Right now I am listening to the Leon Russell album Carney. The funny thing about this record and pretty much every Leon Russell album for that matter is the cover. No offense to Leon but he is about as creepy and ugly a person as you're gonna find. Not murderer creepy or molester creepy but creepy creepy. And to make matters worse, on this album cover he decided to paint his face white like he is part of a carnival. Uh, earth to Leon, you don't have to paint your face to appear like a carney. You kind of are a carney with the face God gave you. At the end of the day though his voice is great. Kind of sounds like Dr. John. Leon Russell also plays piano so who knows if he ripped off Dr. Johns style or if Dr. John ripped him off but I don't really care because they are both enjoyable to listen to but Leon Russell has Dr. John smoked with his album covers and overall "carney" features. Although I don't think Calvin Klein is calling up Dr. John to be their new underwear model any time soon. He's about as handsome as he is a doctor. Kudos to Leon Russell though because perhaps he finds himself as grotesque as I do thus the reason he called the album Carney.
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