In late 1974, George Harrison returned to California to record his next album, the soul-tinged \’Extra Texture (Read All About It)\’. Leon Russell played piano on \’Tired of Midnight Blue\’ and for some of the sessions, Harrison was joined by guitarist Jesse Ed Davis, plus Jim Keltner, Paul Stallworth, and David Foster from new band Attitudes, who were later signed by George\’s newly formed Dark Horse label.