Setbacks Lead to Style
My dad introduced me to Leon Russell in 2003. My father noticed Leon Russell was play at the Magic Bag club in Michigan while touring. “Russell used to tour stadiums in the 70s!” my dad said.
It’s taken ten years for my dad’s introduction to Leon Russell to finally have grabbed me. I can’t get enough of these songs!
Leon Russell’s story about how he found his piano playing style is inspiring as well. Leon shared the how he got his style from a setback during an interview with Neil McCormick for The Telegraph:
“[H]e developed a unique style of piano playing, based around a slight paralysis of his right hand from a birth injury. ‘I couldn’t play what was written in front of me. I worked out the notes to fit my hands.’ He was exceptional enough to get session work from his early teens, and relocated to Los Angeles in the Sixties.”
Setbacks lead us to our style.
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