ONCE UPON A TIME.....Leon Russell & The Shelter People
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LEON RUSSELL Leon Russell & The Shelter People (Shelter,1971) - Rock'n'Roll |
This record appears to have been recorded in fits and starts, because it lists four different groups as background musicians. It’s less a band and more like a loose collective; there’s The Shelter People, the Tulsa Tops, Muscle Shoals Swampers, and Friends in England. That being said, there is a cohesive fluidity to the album that belies the varied and seemingly complicated background groups.
Russell has a unique ability to compose his songs from the piano outward, which is to say that his songs feel played versus constructed.
Leon Russell and the Shelter People reminds me of what I like about albums from this era: the imperfection. This was a popular and successful record, but it isn’t perfect. So much popular music today is perfect; sure, imperfection is found on the fringes, but by and large, perfection is the name of the game. There was a time not too long ago when groove was the name of the game and perfection was secondary.
TRACKLIST : Stranger In A strange Land
Of Thee I Sing
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Crystal Closet Queen
Home Sweet Oklahoma
Alcatraz
The Ballad Of Mad Dogs And Englishmen
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
She Smiles Like A River
Sweet Emily
Beware Of Darkness
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