Leon Russell with special guest: Aragorn Wiederhold

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Leon Russell: Leon Russell is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music. Born in Lawton, Oklahoma, he began playing piano at the age of four. Russell attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At this time he was already performing at Tulsa nightclubs.After moving to Los Angeles, he became a session musician, working as a pianist on the recordings of many notable musical artists since the 1960s. By the late 1960s, Russell diversified, becoming successful as an arranger [3] and wrote/co-wrote songs. As a musician, he worked his way from gigs as a sideman to well known performers. By 1970 he had graduated to solo recording artist, although he never ended all his previous roles within the music industry. Russell was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, March 14, 2011, at a black-tie dinner at The Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Manhattan

Aragorn Wiederhold: Aragorn Wiederhold with Special Guest : Heath Francis Aragorn is a south bay staple when it comes to new musical adventures at saint rocke. He's been here playing with Stepping Feet, with Mike Myrdal for the Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Tribute night, The Dueling Guitar in dueling pianos (thats right), Chris Pierce, The Soundbox and Songbook jam sessions and you've seen him around town with Lo-fi Hb a five piece hip hop band to which he plays all the bass parts, keyboard parts guitar parts on one guitar while live looping and at his regular gigs at The beverly wilshire, The four seasons, the intercontinental and at terrenea with the duo Aragorn and Olivia. So once again he's put together a special selection of music with the south bay's own and "Three Heads" singer songwriter Heath Francis thats custom made to warm the stage for the one and only Leon Russel