>> And Leonard Cohen, and Leon Russell..:(

> I recognize some of the names, but please remind me: how many of those (but
> wonderful, Canadian Leonard Cohen) were not USAians?

Leon Russell who probably played on most albums in your collection, was not
Canadian... but you know that's the thing about music.  No one cares where you
grew up, what country you call home.

Here's a little bit about Leon Russell thanks to wikipedia since you don't seem
 to remember who he was:

"Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 - November 13, 2016)
was an American musician and songwriter who, during a 60-year career, played
on, arranged, wrote or produced some of the finest records in popular music
history. His genres included pop, rock, blues, country, bluegrass, standards,
gospel, and surf records, with six Gold Records to his credit.

His collaboration records rank as some of the most successful and as a touring
musician, he performed with hundreds of Hall of Fame artists.[1] He recorded 31
 albums[2] and at least 430 songs.[3] He wrote "Delta Lady", recorded by Joe
Cocker, and organized and performed with Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour
in 1970.[4] More than 100 artists have recorded his "A Song for You" (1970).[5]
 As a pianist, he played in his early years on albums by the Beach Boys and Jan
 and Dean. On his first album, Leon Russell, in 1970, musicians included Eric
Clapton, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. One of his biggest early fans, Elton
John, said Russell was a "mentor" and "inspiration", and they recorded The
Union in 2010, John's only duet album,[6][7] which was later nominated for a
Grammy.[8]

Russell produced and played in recording sessions for Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra,
 Ike & Tina Turner, the Rolling Stones, and others. He wrote and recorded the
hits "Tight Rope" and "Lady Blue". He performed at the Concert for Bangladesh
in 1971 along with Dylan and Eric Clapton, and in 2011 was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame"
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