Poster Dimensions : 11″ x 17″

LET’S PARTY
Co-sponsored by The Church Studio Music Foundation and the Will Rogers High School Community Foundation, this exciting performance is part of The Church Studio’s “LeonLifer Shindig” festivities.  Executive Producer Teresa Knox and Producers Johnny McDonnell and Leon’s classmate Dick Risk, are proud to invite you to celebrate Leon Russell’s 80th Birthday!  The late Leon Russell is a Grammy Award-winning member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.  Having graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1959 as Claude Russell Bridges, Leon is also a member of the Will Rogers High School Hall of Fame.

The performing ensemble for the Leon Russell Birthday Concert will be comprised of instrumentalists and singers who toured and recorded with Leon, led by music Director Paul Benjaman and co-Director Frank Padilla, and including superstars Claudia Lennear and Ann Bell along with Don White and David Teegarden and many other Tulsa Sound legends. You’ll enjoy the classics like Superstar, Honky Tonk Woman, This Masquerade, Tight Rope, and all of your other Leon Russell favorites! 

FEATURING A STAR-STUDDED BAND

Ann Bell, Claudia Lennear, Paul Benjaman, David Teegarden Sr., Beau Charron, Brandon Holder, Billy Estes, Pete Marriott, Jennifer Marriott, Tom Nicholson, Don White, David Thayer, Alan Ransom, Wade Inman, Johnny Williams, Frank Padilla, Jon Glazer, Jared Tyler Frederick, and Cortez Johnson. Music historian and radio personality John Wooley is the master of ceremonies.