Claude Russell Bridges (born April 2, 1942), known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music.
Born in Lawton, Oklahoma, Russell attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At this time he was already performing at Tulsa nightclubs. He became a session musician, becoming a keyboardist who has worked with many notable musicians since the 1960s. By the late 1960s, Russell diversified, first to writing songs, and then working his way from gigs as a sideman to joining bands as a full member. Eventually, he began solo recording, although he never ended all his previous roles within the music industry. Russell is among the 2011 inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Leon Russell and The Shelter People released in 1971. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 200.
Track listing
1. "Stranger In a Strange Land" (Russell, Don Preston) – 4:01
2. "Of Thee I Sing" (Russell, Don Preston) – 4:22
3. "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" (Bob Dylan) – 5:08
4. "Crystal Closet Queen" – 2:59
5. "Home Sweet Oklahoma" – 3:26
6. "Alcatraz" – 3:51
7. "Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen" – 3:51
8. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Dylan) – 4:00
9. "She Smiles Like A River" – 2:58
10. "Sweet Emily" – 3:20
11. "Beware of Darkness" (George Harrison) – 4:40
The CD re-issue contains the following bonus tracks:
12. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Dylan) - 3:38
13. "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (Dylan) - 3:19
14. "She Belongs to Me" (Dylan) - 3:26
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File size : 9.26 MiB
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Album : Leon Russell and the Shelter People [Bonus Tracks]
Track name : Stranger in a Strange Land
Track name/Position : 1
Performer : Leon Russell
Accompaniment : Leon Russell
Composer : Don Preston/Leon Russell
Publisher : Capitol
Genre : Rock
Recorded date : 1995
MCDI : Yes
Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Duration : 4mn 2s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 9.26 MiB (100%)
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