Howard Leese

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Howard M. Leese (13 June 1951, Hollywood, California - ) is an American guitarist, record producer and musical director who played with Heart for 22 years (1975-1997).

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 the Wilson sisters (Ann and Nancy) and their band. 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 them until 1997. Leese was Heart's guitarist, backing vocalist, keyboard player and song arranger.

In 1998 he joined the The Paul Rodgers Band.

Contents

[edit] Albums

All Heart albums 1975-1997, and

  • Meets Chocolate Moose (1968) -- by The Zoo[2]
  • Fighting Alone (1979) -- by Dixon House
  • Masked Madness (1981) -- by Dixon House
  • Randy Meisner (1982) -- by Randy Meisner
  • Thirteenth Dream (aka Spirit of 84'’) (1984) -- by Spirit
  • Dangerous Curves (1991) -- by Lita Ford
  • There Must Be A Place (1993 ) -- by Bananafish

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Not Sunburst Records of Huntsville, Alabama, but a Los Angeles based company.
  2. ^ "Lost-In-Tyme: The Zoo - 1968 - Presents Chocolate Mouse"

[edit] References

  • York, William (ed.) (1982) "Leese, Howard" Who's Who in Rock Music Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, ISBN 0-684-17343-3

[edit] External links

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