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HOMEWOOD: SESSION: LEON RUSSELL AND FRIENDS (TV)
Summary
One in this series of music programs from the Homewood studios in Hollywood, Calif. This hour-long program features highlights from a six-hour session with singer/pianist Leon Russell and his band. Russell performs both with the band and solo in an informal studio setting. (His travelling secretary, Emily, bakes a cake for him over the course of the session.) Songs performed include "Sweet Emily," "Prince of Peace," "Honky Tonk Women," and "Big Boss Man," among others. Singer/guitarist Furry Lewis performs "John Henry." Acquisition and cataloging of this program was made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Details
- NETWORK: KCET-TV (Los Angeles, CA) / PBS
- DATE: December 2, 1970
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:31
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T91:0177
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV, 1970
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Alan Baker … Producer
- Taylor Hackford … Associate Producer
- Allan L. Muir … Director
- Mundell Lowe … Theme Music by
- Charles Champlin … Host
- Leon Russell … Singer, Instrumentalist
- Chuck Blackwell … Instrumentalist
- Joey Cooper … Instrumentalist
- John Gallie … Instrumentalist
- Claudia Lennear … Instrumentalist
- Kathi McDonald … Instrumentalist
- Don Preston … Instrumentalist
- Furry Lewis … Singer, Instrumentalist, Guitarist