Jeff James - From the Vault 2-27-12 Leon Russell Russell began his musical career at the age of 14 in the nightclubs of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He and his group The Starlighters, which included JJ Cale, Leo Feathers, Chuck Blackwell and Johnny Williams. Leon Russell was a member of Phil Spector's studio group and played on many of the most popular songs of the 1960s, including some by The Byrds, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Bobby "Boris" Pickett, and Herb Alpert. This song is from his first solo lp released in February of 1970. During the lp's recording session he had his friends join him on the tracks that included Eric Clapton and George Harrison on guitars -- Ringo Starr on drums -- Mick Jagger on vocals among other musical greats of the time.
