Leon Russell And Friends 1971

Leon Russell And Friends 1971
(PBS) KCET (Channel 28) Studios
Los Angeles

FLAC and Mp3 320kbps - FM

Reupload - Original: 04/08/2010

01 Will the Circle Be Unbroken (02:31)
02 Caravan (02:59) (the Van Morrison Caravan,that is)
03 It Takes A Lot To Laugh,It Takes A Train To Cry (05:19)
04 Delta Lady (04:00)
05 A Song For you (04:16)
06 Furry's Blues (02:30)
07 Amos Burke (02:51)
08 Honky Tonk Woman (03:26)
09 Sweet Emily (03:23)
10 Prince Of Peace (03:32)
11 Girl Of The North Country (02:41)
12 Big Boss Man 03:11)
13 Georgia Queen (03:04)(A.K.A. Crystal Closet Queen)
14 So Strange (02:21)

Note:
The outro at the end of So Strange was taken from the Zerocks Records release,it doesn't appear on the Bush version.
The Furry who sings Furry's Blues is the same Furry who Joni Mitchell wrote a song about (Furry Sings The Blues).
As the story goes,the old man gave his permission at first,then sued her when the song became more popular.


Originally aired in 1971 on PBS,actually KCET,in Los Angeles
at the Vine Street Theater on Hollywood and Vine,a theater with
a little studio in the back part of the building,which is not
there anymore.They actually shot 6 hours but only broadcast 1 hour,
unscripted and unrehearsed.

It was the first national "stereo" rock-and-roll TV broadcast 
that's why Leon agreed to do it.

From Wikipedia:
KPPC-FM was the first station in Los Angeles to broadcast a stereo simulcast
with a television station. (A one hour program with 'Leon Russell and Friends'
in collaboration with PBS station KCET),and the first to broadcast with Sansui quadraphonic sound.
It was also the first FM station in Los Angeles to use two transmitters simultaneously to produce sufficient power.

The Players are:
Leon Russell,
Don Nix,
Chuck Blackwell,
Joey Cooper,
Don Preston,
Carl Radle,
Kathi McDonald,
Claudia Linnear,
John Gallie,
Jim Horn,
Walter "Furry" Lewis,
and,of course,Sweet Emily.

(Informations: Rick Taylor)


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Leon Russell & Friends 1971 -Honky Tonk Woman