It might have been 1972 when I flew over to Honolulu to see my parents on their way back from vacation. It just so happened to be the weekend that Leon Russell was in concert at the Neil Blaisdell arena, Leon was with the Shelter people back then and played a grand piano. The stage was circular and went round and round so everyone could view the band. Later in the show Leon jumped up on his piano, grabbed his Les Paul guitar and brought the house down. The crowd was molten lava with red lights and all...of course the acid we took that night helped a bit. Then some 35 years later I had another lucky shot at seeing this legendary musician in concert at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel...It was a totally acoustic concert with his friend Willie Nelson...I even got both of their autographs on the back of my ticket stub.  Leon Russell is without a doubt one of the Great musicians of our time...see him if you can...before it's too late...!!!