« Junior Brown @ The Whisky: June 12, 2006 | Main | Stiff Little Fingers at the House of Blues Anaheim, June 17, 2006 »
June 20, 2006
Leon Russell @ The Whisky: June 19, 2006
Other than he's a legend, I know absolutely nothing about Leon Russell, so I was on on the fence about going to this show until two of my best drinking buddies announced they would be therel. Cool - I'm in.
The second of a series of Monday night shows known as Rockin' Country Nights at the world-famous Whisky-a-Go-Go brought in many more white-trash old rockers, but balanced out with the girls provocatively line dancing to Dwight Yoakam, which seemed slightly less out of place than the timfaithtobyshania that the DJ was spinning in between acts last week. According to Sandi, Leon Russell (who truly is a cross between Willie Nelson and Santa Claus) has lots of good songs, but wasn't playing any of them Monday night. That was a non-issue to his fans, though, who gathered at the stage like salivating dogs, or rocked their asses off to his blues-inflected country.
The rumors that Shooter Jennings were supposed to show up proved false, but apparently Adam Hood and James Intveld also performed. I wouldn't know - I didn't get there that early. Next week Joe Ely's on the bill - see ya there!
Posted by darlin at June 20, 2006 8:39 AM
