Leon Russell Stories

Friday Album Reviews | Eight New Records You Need To Know

As every Friday brings new music, Tomorrow's Verse brings you our top picks. Here are our favorite new records from September 22. By: Alex WoodJosh Ritter Gathering [9/22]After releasing the outstanding Sermon On The Rocks in 2015 and helping Bob Weir record Blue Mountain in 2016, all eyes are on folk-rock songwriter Josh Ritter for this next...

Tedeschi Trucks Band Honors Leon Russell at Peoria Show

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi have probably done more to bring the music of Leon Russell to larger audience than any other artists, at least over the the last few years.Russell's influence has never been very far from the TTB -- from their Mad Dogs & Englishmen tribute (Russell was the musical director on...

Review / Setlist / Video | Tedeschi Trucks Band & Leon Russell @ Chicago Theater, Jan 22 & 23, 2016

Photos: Adam MiszewskiI need to come clean. When the Allman Brothers Band dissolved in 2014, my first thought was whether Derek Trucks would reform the Derek Trucks Band.Sure, I was a huge fan of the Tedeschi Trucks Band over the course of their first two albums...but wouldnt it be great for him to fill...

Stream / Download / Video | Tedeschi Trucks Band Performs Joe Cocker @ Lockn 9/11/15

Pound for pound, this is probably the best thing to happen at Lockn' 15 and we are lucky there there is so much media that has been shared for those of us who couldn't be there in person.My (and my family's) love affair with Tedeschi Trucks band is well documented. This set just launches that...

Halloween Weekend - Chicago Live Music Guide 2012

Halloween is on a Wednesday this year, and apparently that means six full days of Halloween musical goodness in Chicago. While the bulk of the "costume" shows will take place on the prior weekend and, of course Halloween night itself, there's even a few heavy-hitting shows in the "days between" that serious music fans have...

The Barn's 2011 Holiday Mix - Jambands and Beyond

The Barn's 2010 Holiday Mixtape was subtitled A Very Jamband Christmas and justifiably so -- it's intent was to collect a CD length holiday playlist that showcased the style of improv-leaning bands on Christmas classics. Though at the time I thought I had cultivated the cream of jamband holiday fare, it became obvious that more material...