Leon Russell wrote a handful of modern standards and worked with artists from Dylan to Clapton to Streisand to Elton. A new tribute LP heralds the Leonaissance.
,” was published to acclaim this past spring, just about the time Russell was feted with a tribute concert at Nelson’s Luck Ranch during March’s South by Southwest festival in Texas. And on the heels of “A Song for Leon,” a documentary project about Russell is said to be in the works with the involvement of big names yet to be revealed.
The eclectic nature of Russell’s career — he also co-founded Shelter Records, which released early singles by Bob Marley and by Tom Petty’s first band, Mudcrutch — might make it easier to do that at a moment when young listeners think little of stylistic barriers.
Elton John and inductee Leon Russell at the 26th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in 2011. “Basically, he wasn’t tripping about himself,” says Collins, another experienced sideman with an outré appearance. Janovitz, who says he “can’t imagine Leon would have welcomed somebody writing a book about him,” traces that aversion to fame to a traumatic childhood experience in which an aunt caught a 4-year-old Russell and a female cousin examining their differing body parts, then excoriated him in front of the rest of his family.
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