Bruce's Journal

Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. I retired six years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. I have a son Lee who is now 35 years old. I am very much interested in the popular music of the 1960s, especially Bob Dylan and the Beatles. I am interested in rock and roll radio. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets.

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Leon Russell Passes Away at Age 74

News travels very fast in this era of social media. This morning I logged into Facebook and found out that Leon Russell passed away at age 74. There was a link to the announcement on his offical web site. There is a good obituary including a summary of his musical accomplishments from NPR. Thus I will try to make this journal entry unique.

I searched Youtube and found a video of Leon at BB Kings in November 2011 praising Bob Dylan. He said that Dylan taught him everything he knew about songwriting.

I had the pleasure of seing Leon in concert once in August 2011 when he opened for Bob Dylan at Jones Beach. If you link to that journal entry there is a Youtube video of his singing A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall. Below is a Youtube video of Leon sing another Dylan composition Watching the River Flow.