The crusty old cornerstone in the frame of Oklahoma rock ‘n’ roll and blues, Leon Russell was born in Lawton, went to high school at Will Rogers in Tulsa and has rubbed elbows with more great musicians than most people get to see in concert in their lifetime. Now he’s returning to central Oklahoma for a well-deserved and highly-anticipated Saturday night headlining slot at the Jägermeister Stage.

Russell oozed through the ’60s as a session musician, touring and recording with just about every great rock and blues name of the era. His resume is composed of every great rock ‘n’ roll band that ever blended the genre with folk, country, blues or traditional R&B at the time, including The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, George Harrison, The Band and Willie Nelson. Name your dad’s favorite band and Russell could probably tell you drinking stories from nights on the town with names like Jagger, Starr, Gaye and Winwood.

Now releasing on his own record label, Leon Russell Records, the patron saint of boozy rhythmic beauty tours nonstop as part of a five-piece set playing shows nightly for lifelong fans. His signature twangy voice has aged well, like a fine whiskey. Expect the unexpected from Russell’s Saturday set. His catalogue is deep and wide and full of plenty of classic covers of songs he helped to record or write. I’m praying for a rare Bob Dylan cover, “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.”