50 years ago Leon and The Shelter People played the Fillmore East. Yes he did this tune and I've been singing it ever after. My granddaughters name is Emily.
So very thankful my parents were into the BEST music. I remember listening to Leon when I was 2. Thank you Leon! Thank you to his family for sharing this wonderful man with us all. Much love. The music in heaven is only getting better!! Rest easy MOSAT.
I haven't listened to this song in years. I bought this album when it came out. The words just came right back to me. I loved Leon. Was lucky enough to see him in a small club in person in the late 80s ( I think).
The robust big-haired mama in the vid actually is Emily. Rumor was, Leon's cousin, but no one knew for sure, at the Skyhill Drive home studio in North Hollywood where Leon, Emily, and assorted shelter people kept court. Info courtesy of Nancy Deedrick of Hollywood Hangover. In fact, Emily Smith was the daughter of a wealthy Tulsa nightclub owner A. Ray Smith who also happened to own the Tulsa Oilers. Leon got his start playing Tulsa bars starting at 14. Maybe Emily was his adolescent muse, much like Dana Gillespie was to David Bowie.
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@@karenr.sternberg1920 My friend has an oil painting of Sweet Emily by Nila Joe Harvey...it shows a large hat and her beaming face. Beautiful painting. Her son would like to sell it.
