event Leon Russell
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Fri Dec 11
8 pm
Leon Russell at Evanston SPACE
During the nearly 50 years that multi-instrumentalist Leon Russell has been in show business, he’s been a solo artist, a label founder (of both Shelter Records and Paradise Records), a songwriter, and a session man for The Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, The Byrds, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Phil Spector. Most of his best-known solo work was recorded in the ’70s—his eclectic fusion of blues, country, jazz, gospel, and rock struck a chord with the popular consciousness, and 1972’s Carney hit the top five—but he’s made a comeback in recent years, releasing several collections of new and old material on his own Leon Russell Records.
Evanston SPACE 1245 Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
During the nearly 50 years that multi-instrumentalist Leon Russell has been in show business, he’s been a solo artist, a label founder (of both Shelter Records and Paradise Records), a songwriter, and a session man for The Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, The Byrds, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Phil Spector. Most of his best-known solo work was recorded in the ’70s—his eclectic fusion of blues, country, jazz, gospel, and rock struck a chord with the popular consciousness, and 1972’s Carney hit the top five—but he’s made a comeback in recent years, releasing several collections of new and old material on his own Leon Russell Records.
Updated 05/04/2011
