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Leon Russell — Roll Away The Stone
Album: Leon Russell
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7.1

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Released: 1970
Length: 3:04
Plays (last 30 days): 4
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Well it's such a strange world that I'm living in
She was my woman and she was my friend
But I was wrong again.
Such a strange changes that you put me through
But like a fool I fell in love with you
What can this poor boy do?

Roll away the stone
Don't leave me here alone
Resurrect me and protect me
Don't leave me laying here
What will they do in two thousand years?

It's such a strange time that we're passing through
I thought you'd tell me when your time was due
I guess you thought I knew
Strange way to keep avoiding me
Why did you lie how could I help but be
Oh won't you help me be?
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Give it up for all my Shelter People!
Posted 2 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Having been raised in Radio Hell I had heard of names like Leon Russell and Suzanne Vega but never got to hear them, until here.  I'm glad I did.
Posted 2 years ago by jerund    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by chix    [ Reply ]
wanted to love Leon but after much sampling of his music this is the only album I bought . do love it though
Posted 3 years ago by ratbbb2    [ Reply ]
I'm reading Elton John's autobiography - Leon Russell was a huge influence - and now I understand where EJ got his distinctive piano attack. If you're gonna copy someone, copy the best, right?
c.
Posted 3 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Always a Superstar in my books. 
Posted 3 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
A great deep cut More of these please BillG
Posted 3 years ago by Montreal_Mort    [ Reply ]
One of the best session musicians ever
Posted 4 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
Piano part is just fabulous.
Posted 4 years ago by pawelcitak83    [ Reply ]
Roll away the stone is 47 years old today. 
Posted 4 years ago by Riccardo_Cabeza    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 dsr15 wrote:
Santa or ZZ Top? 5
 
What are you on about?
Posted 5 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
Hallelujah!!
Posted 5 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
 bruceandjenna wrote:
Roll away,  roll away.
 
This is what a 10 was made for.
 
I'm at a 9 (still...) and I think Leon Russell is one of the more important American musicians the average person doesn't think about....amazing how many albums he was part of...RIP Leon!  Here's to your songs standing the test of time...and Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Farewell, Leon.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/7b/f9/05/7bf905016c8375dd0619008b0dc9a8f1.jpg
 
Yes, but sooooo happy your music is still with us.
Posted 5 years ago by Canadese    [ Reply ]
YessirreeeBob!
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Roll away,  roll away.
 
This is what a 10 was made for.
Posted 6 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
Leon and his signature, slightly exaggerated, draaawl…
Posted 7 years ago by robertomiller    [ Reply ]
12:03 pmLeon Russell
Roll Away The StoneLeon Russell (1970)7.1 12:00 pmMuddy Waters
Rollin' and Tumblin'His Best (1954)7.9 11:56 amBig Brother And The Holding Company
Turtle BluesCheap Thrills (1969)


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Bill is trying to melt the snow with this set


Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Leon. Any. Time. 
Posted 8 years ago by robertomiller    [ Reply ]
 horseplayer wrote:
Oh yeah, and It's a mightly long way down rock n' roll
From the Bradford cities to the Oreole
And you look like a star but you're still on the dole
....all the way from Mem-phis I mean, I hear that too, don't you? (And I know who ripped off whom)
 
Leon wrote his ass off.  For everyone.  If you're going to say anything other, I'm not listening.  {#Meditate}
Posted 8 years ago by FourFortyEight    [ Reply ]
Good stuff, without a doubt.
Posted 8 years ago by Kokoloco53    [ Reply ]
It's a mighty long way down rock and roll. 
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
some of this would be good
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Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
thank you Jesus,...and you too Bill
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Why have only 246 of you rated this song when it was recorded in 1970? When were you born? Versus, is this not a timeless classic?
Posted 8 years ago by impediguy    [ Reply ]
 Propayne wrote:
Check out "The Wrecking Crew" doc.

 
+2  Excellent doc. 

Also check out Elton John's speech inducting Leon (his hero) into the RR Hall of Fame.  
Posted 8 years ago by robertomiller    [ Reply ]
 passsion8 wrote:
Does the "News Blimp" mean anything to anyone hearing this?

 
They used this song as an outro to this show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9_gzEHrV8
Posted 8 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Master Of Space And Time

Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Does the "News Blimp" mean anything to anyone hearing this?
Posted 8 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
geeze bill i've not heard such great music ...since i can't even remember when.  sorry the bucks are short and i haven' t been contributing regularly.  you are playing lotsa greats!
Posted 8 years ago by markthecarp    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}
Posted 8 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
Check out "The Wrecking Crew" doc.
Posted 9 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
Seems to be nostalgia day on Radio Paradise today... :) 
Posted 9 years ago by evermovingtarget    [ Reply ]
Awesome! Love me some Leon Russell. How about Girl From the North Country some time too ;^ )
Posted 9 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
Oakie boy couldn't hit the note with a pitch fork but he sure could sing, furshur. Gets an 8 from Billyburg.
Posted 9 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
Day-um, Bill, I sure wish you'd play this song more often!{#Drummer}
Posted 9 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
 zipper wrote:
not even funny.
 
well, maybe a little...
Posted 9 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 Buzzardcheater wrote:
Leon!

Is it really possible that this hasn't been heard (or at least commented on) in almost three years?!?
 
and then another 8 years, yowzah!  Leon is absolutely awesome, and thank you to great commenters who recognize it
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Absoulute icon!
Posted 18 years ago by slowhand    [ Reply ]
!
Posted 18 years ago by Old_Pat    [ Reply ]
So we must be in the middle of a Messianic set ... this sone followed Tom Wait's Chocolate Jesus and OTR's Jesus in New Orleans. Should we say "amen" after each song?
Posted 18 years ago by elvenwise    [ Reply ]
BTW, that's Charlie Watts on drums and Bill Wyman on bass.
Posted 18 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Laying on the floor at the warehouse, early 70 N.O.
Posted 18 years ago by silence    [ Reply ]
dsr15 wrote:
Santa or ZZ Top? 5
not even funny.
Posted 18 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
Santa or ZZ Top? 5
Posted 18 years ago by dsr15    [ Reply ]
Now you have to play Bob's Watching the River Flow with Leon's barrelhouse piano filling in the holes.
Posted 18 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
I loved this song/album when it first came out, but I always suspected Leon Russell partly responsible for Joe Cocker's evolution from 'gift from God' (With a Little Help From My Friends) to something a lot less original (Mad Dogs & Englishmen) in the space of a year or two.
Posted 18 years ago by robadr    [ Reply ]
jagdriver wrote:
This is a kick- tune! It's always been. Some Leon trivia for you: A former LA session guy, he literally rounded up all the players that formed the "Mad Dogs" tour, these same guys playing on "All Things Must Pass" and "Layla & Other Love Songs". Leon's best work is "This Masquerade", covered very well by George Benson. And did you know Leon penned "This Diamond Ring" for Gary Lewis & the Playboys?
Unless Leon was writing under a pseudonym, Al Kooper, Bob Brass, and Irwin Levine wrote "This Diamond Ring", although it's generally accepted that he played piano on the recording date. It was pretty easy to round up the Mad Dogs band: he simply lifted Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett's touring band whole cloth (himself, Gordon, Keltner, Whitlock, and Radle), added Keyes, Price, and Keltner, and mixed 'em in with Chris Stainton from Cocker's Grease Band. Voila! Instant, thundering, lumbering band. A great album is Delany & Bonnie & Friends: On Tour with Eric Clapton. The core band plus Clapton and on occasion Dave Mason and George Harrison behind the Bramlett's. One of the great, neglected masterpieces of that era.
Posted 18 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
To echo other listeners...how nice to hear this again after so many years!
Posted 18 years ago by meloman    [ Reply ]
Always good to hear ol' Leon...did you ever notice how the intro to this makes you think you're about to hear Mott the Hooples "All the Way to Memphis?"
Posted 18 years ago by dadofsammy    [ Reply ]
Great song, really happy to be hearing it right now. Even happier coming after Hot Tuna and Tom Waits. What a set list!
Posted 18 years ago by horseplayer    [ Reply ]
Ya gotta love Leon's barrelhouse piano on Bob's Watching the River Flow.
Posted 18 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Played a small club here last Saturday PM. I did not make it, but heard it was really good. Still kickin'...
Posted 18 years ago by ruthless    [ Reply ]
Mediocre since that time...
Posted 19 years ago by pvcnote    [ Reply ]
Great to hear this, I was a big fan back in the 70s
Posted 19 years ago by skooney    [ Reply ]
LEON!!! Alive & Well @ a small resort venue tomorrow night... :crown.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by wanderlust    [ Reply ]
oh, wow, i have definitely not heard enough Leon Russel - RP is so cool!
Posted 19 years ago by MisterVErb    [ Reply ]
Leslie wrote:
A classic Leon song. This sure takes me back! :D
This is a kick- tune! It's always been. Some Leon trivia for you: A former LA session guy, he literally rounded up all the players that formed the "Mad Dogs" tour, these same guys playing on "All Things Must Pass" and "Layla & Other Love Songs". Leon's best work is "This Masquerade", covered very well by George Benson. And did you know Leon penned "This Diamond Ring" for Gary Lewis & the Playboys?
Posted 19 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Whoa! - Is he still alive? 8O
Posted 19 years ago by dwa375    [ Reply ]
Leon! Is it really possible that this hasn't been heard (or at least commented on) in almost three years?!?
Posted 19 years ago by Buzzardcheater    [ Reply ]
Reminds me about 10cc. Please play some 10cc songs
Posted 22 years ago by DrDIP    [ Reply ]
A classic Leon song. This sure takes me back! :D
Posted 22 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]