<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 19:52:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/leon-russell/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Americana Roots -- #5 Southerners in Hollywood. Leon Russell – Goodbye to the Stranger in a Strange Land]]></title><description><![CDATA[Previous posts traced some of the highlights of Leon Russell's career, and today we'll say goodbye to a true pioneer of Americana – in fact, that's the name of an album he released in 1978. Up until the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@roused/americana-roots-5-southerners-in-hollywood-leon-russell-goodbye-to-the-stranger-in-a-strange-land</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@roused/americana-roots-5-southerners-in-hollywood-leon-russell-goodbye-to-the-stranger-in-a-strange-land</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[roused]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2018 12:53:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErXxXju1djiF1A3WVkXYzRz8gU4ak71ynTUK29za6ezagXXnxVSGkBPXAfLqBxmPKijg8mXHvstbLF7YPR3grZAWn2rHLTg9KaJz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americana Roots -- #4 Southerners in Hollywood. Leon Russell the Songwriter -- Part Three]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a genre of American music called the “Tulsa Sound.” It's a synthesis of rockabilly, country, rock 'n' roll, and blues that developed in Leon Russell's hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the first]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@roused/americana-roots-4-southerners-in-hollywood-leon-russell-the-songwriter-part-three</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@roused/americana-roots-4-southerners-in-hollywood-leon-russell-the-songwriter-part-three</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[roused]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:10:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgrJNxeZC3WCHPBwR7MjUDzY4kBNr81Qtez9M5Yd2pR35QehTpGTbLmY5aARwrgjNaUfbWpNNtYZMFTXewp1ux8YaqSTUAUf7NboXmivHHGYrcy3y39ti?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americana Roots -- #3 Southerners in Hollywood. Leon Russell – Part Two]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 2 -- Mad Dogs and Bangladesh In today's post we briefly examine a few of the of the major musical events involving Leon Russell from the early 1970s. In yesterday's post we saw the film of the “happening”]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@roused/americana-roots-3-southerners-in-hollywood-leon-russell-part-two</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@roused/americana-roots-3-southerners-in-hollywood-leon-russell-part-two</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[roused]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 12:31:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP329SeNTZadpckoA88x6k1EgvRQjnRhCSh6rFPed1QbDMrZ3ZM2turjmcMwnTPNH5sK59ddwg9XqWeiizHru1mU5ncMb4ZjGA5qd87p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americana Roots -- #2 Southerners in Hollywood. Leon Russell – Part One]]></title><description><![CDATA[He began taking piano lessons at the age of four, and by the time he was 14 he was playing in nightclubs around his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He came to the world as Claude Russell Bridges, but is known]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@roused/americana-roots-2-southerners-in-hollywood-leon-russell-part-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@roused/americana-roots-2-southerners-in-hollywood-leon-russell-part-one</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[roused]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:23:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGWd7TzozjPgq3rggennavDx3XPY35pEAVnqGYF87ckyfZTXXjXJbexxB3Nq224H9qzrAbMsSwY1on5CadYEU39ZRY9TSukJyPZrbBSn5AhsUQ565tPJ6N33P1fN7HNBHpYoZVvDCr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>