig (which would explain Mr Campbell on banjo).  Also MR Russell's website mentions a myriad of collaborators (starting with Glen Campebell), but does not include the name Kristofferson.

The Wiki-people tell me that Kris moved to Nashville in 1965 (after resigning an Army commission to teach English at West Point) so the dates seem a little off for him to be playing banjo in LA on Shindig.

Of course strange things do happen.  And where was the mysterious Mr. Kristofferson in Dallas in November 1963?

And who or what was responsible for Mr Russell's pompadour?  I'd say he's got a got four inches of vertical lift on that thing.  You're the contractor, my good friend, tell me how it's done?

ok i read about i conciede....did you read that delaney bramlett was in the house band too????yeah i read they called the band the shindogs,kinda neat,i wonder if it was because the moondog thing......http://www.videospider.tv/Videos/Detail/33110590.aspx
of course this also explains the young delaney vid too...shindiggity dog....hey joe sunseri needs a few good guitarists for a few shows in nashville...you know any?heres the ad...
Hey,

If there is anyone out there who knows of a good old school R&B guitarist in Nashville please let me know. I need someone for March 21 & 22. There won't be a rehearsal except for the sound check so this person has to be very comfortable in stepping up. Band is a 7-8 piece and plays blues/R&B.

Thanks,

Joe

I thought the delaney clip was totally cool. The guy should have been a much bigger star than he was. Bonnie's daughter's doing pretty good these days.

I'll pass Joe's ad around.

i found the shindogs in this wanda jackson selection too...

i never saw this one....

i know they only covered it.....below the original...