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Mike
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Mike Lease is currently a working musician and instrumental music teacher. He plays fiddle in two traditional Irish bands [Murphy's Law Ceilidh Band and Crannog] and Welsh traditional band Hin Deg [Fair Weather].
He also plays [or has played] guitar, [classical, ,flamenco,] folk ,blues, piano, organ,renaissance lute, sitar,bazouki,mandolin and others. Originally from South Wales, where he currently lives, Mike spent most of the 'sixties in London, playing keyboards with various bands [The Zephyrs, Freedom, Ramon and his Contrasts R&B Band [don't go there!], etc..]. During this time, Mike was a busy session musician and worked with many future Legends of Rock. [He probably holds the world record for turning down gilt-edged offers to make his name and fortune...] Be that as it may..,Mike fronted his own jazz/rock combo in the '70s called MLB and hopes to release some live gig recordings of that outfit sometime soon.
He is currently recording an album on keyboards for Beverley Martyn, with Mark Pavey,guitar, Matt Malley [Counting Crows], bass, & Victor Bisetti, [Los Lobos], drums.
He also plays [or has played] guitar, [classical, ,flamenco,] folk ,blues, piano, organ,renaissance lute, sitar,bazouki,mandolin and others. Originally from South Wales, where he currently lives, Mike spent most of the 'sixties in London, playing keyboards with various bands [The Zephyrs, Freedom, Ramon and his Contrasts R&B Band [don't go there!], etc..]. During this time, Mike was a busy session musician and worked with many future Legends of Rock. [He probably holds the world record for turning down gilt-edged offers to make his name and fortune...] Be that as it may..,Mike fronted his own jazz/rock combo in the '70s called MLB and hopes to release some live gig recordings of that outfit sometime soon.
He is currently recording an album on keyboards for Beverley Martyn, with Mark Pavey,guitar, Matt Malley [Counting Crows], bass, & Victor Bisetti, [Los Lobos], drums.
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Hometown:
Cwmbran
Country:
United Kingdom
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Steve Arkin, Paul Brown, Alan Kaufman performing at BCN FE 2010. Recorded on September 25, 2010 using a Flip Video camcorder.
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Recorded by George Touchstone at Lake Genero Musicians' Gathering, September 2009
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Appalachian flat-footing and fiddle tune. Taken from a lunchtime concert at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
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Couldn't find email address for you and Cat working at the moment. Have uploaded Barmouth video on an unlisted link for you guys to see first before it goes live. Done it in 'fly on the wall' documentary style as not enough room that night for me to move around and make it a straight concert presentation.
Hope this finds you well. :-)
Best
JP
Greetings from Italy