Leon Russell’s story has been put to page. A new biography, arriving in early spring, will chronicle the enigmatic music master’s life and legacy. Titled Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time’s ...

With his long white hair and beard, the sunglasses and top hat, the occasional sleeveless shirt that reads “Holy Trinity,” Leon Russell cloaked himself in a fair bit of mystique. The Tulsa, Okla., ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leon Russell, seen here circa 1970, is the subject of a new tribute album, "A Song for Leon." (Michael Ochs Archives) Anyone ...

A selective list of Leon Russell’s collaborators reads like a roll call of rock divinity: Jerry Lee Lewis, the Beach Boys, Ike and Tina Turner, the Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, ...

In writing the definitive book about the Master of Space and Time, Bill Janovitz treats readers to a master class in all things Leon Russell.

Bill Janovitz is best known as the singer-guitarist of the guitar-rock trio Buffalo Tom, the celebrated alt-rock band he formed in 1986 with his UMass Amherst schoolmates Chris Colbourn and Tom ...

Leon Russell, born Claude Russell Bridges, was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling pop music records during his 60-year career. His genres included pop, ...

Leon Russell is responsible for much of the best music of the 1960s and ‘70s. From his work with the Wrecking Crew — a band of notable Los Angeles musicians who played some of the biggest hits of the ...

Sometimes we tend to forget that even musical heroes have musical heroes. When Elton John came to these shores to play his first highly-anticipated run of shows at L.A.’s Troubadour Club in 1970, he ...

There's a story that during one of Leon Russell's recording sessions in the early 1970s, Elton John, then arguably the world's biggest pop star and a great admirer of Russell's, dropped in. As Russell ...

There’s a moment in the 1972 concert film Concert for Bangladesh where Leon Russell comes in on the third verse of George Harrison’s song “Beware of Darkness.” He’s at his piano and the band includes ...