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The animated corpse of Leon Russell.
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"Leon, you owe us 90 minutes!!" Buddha exclaimed. The sound man was kicking back with his feet up on the console...I appreciate people hiring the hearing-impaired, but come on! Leon's keyboard was mic'ed so poorly that I'm gonna have nightmares about Lowther drivers and Tractrix horns. I told Buddha that I've never heard keyboards sound out of phase at a concert before. I don't think there's enough alcohol (without killing ourselves) to make us right again.

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That sucks. He showed up near where I live as the lead-in act for a Crosby, Stills and Nash show and by himself he was impressive. Of course, that was in the early 1990s.

Somewhere I still have some photos of him back in the day playing in G'ville, Florida. That was also a great concert but I myself was not there.

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What ever did happen to Leon? He's become a "Stranger in a Strange Land".

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Buddha & Friends

We attended a Leon Russell 'concert' at the new Roanoke Rapids (NC) Theatre this last Saturday night (3/22/08) Many of the same issues cited in this thread were alive and well here.

Long story short, worse factor was the incredibly damaging volume of the drummer and the 2nd keyboard player. We had 2nd row center seats at $80 and STILL left after leaving said seats trying to find a decent spot elsewhere in the largely vacant theatre. It would almost seem as if they are intentionally drowning Leon out!

Others were also in the lobby with 'bleeding' ears, one guy was dead set on hanging around the lobby waiting for a song or two. Not us... we had had enough abuse, even if it meant the $80 was a compleat waste. We couldn't wait to leave.

Check his website, LeonRussellRecords.com You'll see that this 'concert' was the last of a week or so long run. No wonder there were no pauses between songs or that Leon dissed the standing ovation when he suddenly appeared onstage.

Bottom line: if you like Leon, buy a CD, watch him on You Tube, but don't attempt going to the concert if it comes your way. You'll be sorry

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