LEON RUSSELL - The concert for Bangladesh Medley REACTION(Young Blood | Jumping Jack Flash)
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LEON RUSSELL - The concert for Bangladesh Medley REACTION(Young Blood | Jumping Jack Flash)
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Definitely the highlight of the "Concert for Bangladesh." Leon Russell was THE MAN!
Leon totally rocks. He's a blues master.
This whole concert was great. George Harrison never got enough credit for creating benefit concert which led to Live Aid etc.. He was a great man
@Mike Warker, I love that George & Bob were good buds.
Bob hadn't done much performing & wasn't sure he'd sing until almost the last minute.
Who knows how long it would have taken him without the encouragement of George.
For fans of Dylan & Harrison (mostly Dylan)
check out "Bob Dylan & George Harrison in Studio" for a fun 56 minutes of them riffing.
They rented 12 hours of studio time. I think the purpose was to find songs for Bob's upcoming album 'Self-Portrait'.
Charlie Daniels & a few other well known names also played. It's audio only, unfortunately :(
It's easily found on Utube but I'll post link if needed.
God bless ✨🕯️✨
Leon was one of a kind. So much talent. And what a master of ceremonies. Saw him a couple times in a smaller setting. We sat right by his piano. We were blessed for sure. Melissa Ward here.
Shame you did the shortened version, but at long last somebody brought this out of the closet. Harry, do you have any idea how many legends are on that stage????? 🤓✌️
There were two shows and this version is from the second show
The Best concert, movie, and album!! Star studded!!
Harri, it's hard to emphasize how huge Leon Russell was at the time. Everybody wanted to with with him as a writer, musician and producer. Clapton declared Leon as the original Rock God years ago when I saw him in concert. He says he was stuck and couldn't figure out how to start a song so who did he call? Leon. First words out of his mouth? "I bet you didn't think I knew how to rock and roll." Thus BLUES POWER was born and a big hit for Clapton.
Leon was Elton John's idol. And Bruce Hornsby
Legend does not then begin to describe him.
The first rock star's benefit concert put together by George Harrison.
Love this album, from Bob Dylan to Billy Preston to Ravi Shankar and most of all the legend that is Leon Russell. Great stuff.
RIP Leon! George, and Billy
I think Leon also did a great version of George's Beware of Darkness during this performance.
I think George and Leon both sang on it
That was epic
The concert was the first real benefit concert and was put together by George Harrison, after a conversation with his great friend Ravi Shankar and preceded Band Aid by 16 years becoming the template for future charity gigs. It was in response to terrible flooding in the river delta in Bangladesh which caused a huge loss of life. The delay in payment of the funds raised was due to the US IRS which resulted in George Harrison just writing a cheque cover the tax so the funds would be released in full, in addition the various recording companies were difficult about the performing rights for their artists. George Harrison has been a huge hero to the country and people of Bangladesh ever since. Paul McCartney was asked and declined to perform due to the breakup, and John Lennon initially agreed to perform without Yoko Ono as George requested, but then had a disagreement with Yoko over the arrangement so left two days before the concert.
Appreciate the infos u mentioned, but it was 13 years, 11 months and 17 days between The Concert Bangladesh and Live Aid....
Love Leon Russell. There’s some really great music playing tonight. ☮️
I watched this concert/movie in a theater when it first came out.... I think everyone was smoking what they brung....great stuff....
the ending is from the dvd. You gotta watch the whole thing! It's the epic church/rockandroll union. Pure. Master of Space and Time, Leon Russell, My Darling rock god.
Two drummers, Ringo and Jim Keltner., Carl Radle on bass.
George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh was the first big fund raising concert ever. Along with Leon, Clapton, Ringo, Billy Preston, Dylan, Badfinger, Klaus Voorman and of course George himself. Until I first saw this concert, I didn't realize Leon was white!
I have been listening to Leon since i was about 15 i am now 66, Leon the Master of Space and Time, I have seen him several times in concert during my lifetime he was Great. I have seen him preform Young Blood / Jumping Jack Flash on several occasions. If you liked the concert for Bangladesh check out the Mad dogs and Englishmen Tour, Joe Cocker.. Leon set the whole concert up .Read about it and watch the video Movie and listen to the soundtrack.. Great Stuff.. When Leon Passed away in 2016, we lost One of the best from that era..He was a true Rock an Roller...
Leon is the man. The rest of those cats are pretty good too. :)
Leon Russell so great
Leon Russell...Master of Space and Time 🎩🎼🎙🎹❤❤❤❤
I was so fortunate to have seen Leon four times: once, in 1976 on the Wedding Album Tour (sparsely attended since he was married to a Black woman) -- all I can say is "they missed it." Next, he appeared at a very small bar in Macon, GA, and was accompanied by his son Teddy Jack; we had front-row seats and were about 5 feet away from him. Best $10.00 I ever spent. My husband and I saw him in to celebrate our 20th anniversary, and it was wild. Then, just a year before he passed, we took our daughter to Variety Playhouse in Atlanta to see him, and he told a story about having met Elvis: "I said, 'Elvis, how come you made all them godawful movies?'" To get the full flavor of Leon's performance abilities, the Homewood Sessions available on youtube will be "diamonds" in your ears. Thank you for keeping great music alive!
"Props to the guy playing drums"...a guy named Ringo Starr. LOL. So many great performances in this amazing concert (you must watch the movie of the concert)...Billy Preston, Bob Dylan, Eric Caption, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr and of course George Harrison, who put this show together, the world's first "benefit concert" in history.
There were 2 drummers, playing at the same time...Ringo and Jim Keltner.
14 years BEFORE Band Aid and We Are The World! The first rock and roll benefit concert, to the best of my knowledge. And yes, I was there in person for both shows!!!; ☮️
This is a good one!
That's Ringo and Jim Keltner on Drums and Carl Radle on Bass. Carl played on Layla and backed Eric Clapton for the rest of the 1970's
Leon Russell had the most beautiful eyes. I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS ONE! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
"Young Blood" is a song written by Doc Pomus along with the songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit by The Coasters in 1957.
Really, Leon tops my list of singers, and writers. He was an absolute force of talent and nature.
He was Frank Sinatra's piano man for years he can rock, blues, jazz do that thing on the piano - and as a warm up act he always put feet on the chairs and matches and lighters lit
I was in the early years of HS when this came out. Imagine 13yo boys in Australia listening to this song and singing along with Leon and his talking blues about their amorous adventures and their old lady at home! Bloody priceless!
Love Leon Russell. Saw him in Rochester NY 1974?. Thanks for sharing Harri! Leon played with just about anyone who recorded back in the day. He also had a very nice solo career.
You will absolutely love the “Mighty Quinn Medley” which is the intro on his “Leon Live” album from 1973. Fantastic album!
Leon Russell was a monster, unbelievable moment here.
The original version of Young Blood was done by The Coasters in 1957. My favorite version is by Bad Company in the 70’s. The Beatles also do a version on their Live at the BBC album.
I was there, blew u dam mind, the best of the best,from a true hippie and always be one till I die, angel hugs💜💜💜
Leon Russul was one of my favorite artists of the ealy seventies. Always interesting to listen. A man of surprices
I think this record also has "It Don't Come Easy." 😍
I really appreciate your reactions. You help me see music I grew up on through fresh eyes.
All those stars and Leon blew their doors off. Meanwhile, he also made the band that made them all do better.
Thank you❤ This is the Leon I knew and loved in my youth😂
They used to play this on the radio! Damn, we had it made in those days. Didn't realize it enough.
Hi Harri .. Great reaction, as always .. My favourite Leon Russell song was "Tight Rope", his 1972 debut single, which was a big hit in the USA .. Please check it out, but make sure it's the studio version .. The Official Lyric Video is quite good .. Trust me, this one's a classic !
He has been with me for 50 years
Such a great copy of this song. Leon's voice is raw and emotion charged. This was a great concert.
John Lennon was going to perform at the concert on the stipulation from George that Yoko couldn't perform with him. Two day before the concert, after an argument with Yoko, John withdrew. Too bad. What a concert!!! You should have been there Harri.Great reaction. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Great find and comments!
Heard this two or three hundred years ago and still listen to it.
Welcome to our Piano pounding, story telling world of Leon Russell!! This man had me after this performance! Blew my mind!
I remember seeing the movie at the theater with my Mom when I was a kid. This is by far the set I remember and go to most often, but you gotta play the whole version.....the build is a big part of the experience.....
Thank you for playing this. I love Leon Russell.
Claude Russell Bridges (aka Leon Russell) = Malcom John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. (aka Dr.John).....greeeeat musicians !!
Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Jim Keltner, Billy Preston, Don Preston, Jesse Ed Davis, Eric Clapton, Carl Radle, Badfinger, George Harrison, Claudia Lenear, Klaus Voormann
First time I ever saw The Master of Space & Time was this concert. Went out and bought the Carny album right after and played it to death. Leon had more soul in his little finger than most people in their whole body.
You really need to go back and listen to the original long version….it starts with G Harrison introducing with “Now, a couple of tunes from Leon”
Actually the song is divided in three:
Leon starting off the song with Jumping Jack Flash, then the transition to Young Blood, and then back again with Jumping Jack.
Rolling Stone magazine (at a time before it became a mainstream media rag) said the temperature in the room went up 15 degrees during Leon’s set. I believe it.
This was my first concert, 13 years old.
Same here.
As others have noted the full version that starts with Jumping Jack Flash then goes into Young Love is the best version.
I think I first heard this in 1972 when I was 9 years old because Leon is from my hometown.
Leon was one of the artist that I heard growing up and is so underrated.
He played jumping jack flash as an intro to this song. You need to hear the whole thing!
The concert was for the refugees of the Banlgladesh war in 1971. Millions died, someone said that on the train out of Kolkata, there were miles and miles of blue and white UNHCR tents.
Some time you should do Leon Russell singing This Masquerade. He wrote it.
"A Song For You" is probably his best known.
Love Leon Russell! He’s one of my favorite artists to see/hear in concert. Often he plays his songs at least half again as fast as he does in his recordings. Listen to some of the songs and medleys on Leon Live (1973).
LR was an incedible writer and singer...He wrote many many tunes
I've been tremendously stoked to listen to this and your reaction since coming across it in my feed yesterday, Harri!! Great pick. I've touted this concert and various sections from time to time across probably numerous reaction channels when it seemed germane. Borrowing the album from a school friend in grade 9 was a seminal musical experience, and my real introduction to Leon as a performer. Thanks a million, I'm done typing, gotta listen NOW!! ;>D
Do yourself a favor and find the induction ceremony for Leon Russell by Sir Elton John, into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I cried my eyes out, after Elton John told the story of where, and what condition he found the great Leon Russell living in. Everyone in the room, mainly other famous artists and Band members we would all recognize, and who worked with Leon throughout his life, were sobbing at what they heard and saw. It was heartbreaking. Elton John was his inductor and was weeping uncontrollably. Leon died shortly after this wonderful, but sad ceremony.
There is indeed a God Harri
Thanks
This is George Harrison at the end. George organized the benefit concert for Bangladesh.
Hari! You should get the movie of the concert!!
From Abbey Road through this n All Things Must Pass was George Harrison’s peak.
The CforB was the first of its kind, a rock roll benefit concert. N George was the nexus.
Plus he convinced Dylan to come back for his first major appearance since the motorcycle accident!
This is an abbreviated version of the medley. Find the original
Leon (RIP) was incredible. I first saw him when he led the band on the Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour and then again as a solo artist. Such a talent. You played a live concert video with Delaney and Bonnie and Eric Clapton a while back. Leon also played with Delaney and Bonnie and a lot of the musicians on the Bangladesh concert were part of Delaney and Bonnie and Friends. Such great great stuff! As always, great reaction Harri!
I don't know why you started listening at Young Blood when it started with Jumping Jack Flash, but no matter, It's great watching your reaction to an album I was listening to and digging since age 9. Great vid!
So crazy to see 3 guys from from my home town of Tulsa. Leon Russell, Jim Keltner, Carl Radle. And Jesse Ed Davis was from Oklahoma City.
That 'Young Girl' song .... take me to church! 😂
I had an LP of his in the 70's.
He could talk it and sing it too.
Thanks for the fresh play.
When Denny Cordell from A&M records needed to put together a touring band to support Joe Cocker's first American tour, who did he call? Leon. The result was "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," and the series of concerts spawned a movie, a double live album, and elevated Leon to Rock Superstar. When George Harrison wanted to put on a benefit concert for the people of Bangladesh, who did he call? Leon. This move also resulted in a movie, and, you guessed it, a successful double live album. In the seventies, if you wanted to get shit done in the music business, call Leon.
Like your analysis of this and other great pieces of music...the fact it was live makes it even more special!
Leon played Jumping Jack Flash before Youngbood and then the reprise of Jumping Jack Flash. You missed the first part of the medley.
I was at this concert buying a scalpers ticket for double the price but hey I didn’t care it was a Beatle and Eric Clapton etc etc .. well over 50 years have passed and I don’t recall much . Odd really . George was all in white .
Next song was Here comes the sun sung by George Harrison. Great tune also.
Loved Leon backintheday ! Thanks a bunch for keeping good music alive Harri !
You mentioned the bass and drums on Russell's track. The bassist was Klaus Voorman, formerly with the band Manfred Mann and a prolific sessions bassist. His credits include playing on Carly Simon's “You're So Vain.” He also won a Grammy for designing the cover of the Beatles album Revolver. If it wasn't Ringo, the drummer was Jim Keltner, one of the great sessions drummers of the 1960s and 70s with far too many credits to mention.
If you will double check, I believe Carl Radle was Leon’s bass player for his songs during the concert. They were both from Tulsa and played together in Bonnie and Delaney & Mad Dogs tour. From what I’ve read, Leon used Carl whenever available.
@@ronh8521 ~ You're spot on.....when Radle wasn't w/ Leon he could be found w/ Eric Clapton, along w/ another native Tulsan Jamie Oldaker on the skins. 🎩🎹🥁🎸🎵🎶🎵 Now TOO many soon TOO soon. RIP to all the wonderful musicians on this project & the Mad Dogs & Englishmen.
Harri~ If you haven't, PLS consider the Joe Cocker Live A Little Help From My Friends.
Check out Leon Russell's "Lady Blue".Studio Version.
Leon...from a Oklahoma rocker to the Wrecking Crew to Delaney& Bonnie to solo. Heard it said that Leon songs are the most covered. Trivia question... besides Leon and George want other stage mates for this show were also Friends of Delaney& Bonnie???
Taking a guess at Jim Keltner? ☮️
Harri- There's an old album called Asylum Choir II - Leon Russell and Marc Benno- So many great songs on that album. It's funny because more recently they re-released that album with some out takes from the original sessions tacked on at the end as they sometimes do, and they really stand out as sounding dated- but the original songs that were on the album stands the test of time--it's a marvel.
Great stuff!!!
Excellent pick and great performance by Leon here! The significance of this two-day concert can not be overstated in rock music history. It was the first concert of its kind. Specifically, the benefit concert was organized mainly by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar along with others. The number and names of rock legends who performed at this concert was astounding for its time and is well worth a deeper dive. I am old enough to have seen the concert film in theaters when it was first (and finally) released. I still have and cherish the multi-album box set. Once again, a terrific submission.
A concise background about this concert can be found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh_(album) and numerous other sources.
Leon Russell was a magnificent songwriter, who wrote “A Song For You”, which I’m certain you will be familiar with Harri. Donny Hathaway recorded it, but you might even know it from Damion Hall’s only solo album if you’re a 90s R&B and New Jack Swing fan like me. Yes, that’s Aaron Hall’s brother and the other member of Guy.
Part of The Wrecking Crew. Next to Hal Blaine he probably played on more hits than anyone.
Listen to Stranger in a strang land great song 🎵
Sadly, Jumping Jack Flash, was shortened. Just listen to his whole presentation of that song, so you're gonna here a really good singing guy, singin' that Stones-track.
It’s a mystery why there aren’t more Leon reactions out there - well don’t for breaking the seal! 😜 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
EPIC
Leon and Billy Preston owned that concert....
I commented last week when you reacted to George Harrison that I had gone to this concert; and that I had last seen Leon Russell in a small supper club in NYC within a year of his death. Leon was so amazing and sang what seemed to be every song he ever wrote and/or sung! Leon Russell and the Shelter People got my heart the first moment I saw them. Mad Dogs and Englishman, the album by Joe Cocker with Leon Russell 1970 (I was in high school) is still one of my favorite albums.
This is worth watching. Leon Russell and the Shelter People (who were session musicians).
czcams.com/video/4bwMqliLXZQ/video.html
I saw Leon that year too at Big Bear in southern California. Great great concert.
I also saw him in englewood fl, got back stage as he was leaving and thanked him for all the memories. A year later we lost him. Still have his music. Thanks Leon, RIP
Leon stole the show!
Best version of JJF.
Dude get you some Coasters, original Youngblood and many more super hits.
Luv Jessie Ed Davis, that was his tele, not eric's :)
Try Mad Dogs and Englishman tour videos
Harri, John Lennon was invited to perform at the concert but John insisted that Yoko appear on stage with him, George declined.
The song is written by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller. They are the two Jewish hipsters that are responsible for writing so many great songs.
Paul didn't want to since Beatles just broke up and John demanded that Yoko would perform and George said uh no. Ravi Shankar who opened the show asked George to help raise money for Bangladesh. I think a famine as a
result of war between Pakistan and Bangladesh over Bangladesh independence?
Great superstar concert put together by Harrison to raise money to alleviate the famine (long story). I hope I'm wrong in remembering that the organizers sent large cargoes of corn, which the Bangladeshi couldn't eat.