Leon Russell

Leon Russell

Leon Russell and mysterious keyboard expert performed with Zac Brown Band at the Grammy Awards on the evening of Sunday, January 31st and gave the performance is known on the scene.

During Sunday's Grammy performance, and Zach Brown opened with the delivery of "America the Beautiful" before arriving in Russell, who hammered away at the piano, Brown and his band seized by the song "Fried Chicken".

Claude Russell Bridges (born on April 2, 1942); Lawton, Oklahoma), known professionally as Leon Russell, is a singer and songwriter of America, the pianist and guitarist. Russell attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and began his musical career as a performer of the session, quickly gaining experience and become a keyboardist ultimate in high demand significant artists of the 1960s to the present.

His first hit as a songwriter Joe Cocker takes on "Delta Lady." Then directed by Cocker and mad dogs and Englishmen tour, which saw many of Russell stole the show. He was also hit the country in 1979, and a cover of Elvis Presley classic "Heartbreak Hotel" performed with Willie Nelson.

Throughout the '80s, Russell continued to tour, and live studio albums, including the disk of the country Hank Wilson Vol. Secondly, in 1984. During the next decade, said he participated with Bruce Hornsby for anything that may happen. In 2001, and Leon Russell won a Grammy for his collaboration with Earl Scruggs and Friends on "foggy mountain breakdown