Leon Russell in Conversation with Harrod Blank

[manycatsforadime]

I want more. I could listen to Leon forever.

[michaelkirk]

Mr. Leon Russell. One of The Greatest of All Time!

[SKC]

I met Leon in 1979. Had been a fan for several years before that. My friend & I made friends with a guy, can't remember his name, but he was always there at Leon's house in Tulsa. We used to pull in the driveway & talk to him through the intercom. Then he would open the gates &we would drive around the circular drive. I really don't know why. Guess we were hoping one day Leon would be there! The night we met him, we had gone to see him at the Brady in concert. As we were leaving we happened to see his limo. Gary Busey was with him. We followed the limo to Benni Hanna's ( spelling?) at 51st & Harvard. There we talked a bit with him & he leaned into the car window & kissed me. Needless to say, I was kinda in shock! But, here I am 38 yrs later & never forgot! Lol!

[eileengidley]

I've always been a huge fan of his..always will be.

[davidthayer]

so I was huge leon fan, in about 1971, I was 16 and my brother called and said he got a contract to install outdoor lights on the wall around the house Leon bought in wanted to know if I wanted to help with the I said of one leon takes to Claude's Hamburgers for lunch, on the way, I tell him that I play the guitar, he invites me to come out to a club in Tulsa where he said that He and some friends were going to go sit Stables Lounge....at about 46th and show up but I am too young and they wont let me I hung around a bit a car pulls up and lets Leon, George Harrison and Eric Clapton out of the

[vernwallen]

There's lots of bands that owe Leon a debt of gratitude.👍👍👍

[artpartymurphy]

I was a young girl in the early 70s . I played his piano book daily, loved his style of singing . He clearly didn’t care about fame.

[judyjohnson]

And what a wonderfully weird blessing you have been in my life Mr. Russell!

[briancollins]

I remember Tightrope and Lady Blue from the jukebox at my local Pizza Hut as a young teenager in the 70s dreamin' of being grown up someday! Time sure flys by.

[catmother]

I love Leon Russell still. 👄👄👄. RIP.

[noochinator]

'A Poem is a Naked Person' is a superb film!

[barbhansen]

I had a crush on Leon when I was a teenager!

[soldtobediers]

''There's Artists who will wrest us up, & place us into Themselves.
These are the 'One's' who will continue to wrest us up...
Even beyond their wrests in peace!'' -gilpin 31119

[theadministers]

Claude ‘Leon’ Russell Bridges iz
Pontifex Maximus !iii!

[UhltrawomanArt]

Are the photographs in the video copyrighted? I would like to save the one of him at the piano in the top hat with the star hatband to paint a picture of him. Thoughts?

[deblwood]

What is the whole piece that this was taken from?

[Auntkekebaby]

Pensive and playful. The eyes and mind are the main attraction. He just wanted to make his music and touch somebody. Not that deity weird thing that comes with fame. When people ask, Where did he go?" He didn’t go anywhere. He was playing his music.