I've been listening to Leon Russell for over 30 years, now, and never had seen him in concert until this past weekend (07/01/2006) when he was performing at the Austin and Crockett Cafe in Fredericksburg, Texas. Leon and his band came on stage promptly and proceeded to play a solid 75 minutes of many of his old hits along with some of his new stuff, as well as a few Rolling Stones songs, also. Leon and the band kept belting out song after song without a moment's pause. At the end, he stood up, took off his sunglasses, waved and said, "Thank you" and everyone left the stage. Most of us couldn't believe that was it. There was a feeble attempt by most people to ask for an encore, but it didn't happen. Leon and the band were good, but I came away feeling that Leon and the band had a job to do and they did it and left. There was no interaction between the small crowd of about 200 people attending the show and Leon and the band. They did their 75 minute gig and split. I'm glad I got to see him and it was great hearing him sing (his voice is still great) Delta Lady, Stranger in a Strange Land, Out in the Woods and Jumping Jack Flash, among other songs, too. It just came off so much differently than I had expected. They just came across as they had a job to do and that was it.