Legend in My Time: Hank Wilson Vol. III [Original recording reissued]

Leon Russell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 7, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Ark 21
• ASIN: B0000061TN
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,629 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Claude Russell Bridges, is Leon Russell's real name, and in typically eccentric fashion, the white-bearded wonder uses Wilson as his alias when he sits down to record some beloved country standards in his own inimitable hoodoo way. Legend, subtitled Hank Wilson Vol. III, is a curious, quite satisfying walk through Nashville classics ranging from "Crazy" and "Sweet Dreams" to "Night Life" and "Love's Gonna Live Here." It replaces the bluegrass lilt of the earlier Hank Wilson's Back with a raucous piano-driven edge that makes "Sixteen Tons" and "Daddy Sang Bass" really swing. Guests include Willie Nelson, Marty Stuart, and The Oak Ridge Boys. --Michael Ruby

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AMAZING CD !

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars U Gotta Get This CD!, January 24, 1999

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This review is from: Legend in My Time: Hank Wilson Vol. III (Audio CD)

If you were alive any time during the past 30 years, then you gotta get this CD. This is the best thing Leon has done since The Shelter People, with the possible exception of Hank Wilson's Back Vol. 1. Leon isn't simply using these tunes to knock on your heart and ask to get in; Leon IS these songs, and they are already in your heart asking to get out. If you can play this CD and not sing along and not find yourself mumbling the songs under your breath the next day, then all I can say is, "Wake UP!" I'm a long time fan of the Stones, Led Zep, Beatles, Neil Young, Joe Cocker, and Leon, as well as George Jones, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, et. al. Imagine Mick Jagger singing a Jones tune, Imaging Robert Plant crooning out Patsy Cline, hear The Beatles play bluegrass. You never have. 'Probably never will. But hearing Leon Russell sing country more than makes up for it. But this CD. Drink beer. Sing along. Cry along. Tell your buddies. Buy this CD.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finest kind, August 16, 2006

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D. Logan "Cos McKidd" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Legend in My Time: Hank Wilson Vol. III (Audio CD)

What can I say, it's Leon Russell. If you love the previous two Hank Wilson albums you're gonna love this one, too. Personally I can't get enough Leon Russell music. I am biased because to me this is soul music. Some of these selections are a bit more contemporary than the previous albums and that's OK although I prefer the standards.

5.0 out of 5 stars a master of all times, October 22, 2010

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Elizabeth Valenzuela (Madisonville, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Legend in My Time: Hank Wilson Vol. III (Audio CD)

I've seen Leon Russell in concert so when I hear his music, I can picture his face and energy going into his music. Well done.