Enjoy Celebrity Radio’s Howard Leese Guitarist Exclusive Life Story Interview….
Howard Leese is an American guitarist, record producer, and musical director who played with Heart for 22 years (1975 through 1997).
He continues to record and tour as a solo artist, and as guitarist with The Paul Rodgers Band and Bad Company.
Howard appears in ‘Raiding The Rock Vault’ in Las Vegas. This is a high energy celebration of the greatest rock songs from our lifetime!
Enjoy an Exclusive interview with Alex Belfield at Howard Leese recorded in Las Vegas…..
Howard received his inspiration to pick up the guitar during the 1960s after seeing Dick Dale, the guitarist in the surf band “the Del-Tones”, and feeling the excitement from his playing. He studied violin and music theory at the City College, Los Angeles, and also played in a band called The Zoo.
Leese had his first recording contract with Ed Cobb’s Sunburst label[1] at the age of 15, as the band The Zoo with friend and drummer Mike Flicker.
Later, when Flicker went to work for Jack Herschorn at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, Leese went with him as a production manager. While there, he and Shelly Siegel started Mushroom Records.
It was at Mushroom Studios in 1974 that Leese helped produce a demo for Heart. The next year, Mushroom Records signed Heart and released the group’s first album Dreamboat Annie which Flicker produced.
Leese was assistant producer on the album, and was asked to join the band later that year. He stayed with the band until 1997. Leese was Heart’s guitarist, backing vocalist, keyboard player and song arranger.
In 1998 he joined the The Paul Rodgers Band. He continues to tour with The Paul Rodgers Band and Bad Company.
As of May, 2013, When not touring, Howard is performing in “Raiding the Rock Vault” at the LVH Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Recorded May 17th 2014 at Hilton Las Vegas
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