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Mad Dogs & Englishmen is a 1971 American documentary film of Joe Cocker's 1970 U.S. tour, directed by Pierre Adidge, [1] starring Cocker and Leon Russell. [2] [3] The film was released on March 29, 1971, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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, [3] country, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, southern rock, [4] blues rock, [5] folk, surf and the Tulsa sound.
One was a rehearsal jam. The single ("The Letter/"Space Captain"), recorded during rehearsals on a sound stage, that was released to coincide with the tour was also included. "The Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen" was recorded by Russell later in 1970 and released on his Leon Russell and the Shelter People album in 1971.
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.
If ever there was a riches to rags—and back to riches—rock ‘n roll tale begging to be told, the decades-long odyssey of Leon Russell would be it. A hugely influential piano visionary ...
Leon Russell and the Shelter People is the second solo album by the singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leon Russell. Released in 1971, it peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 200 in the United States. The album has gold certification for sales of over 500,000 albums in the US and Canada.
A Poem Is a Naked Person is a 1974 American documentary film directed by Les Blank, filmed in 1972–1974 [1] but not publicly released until 2015, after Blank's death. The film is a documentary about musician Leon Russell, produced and financed largely by Russell and his then-business partner Denny Cordell.
The late Leon Russell was one of the more original and unclassifiable artists of his time, and the upcoming tribute album A Song for Leon features an appropriately eclectic roster of artists ...