George Leh

Veteran blues singer George Leh continues to be shortchanged in the discography section, unless a misprint using one group of album credits is tallied up as having some worth; it created some sort of doppelgänger history vocalist called “George Len,” detailed as helping from a Geoff Muldaur discharge right alongside the real thing, George Leh. The mistake shows that probably Leh himself was asked to greatly help using the proofreading, because the vocalist is actually blind. The visible impairment hasn’t hindered his performing, nor his capability to reach gigs. He’s primarily referred to as a live performer, especially in the brand new England region. His actions there date back again to the middle-’60s. He documented using the Boston music group Swallow in 1968, led the music group Skyhook soon after that, and became associated with Powerhouse, the to begin many collaborations with guitarist Tom Principato. Powerhouse released the record Night Lifestyle in 1975. Many years afterwards, Leh once more was fronting a music group that used out levels, and smudged dressing rooms, through the entire New Britain tavern circuit. George Leh & the Thrillers included guitarist Steve Jacobs from Powerhouse aswell as the cooking food drummer Howie Range. Ultimately the band’s place expanded from Virginia to Maine, including many a roadhouse, pool hall, and juke joint but also consuming prestigious venues such as for example NY City’s Lone Superstar Cafe. Many veterans of the brand new Britain blues and rock and roll scene spent period as Leh sidemen. From 1981, the vocalist pursued solo actions, including a live broadcast series from a community nightclub. George Leh & Rockin’ Sneakers was his following group, which just like the Thrillers proceeded to go unrecorded, apart from demo tapes which were by no means released at that time.