During a 2019 interview on the Music Is My Life Podcast, Love said she loved “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” when she first heard it over the phone. However, the writers were apprehensive about it ...
You may recognize Leon Russell, with his long, snow-white beard and matching long white hair flowing out from under his cowboy hat. The striking musician looks like either the oldest member of ZZ Top ...
Tulsa Sound founder and piano man Leon Russell, a true musician's musician, celebrated his 70th birthday with little pomp and a whole lot of fans Saturday night at the Brady Theater. Russell welcomed ...
If ever there was a riches to rags—and back to riches—rock and roll tale begging to be told, the decades-long odyssey of Leon Russell would be it. A hugely influential piano visionary, bandleader, ...
• Legendary musician Leon Russell was born Claude Russell Bridges in 1942 in Lawton and began taking piano lessons at the age of 4. He moved to Tulsa and attended Will Rogers High School and was ...