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Related: About this forumCome on in My Kitchen - Leon Russell, George Harrison, Clapton, Ringo Starr
Leon Russell takes the lead on the song from the rehearsals for the Concert for Bangladesh.
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The Concert for Bangladesh was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. Shows were held on Aug.1, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in NYC to raise international awareness of, and fund relief for refugees from East Pakistan, following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide.
..The event was the 1st-ever benefit of such a magnitude, and featured a supergroup of performers that included Harrison, fellow ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell and the band Badfinger..The concert has been recognised as a highly successful and influential humanitarian aid project, generating both awareness and considerable funds as well as providing valuable lessons and inspiration for projects that followed, such as Live Aid...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh
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Come on in My Kitchen - Leon Russell, George Harrison, Clapton, Ringo Starr (Original Post)
appalachiablue
Nov 2023
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ProfessorGAC
(66,955 posts)1. I Liked The Steve Miller Version, Too
It was on The Joker album. It's live, and just him and a 12 string guitar.
Song actually starts about 45 seconds in.
appalachiablue
(41,713 posts)5. Thanks, interesting, esp the vocal and guitar. I always liked Steve.
twodogsbarking
(10,699 posts)2. There was a movie of the concert. Saw it back then. Thanks.
New Haven
(1,067 posts)3. a little credit to the Composer ---thank you for your post
appalachiablue
(41,713 posts)4. Thanks for adding, it's who I thought, meant to look it up.
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