| Leon Russell  AKA Claude Russell Bridges
Born: 2-Apr-1942
Birthplace: Lawton, OK
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Musician Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Producer, session player, etc. Producer, session player, arranger, solo performer. Wife: Mary Rand McCreary (musician, m. 1975, div. 1979, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Tina Rose
Son: Teddy Jack
Wife: Jan Bridges (m. 1979, three daughters)
Daughter: Sugaree Noel
Daughter: Coco
Daughter: Honey
High School: Will Rogers High School, Tulsa, OK
University: University of California at Los Angeles (student 1959-60)
Del-fi Hotrodders Keyboardist 1963
Jan and Dean Keyboardist 1963
Gram Parsons Keyboardist
Gene Clark Keyboardist 1967
Delaney and Bonnie Multi-instrumentalist 1969-1971
Joe Cocker Multi-instrumentalist 1969-70
The Rolling Stones Multi-instrumentalist 1969
Dave Mason Multi-instrumentalist 1970
The Flying Burrito Brothers Keyboardist 1970, 1974
Eric Clapton Keyboardist 1970
Ron Davies Keyboardist 1970
B. B. King Keyboardist 1970-73
Rita Coolidge Keyboardist 1971
Jim Horn Keyboardist 1972
Freddie King Keyboardist 1973
Bill Wyman Keyboardist 1974
John Lennon Keyboardist 1975
The Beach Boys Keyboardist 1975
Larry Hosford Keyboardist 1976
The Gap Band Keyboardist 1976
Dwight Twilley Multi-instrumentalist 1976
Mary Kay Place Keyboardist 1977
The Carpenters Keyboardist 1977
Willie and Leon Multi-instrumentalist 1979
Wornell Jones Multi-instrumentalist 1979
The New Grass Revival Multi-instrumentalist 1979-81
J. J. Cale Keyboardist 1981
Willie Nelson Keyboardist 1982-85
Phil Driscoll Keyboardist 1991
The Sky Kings Keyboardist 2000
Sharon Sheeley Keyboardist 2000
The Tractors Keyboardist 2001
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Multi-instrumentalist 2003
Mary McCreary
Leon Russell
Grammy Album Of The Year (for The Concert For Bangla Desh with George Harrison, et. al.)(1972)
Grammy Best Country Instrumental Performance (for Foggy Mountain Breakdown with Earl Scruggs, et. al.)(2001)
Hip Replacement Surgery
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (9-Feb-1979)
The Concert for Bangladesh (23-Mar-1972) Himself
Official Website:
http://www.leonrussellrecords.com/
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