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Howdy. Been a bit busy with the holidays lately but wanted to drop a line and let everybody know what music I pulled in this Christmas. Leon Russell & The Shelter People: NIN - Year Zero Remixed: The Very Best of The Coasters: Also a shout out to my MOG Secret Santa Ketut for the wonderful mix and playing cards he sent. Gonna be spending a few days out of town over New Years with some friends and I plan on putting the cards to use with many drunken poker games. The mi... MORE
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Sorry,
Can't think of any (But apparently I need more words here so, dermahrk says I'm erudite, I think of myself as more stalactite.
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Geez...I miss Kona...Wahiawa786 is posting great Island stuff and " Cane Fire" is bad enough, but "Far Too Wide" is hitting below the belt! Aloha Nui Loa Wahine!
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Is one of my favorite artist's of all time. In his 50 year career he has put out some incredible music and worked with some of the most influential artists to date. Here are some of the people he has worked with Glen Campbell, Joe Cocker, Willie Nelson, Edgar Winter, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, J.J. Cale, David Gates, Bruce Hornsby, Hal Blaine, Tommy Tedesco, Bobby "Boris" Pickett, B.B. King, Freddie King, Bill Wyman,Gram Parsons, ... MORE
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When I was growing up I was very fortunate to come from a family that played music through out the house. The radio was always on or a LP spinned on the turntable. Sometimes, I would just flip through the crates of my parents albums just to see what the artists looked like. I'm not sure if I remember this one quite the way that it played out in my head, but I'm sure that I liked this album based on the fact that Leon wore a hat just like the one that one of the Muppets wor... MORE
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"Known mostly as a session musician, Russell has played with artists as varied as Jerry Lee Lewis, Phil Spector and The Rolling Stones. With a solo career spanning the genres of rock, blues, and gospel, Russell began his musical career at 14, lying about his age to land a gig playing backup at a Tulsa nightclub to play with Ronnie Hawkins behind Jerry Lee Lewis. Two years later, after settling in Los Angeles, he studied guitar with James Burton, and worked sessions with Do... MORE
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Every once in a while I think to check in with the CREEM Magazine website...I will get around to posting about those folks another day...Anyway, I popped by this morning to see that they had a review of Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen – 36th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. Now I love this record for what it is - Joe, live, with a swinging backing band led by Leon Russell - but stumbling across this article also reminded me of how great Leon is. I first heard him around th... MORE
