RITA COOLIDGE on boyfriend LEON RUSSELL'S song 'DELTA LADY'"I never stood wet & naked in the garden"

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[@cherylfugate7517]

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[@ZeraphineDoll]

She’s so pretty, and looks beautiful with the long hair.😊

[@tammystansell406]

She has Cherokee ancestry, it shows, beautiful people...

[@AhJodie]

She is still so beautiful, very nice voice talking, her music is great!

[@ralex3697]

Leon Russell an iconic legend RIP

[@reidfarrill3917]

Rita is pure class. Leon was very fortunate to have her in his life.

[@fritzcat6198]

LONG LIVE THE MEMORY OF LEON RUSSELL!!

[@garychambers5850]

He's still rockin' up in Heaven with Glen Campbell, George Harrison, Joe Cocker, !!

[@alcarazza2442]

Up on a Tite Rope OYhea!!

[@shadrach6299]

I saw him in concert

[@savedbyzero8947]

Rita Coolidge..................., Her beauty, voice,talent and most of all Her MUSIC!

[@everymandan4176]

My God, her eyes tell a thousand painful and also joyous stories. So many lifetimes she has lived. Long live the Delta Lady.

[@cheryldanieri7359]

👁️👁️Yes her Eyes,have the same Gleam✨& Glow✨as the Eyes that Longingly Looked at Leon🎩🎹 🕶️ & then her Husband/ Was and Kris Kris....,that my friends is INTERNAL FORTITUDE, it's a stealth quality that eminates from the Soul, GUTT, & Aura, I'm So Jelly{🍇} & not as in🍇jelly, Unabashedly Jealous bcuz she had-the 2Men I Beyond ADOR'D💕LOVE YOU LOVELY RITA, 🎤 🆒🆒🆒🆒

[@Sane-wq8ug]

My sister who is a bit older claims she spent a weekend with Leon in Houston, my friend believes Sylvia did😮🎉

[@debbiedrake5927]

I still have her 1977 Anytime, Anywhere original album.

[@AlterMann57]

I just love Rita Coolidge. This lady put up with a bunch a crap from the men she was involved with through her life, and she's still with us, and is beautiful as she's always been.

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

That smile still is worth a song or two!

[@viewdemonde]

I’ve never heard Rita in a conversational setting like this. She’s a delight!

[@Me-gf5ym]

Honesty, humour, beauty, and an excellent speaker, all in one. A joy to watch and listen to.

[@kurtsherrick2066]

My dad was Rita Coolidge's Dad's Minister of Music at Senic Hills Baptist Church in Memphis. Her mother played Organ on my Dad's two Album's. He once was a Opera Singer. Although I was to young to remember Rita had Baby Sitted my brother and I. Her dad was a Great Artist. Someone stole his painting of the Praying Hands. My dad was W.W. Sherrick. He also was Nancy Tatum's Voice Coach.

[@lyleanderson8160]

JJ Cales best buddy from Oklahoma

[@catmom1322]

I've always loved Rita Coolidge.

[@joegee1000]

Such a lovely soul

[@pittbabe2386]

Beautiful!! Always a beautiful, classy, talented lady!

[@richdouglas2311]

Rita is such a woman. Lovely and oh, so talented.

[@johnanthonycafe2993]

How refreshing to listen to a down to earth matter of fact articulate account of a high point in Rock music. Many survivors of this era are jaded but Rita was on point.

[@peterabraham1168]

I managed a store in Malibu in the 70’s and Rita was a customer. She was as sweet and nice as anyone I’ve ever met!

[@laurawilliams5670]

What store? She's my aunt and I lived there in the 70s also

[@VincentAgostino-gy6hr]

I worked on a VH1 promo with her in New York a long time ago and you’re absolutely right… Beautiful inside and out.

[@enricopizzicarola5160]

@@laurawilliams5670the Store in POINT DUME See you on BIRDVIEW magical place 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🖼🎼🎤🎻🎺🎷🎹☮️. .28 Point Dume Loves You NYC

[@tomrojas6459]

Lovely lady! Still has that magic…

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

Leon is the greatest piano player/singer in history.

[@foldohack5687]

Elton John?

[@panatypical]

​@@foldohack5687What has he got to compete with the Carney album? Leon didn't use a writer like Bernie Taupin.

[@randy-yu5uz]

Easy there Anthony…you might want to pump the brakes a bit??? 🙄

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

@@foldohack5687 who is Elton's hero?. I prefer Leon over bubblegum but Elton is good.

[@curtismoff]

@@foldohack5687Elton says he tried to emulate him but was unsuccessful

[@Vejur9000]

She looks great. Good to see her.

[@alexkalish8288]

Rita looks great and her brain is as sharp as ever. Wonderful interview with a great voice of the music world - Leon Russel was a master and fantastic performer.

[@barackmycat9448]

Legends who will never be forgotten.

[@JDR51]

Went to the Joe Cocker tour in the early 70s with Leon at Winterland SF. Still think about it as one of the best shows.

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

Almost every 70s musician fell in love with Rita. Stills and Nash almost went to blows because of her. She still looks fantastic.

[@allanbriggs9007]

And Jim Gordon - now there's a tragic story.

[@terrelmchenry9524]

RITA,,,WOOOOW...

[@jaybell1390]

Her songs.... I can place Exactly where I was....

[@midnightrambler3583]

The Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour was fantastic. An amazing assembly of rock and rollers bound for eternal glory.

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame still haven't inducted Joe Cocker. What a joke the industry has become.

[@josephhansard7469]

And it never would've been so great if Leon Russell hadn't had full control of the tour.

[@doncastillo7813]

I love listening to the behind the scenes view of rock n roll history . It was such a spectacular era

[@beautifullred1]

Same thought!

[@ralphfurley123]

She is so beautiful! She seems so genuine! Nothing fake about her at all! ☮️🖖🏽

[@jimrebr]

Love Rita so much! 1st saw and heard her on MD & E tour, RIP Joe & Leon.❤️

[@JeroendeRijk]

One of the nicest world scale artists I've ever had the pleasure of working with. And yes, Leon Russell's talent... All the best from Amsterdam.

[@coophandluke3697]

I grew up going to Franklin Street Baptist church in Jacksonville, her father was the minister. I remember her singing in the choir, such a great voice... saw Leon and Joe in concert in the early 70s, great show

[@laurawilliams5670]

Duck Coolidge is my grandfather, he passed in 2012....did you know my mother Linda Coolidge and father Larry Williams?

[@coophandluke3697]

@@laurawilliams5670 sorry, but I didn't know them

[@margaretschaffner9133]

Fantastic .. growing up in the 70's can't explain it to anyone. The drama Rita Coolidge at 22 saying she was loosing her health ... How lucky were the both of them living that lives style? Needles in Haystacks. Now forget it.

[@goldierocks9221]

Her voice is soothing and sincere. She is a huge talent herself and the prettiest woman in Rock. Leon Russell; an enormous talent. Lucky Rita was with some amazing men. Her stories are fascinating.

[@TheChartruese]

I love Rita!

[@johndelong9230]

Lived in Laurel Canyon during these times...gone forever

[@laurelaltman6138]

I lived across the street from the Skyhill Drive house and the in-house recording engineer became my boyfriend. I remember sitting in on a session with Bonnie and Delaney and the band wete all stellar players. He moved out of Skyhill when he was hired by Steve Cropper to be an engineer at Stax in Memphis. After a stop in Chicago at Chess Records the studio was finished at Stax and we moved to Memphis. A long time ago. Thanks for the memories.

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Great to get your memories Laurel!

[@PatriotSteve]

that must’ve been amazing! Delaney and Bonnie must’ve been at their peaks during those days.

[@Maxx-s7d]

I got to see Rita in concert in May 1971 with her band The Dixie Flyers. They were the opening act for the Byrds in their UK tour. Excellent!

[@thomasbell7033]

And the tour and album would go down in history. I still listen to Mad Dogs and Englishmen almost every day.

[@kathym.248]

Wow. I may be ordering a CD now. He's so great.

[@lerpack455]

What a voice! She stands alone. What a time that was. To think - if Joe could have continued touring this in a sober organised way…..What a legend.

[@johnwright291]

Delta lady is an awesome song. One thing I've always noticed about leon Russle watching his music videos is that at the end of the song he always looks to see if the audience approves and he looks like he expects them not to. If that makes since.

[@carlwilliams6977]

Great sense of humor, smile, and still lovely! Regarding hangers on, traveling with the tour: "People who couldn't play an instrument or sing a note".😂

[@vrvaughn]

I worked on a promo for VH1 with Rita Coolidge a long, long time ago … Very nice woman… very talented

[@janicedenisar3008]

😮 how energy draining the pressure can get for performers, and especially when doing collaborations with enormously talented folks 🤔 Appreciate that Rita hung in there ~words can’t express 💜

[@plutogamstrumframe]

Rita’s brilliant

[@harlow743]

Rita did a wonderful job on the James Bond Theme "All Time High"......and wrote the ending piano part to the classic "Layla"

[@scrapeyhawkins5299]

As far as I know Jim Gordon wrote the piano part....

[@harlow743]

Gordon stole it was his ex girlfriend Rita Coolidge@@scrapeyhawkins5299

[@michaelsutherland9069]

@@scrapeyhawkins5299 Pretty well known fact he stole it from her.

[@donny_doyle]

She's beautiful and cool. Leon rules...

[@kaluadog]

Best Rock documentary, ever! This concert video is Orgasmic.Joe Cocker, Leon,Rita,the awesome band and back-up singers! I purchased the VHS tape,outrageous expensive for the time. Played that tape until the VHS machine broke.! Thank you

[@vincentkosik403]

Love her and her music! First class talent and great to listen to her memories,thank you

[@barbarasimon7152]

Rita Coolidge was a singer/songwriter that I will never forget. She is a beautiful soul!

[@christinewinkels2717]

Love Rita

[@BarneeFife]

What a great voice that emanates from this very sweet lady. I was a fan of hers when my buddies were listening to Led Z, Blue Oyster Cult, and all the rest. I was liking (kiiiinda secretly) Higher and Higher, The Way You Do The Things You Do, and a few others....Sure, I mighta hid the 8 Track under the seat when my friends would hop in my 1970 GTO (400 4 Speed), but you do what ya gotta do....

[@timbober1]

Happy I found this. Thank you for the content

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My pleasure!

[@php777]

Knew her songs before knowing her. Both match as beautiful and talented.

[@gwynnielsen5081]

Rita Coolidge is one singer I totally forgot about. I am glad that she is still alive and well.

[@gerardgough9757]

what a time- we still see/talk about this tour now 50 years later- and what a tour!! Well done Joe and the band !!

[@johnnytoobad7785]

I saw this tour when they played at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester NY. I had balcony seats, was 16 and in "Rock & Roll" heaven. Bobby Key's and Jim Gordon were also in that band. Rita's version of "Superstar" chilled everyone out so much...you could hear the swishing noises of people taking hits off their "cigarettes".

[@casyatbat]

I saw the same tour in Dallas at SMU music hall and was by far the worst concert I've ever seen. Cocker did not want to be there and was just awful. The critique was not on the rest of the band, including the great Leon Russell. I did not know that Bobby Key and Jim Gordon was in the band, I was so young then and the attention was on Cocker and Russell. But I did see Derick and the Dominoes later in that same venue with Bobby Key, Jim Gordon and of course Eric Clapton.what a wonder, beautiful concert I was so lucky as I believe they only toured once.

[@jeffs3627]

@@casyatbat You mean Bobby Whitlock, right?

[@casyatbat]

@@jeffs3627 Doooohhhh!, yea, I meant Bobby Whitlock, I read Jim Gordon and Bobby Keys and thought Bobby Whitlock. It is nice that people can correct other people without getting all hissy. Thumbs up on your comment for responding like a person. Still the Joe Cocker concert was the worst concert I have ever seen and nothing comes close to being that bad and fact it is the only concert I can remember being awful Though the back up band for Derek and the Dominoes was "Toe Fat" and they were awful, but that was not the band we came to listen to. You can watch (listen) to clips of "Toe Fat" on YT. later..

[@jeffreycolvin9124]

@@casyatbat that’s amazing! I would have given anything to see Derek & the Dominoes. The best 4 piece band of musicians ever assembled

[@casyatbat]

@@jeffreycolvin9124 it was amazing! The band was introduced by "Sam the Sham" from Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs who was friends with Bobby Whitlock. He announced _"I'm sorry, Eric Clapton cannot be here tonight, so here is Derek and the Dominos"_ I never thought about it much, as it was too me then and now, one of those queerky that happens from to time to time. But I thought I would do a little research to find out the connection and found: Allman’s very first session with the group provided Layla with one of its most inspired jams, “Key to the Highway.” At the same time that the Dominos were recording at Criteria, one of its studios was being used to record a new album by 1960s pop singer Sam the Sham. Born Domingo Samudio, the Memphis musician was an old family friend of Whitlock’s who had made his name on novelty songs like “Wooly Bully” and “Li’l Red Riding Hood.” With his career having pretty much run its course, Sam was hoping to kickstart it again with a new album under his real name. The Dominos heard him (Sam) playing the blues standard “Key to the Highway” and quickly began jamming it themselves, as it was one tune that both the group and Allman knew. If you have interest, google: *An Oral History of Derek and the Dominos' 'Layla'* + guitarplayer.com Later......

[@rustydobro]

I was working at Heathrow Airport in the early 1970’s, and saw The Mad Dogs tour arriving from a flight. Every single one was unable to stand, and was pushed in a wheelchair by airport staff. Rock n’ roll……….

[@alonzomosley7]

This is Spinal Tap LOL

[@pattyayers]

So funny, her saying that she was never “standing wet and naked in the garden” 😂

[@larrysmith1568]

Great great voice.

[@laurenemarcos4416]

Hi Rita,no matter what,we always love you.

[@michaelmelling9333]

Rita is/was also a "massive talent."💝 March 31, 2023

[@blackwingvalleylover]

So true! 💚💚💗💗

[@AndyMangele]

One of my favorite moments on MDAEM happens to be Coolidge's rendition of "Superstar"!

[@bySterling]

Wow! She’s the most attractive 70 yr old ever ❤️🎶👍🏻⚡️💥👏🏻

[@geu6270]

🥰😍

[@kasimeren2570]

Great Groove of the moment's she take us with, thank's a lot, i wish i was on the Tour, great years

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

i was 14 yo and we had the radio in my mum`s shop - i would sing along to songs as she ironed clothes in the back room = such memories !

[@Happysongkla]

Thanks from Tokyo

[@user-vs7pk2er4u]

My favorite album of hers is The Lady Sings The Blues!!! Non commercial deep soul music. So beautiful 💞💞💞💞

[@rhill49849]

Thank you for this!

[@PETER-rj4he]

When Love was Real..Rita a Beautiful Soul..So many miles in those days of running for the money..Thank you Jesus for my beautiful journey with you 🙏

[@stevestites9762]

My Crew, still one of the prettiest songs ever.

[@BobDennison]

Rita is the proverbial beautiful southern woman

[@maryeliason1504]

I have that LP with her on the cover with the beautiful Indian jewelry. Unmatched. ❤

[@stephenhall11]

My girlfriend's mom wrote a hit song and moved to Nashville. The first time I called long distance,she excitedly answered and said that she was sitting at the piano with Leon. I didn't believe her and asked to talk to him. Then Leon's unmistakable voice answered and said he was just trying to write a song. Small world.

[@sharon8110]

Rita and Leon Russell were part of Delaney and Bonnie and Friends. I've seen several photos of them all singing and thought about all the great times they had with so many of the great musicians who were later famous with many groups.

[@Ignaz1894]

You will always be wet and naked in the garden to me. Leon is a legend and may he never be forgotten..

[@garylester8621]

How sad for Joe, Telling Rita please don't leave, you're the only friend I have.

[@louisevad6091]

Great interview

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thanks!

[@fingerprint5511]

Delta Lady is my ultimate favourite song of Joe's and I had no idea it was about Rita! 🙏

[@d.r.mathias9648]

Loved her since the first time I heard "Superstar."

[@mikebrison1838]

When the Delta Lady single came out, its wrapper’s cover was a blurry triangle with the point at the bottom (a delta as it were). When you stood across the room and looked at it, it was clear and obviously something else.

[@pattyayers]

My county in Colorado?

[@Jackietreehorn-z5e]

Her hair drove me crazy. So luscious 🔥

[@GLD-hopeful]

Really interesting. Thank you.

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Glad you enjoyed it!

[@irisheyzgrl24murphy92]

She certainly played a big part in Rock and Roll history.

[@rosaliecaliendo6415]

11/17/70 saw Leon Russell with Elton John @ Fillmore East.

[@guitarlearningtoplay]

Rita has a very interesting history especially her dating history.

[@soldtobediers]

3:20 ''And the day came when the risk ...it... took to remain tight within the bud was more painful than the risk ...it... took to blossom.'' ~Anias Nin

[@pestpro6606]

Still beautiful and lovely.

[@barrymccreary9565]

One classy lady

[@markdodd1152]

Still a beautiful lady , sounds like she witnessed the story unfolding behind Leon's song if the shoe fits

[@ragman069]

The Master of Space and Time drove a FORD. 🤙🏻

[@Railride701]

Still a beauty!! 🤗

[@robertmartinez4174]

I can remember her wearing some very cool Navajo Turquoise and faded denim.

[@saginawdan]

Thanks 😎

[@daskritterhaus5491]

saw Leon in Charlotte NC took a motorcycle from London Canada to Key West and back 1972

[@lisasaims3007]

My sister & I were at a Denny’s one morning after work, & a bus pulled in I told her oh that’s Leon Russel’s tour bus, & it really was ! I was a huge fan Tightrope was really big, he had married Mary, they came in & were seated we worked up the courage to go over And…… he was extremely annoyed, we realized it was really late or early 2-3 am we just said hi are you LR? He said no, & gave his real name, & we left 🙄 we were under 18 at the time so….. I could care less who’s in the building True story!

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Thanks. Thats a great story!

[@Blonde111]

Why is it the woman has to take care of everyone! Love Rita, great talent. Also love LR and JC.

[@majones7004]

...'cause we're damn-near helpless... & Thanks.

[@cowboysfan782008]

She's my definition of both a woman and a beautiful soul. In the 80s my buddy worked at the Sheraton as a driver and he drove her home, and said she was totally cool and real, and not pretentious in the least.

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I agree with your buddy. A brilliant human being

[@GereDJ2]

I have mentioned her name on the radio many times oer the years.