zaterdag 12 maart 2022

Leon Russell - A Song for You (Porchester Hall, Bayswater, London, England ,October 7th 2011)

Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock and roll, country, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, southern rock,blues rock,] folk, surf and Tulsa Sound

    

                                                           ASong for You

Russell wrote this song for the singer Rita Coolidge, whom he was dating at the time. They met in the late '60s when Russell was one of the top session piano players and Coolidge was getting started as a singer. Russell wrote a song called "Delta Lady" about her that Joe Cocker recorded in 1969. She was again his muse on "A Song For You," which finds him singing about their deep connection when they are alone


 

donderdag 10 maart 2022

Bob Dylan feat.George Harrison & Leon Russell - Just Like a Woman(Sunday, 1 August 1971)

The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country's name was originally spelt) was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international awareness of, and fund relief for refugees from East Pakistan, following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide. The concerts were followed by a bestselling live album, a boxed three-record set, and Apple Films' concert documentary, which opened in cinemas in the spring of 1972.

         

 Just like a Woman (Dylan)"Just Like a Woman" is a song written by Bob Dylan and first released on his 1966 album, Blonde on Blonde.It was also released as a single in the U.S. during August 1966 



zondag 6 maart 2022

Crosby ,Stills & Nash - Daylight Again/Find The Cost of Freedom

                                          Unplugged: Ed Sullivan Theater - New York City, NY
                                                                    August 11, 1990
                                                                           

                                            Daylight Again/Find The Cost of Freedom

Daylight Again is the seventh album by Crosby, Stills & Nash, and their third studio album in the trio configuration. It peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the final time the band has made the top ten to date.