RIP Leon Russell - 2016 continues to suck the life out of the arts

[ezbass]

http://www.leonrussellrecords.com/news.shtml

[madshadows]

Blimey not another one !!, sad news, RIP Leon, 2016 continues to suck !

John

[Mykesbass]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeHiio1sTTI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeHiio1sTTI[/url]

[Mykesbass]

This one may be a little over-indulgent for some tastes but hey, let's celebrate some amazing writing!
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp8gr05o-co"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp8gr05o-co[/url]

[Japhet]

Absolutely gutted. Fabulous song writer and artist.

[scrumpymike]

Yep, heard this on the radio news earlier; another big talent gone. First came to my notice in Joe Cocker's excellent band Mad Dogs and Englishmen but he did stuff with pretty much everybody who was anybody. That's another giant down.

[jacko]

Heartbreaking. I first heard him on the Concert for Bangladesh LPs and have loved his playing ever since.

[chris_b]

Very sad news.

Two of my favourite numbers, Joe Cocker's Delta Lady and Freddy King's Going Down, were written by LR.

Edited November 14, 2016 by chris_b

[Japhet]

This is a beautiful tribute to Elton John. Very moving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M001JpWB_Ms

Great man who wrote some gorgeous songs.

[lowdown]

RIP Leon Russell.

Great writing, covered by many.
http://youtu.be/WVtYNbFAxrY

[chris_b]

In the early days he was also part of the Phil Spector "Wall of sound".

[blue]

Leon, one of the best. He's way high up on the list of only once in a lifetime artists.

This one got me sad.

Blue

[drTStingray]

Sad news indeed.

The noticeable thing is nearly all of these guys whose fame started in the 60s and 70s are now in their 70s - except Bruce Forsyth, whose in his 80s.

It is a sobering thought that time marches on - even Ric Astley and Mark King look (relatively) old to me.

[ezbass]

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1479173387' post='3174557']
Sad news indeed.

The noticeable thing is nearly all of these guys whose fame started in the 60s and 70s are now in their 70s - except Bruce Forsyth, whose in his 80s.

It is a sobering thought that time marches on - even Ric Astley and Mark King look (relatively) old to me.
[/quote]This is very true. We had a bit of a golden age for the arts (and other things too) during that period and given that many of the stars of that period would have been around twenty at the time (obviously there are exceptions) then they are now all approaching that kind of age when the reaper comes to visit. Doesn't make it any less sad though and probably means that 2017 will suck too

[krispn]

Leon and Mose? Awww FFS! 2016 can go suck a bag of d*cks!

[blue]

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1479198301' post='3174602']
This is very true. We had a bit of a golden age for the arts (and other things too) during that period and given that many of the stars of that period would have been around twenty at the time (obviously there are exceptions) then they are now all approaching that kind of age when the reaper comes to visit. Doesn't make it any less sad though and probably means that 2017 will suck too
[/quote]

I would bet there are a lot of musicians from that golden era that are all approaching 75. Some we know very well most we've never heard of.

Blue

[bassace]

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I would bet there are a lot of musicians from that golden era that are all approaching 75. Some we know very well most we've never heard of.

Blue
[/quote]

Well, I'm in the latter category, Blue. And I'm 75. So I'd better be very careful on my way to the gig tomorrow. Stratford on Avon if anyone's interested.

[Hobbayne]

Leon's version of Jumping Jack Flash at the Concert for Bangladesh was incredible. And the little story he told about his lady at home in bed while he goes out on the town always makes me smile.
He also played bass for Bob Dylan as well in that concert. What a guy!
RIP Leon.