Lee Gray Blues Band
Lee Gray Blues Band
Genres: bluesrock, blues
Bill Magee Blues Band
About Lee Gray Blues Band
The release of Lee Grays new CD "Box Wine Woman" is the culmination of many years of musical studies, performances and song writing. As a band leader of five bands, Lee felt it was time to create a CD featuring all his original tunes that have delighted Oregon audiences for the past thirty years. Lee's comical wit and social repartee' are evident in his whimsical and satirical lyrics. Jimmy Reed's texarkana styling's, influenced lee's playing since he was nine. Later on discovering the Chicago blues, Mississippi Delta Blues and even rock-a-billy made influential changes to Lee's guitar playing and lyrical offereings. Saxaphone influences were fostered when Lee's father worked as a disc jockey in a small western Texas radio station, where lee would assist his father in spinning the vinyl singles, playing the Big Band sound for the sets. Later on having found Boots Randolf, Charlie Parker and others made lee desirours of teaching himself to play the Sax. In the early seventies Lee wrote jingles for local Los Angeles business that aired on local radio stations. More recently Lee was a featured guest on a new Canadian Food Channel Television production "Pictin' In" with Chef Lynn Crawford. Lee also pereformed his song"Mushroom Maniac" for the close of the show. This program originally aired on the Canadian Food Network Feb. 22, 2010. It also aired in the US on thyankgiving Day, Thursday Nov. 24th 2011, 7:30 PM on the Cooking Channel USA. Since Lee had taught himself to play piano as a child, at 25 yrs of age, he felt it necessary to enroll in LA City College to further his music studies. From his first week of enrollment, His instructors Harry James,(music theroy) Ada Adderly (Nat Adderly's Widow - vocalsstudies) and his Piano teacher all requested Lee as thier tutor, for the students enrolled in the clasases they were teaching. Lee was also hired by the Los Angeles Dept. of Rehabilitation, because of his sucessful teaching style of music to the physically impaired. Soon after lee went to work for Braille Institute and ending up managing thier Jazz Band for a couple of years. Lee has produced a food show "The Wild Gourmet" which has aired on the Oregon coast. It is available to view at www.youtube.com/wildgourmetblog Lee Has writen and plays most of the soundtrack music used in the videos. Currently Lee plays several clubs date a week at the Oregon coast.
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