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Lee Mellor
Folk Rock / Bluegrass / Americana

		New album coming soon Montreal, QC Canada Profile Views: 21417 Last Login: 12/15/2009
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Member Since	11/6/2005
Band Website	www.leemellor.com
Band Members	Lee Mellor - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, electric guitar GHOST TOWN HEART CREDITS Paul Johnston - Producer/Engineer Christopher Pennington - Electric guitar, backing vocals Roger Dawson - Electric bass Rich Irwin - Drums and percussion Trish Robb - Backing vocals Peter Mika - Piano, organ Joe Grass - Pedal Steel, Dobro, Mandolin Jonathan Moorman - Fiddle Amanda Keesmaat - Cello Dave Martin - Tuba Andre Kirchhoff - Electric guitar Robert M. David - Accordion, Saxophone
Influences	Alt-Country Outlaw Country Folk Motown Psychedelic Brit Pop Celtic Bluegrass
Sounds Like	A crushed dog whimpering on the road-side.
Record Label	INDEPENDENT

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Lee Mellor's second album is currently in the final stages of production

"Masterful...Mellor sparkles pure poetry...in a few years this boy will be standing among the very greatest." - Rootstime

:"...the stuff of South Ontario Gothic literature from the likes of the late Timothy Findlay. All played by a band of mudhounds that would make Blue Rodeo green...Mellor sets his own gold and silver standard for anyone who hangs words on a string." - Will McGuirk, Oshawa This Week

"...how does a 25-year-old kid craft the finest alt-country album of the year?" - Bob Klanac, Scene Magazine

“Mellor has defied the odds with this gritty and convincing debut release…word is spreading here…” – Kerry Doole, Exclaim Magazine

"Lee Mellor returns the lyric to music, the crafted phrase, the arresting image, a cool shift to the language, in songs that dance with the road, the dust,the tumult of living. This is a fine sound and a songwriter to be sought out and listened to." - Trevor Ferguson, Award Winning Novelist and Playwright

“…a first class story teller who writes words that immediately come to life. Even if you just read them, they sound like music. … Mellor writes golden verses” – John Gjaltema, Alt Country Netherlands

"This promising debut from a Montreal based singer-songwriter includes in-your-face country-rockers and twangy, detail-rich story-telling songs." - Mike Regenstreif, The Montreal Gazette

“…a record that no roots lover can get away from…a perfect record…there is really nothing at all to criticize…5/5” John Gjaltema, Alt Country Netherlands

"One of the most ambitious alt-country songwriters on the scene...rough, manly music as if he were channeling Hemingway himself." - Denis Armstrong, The Ottawa Sun

A Native American girl flees dejection and alcoholism on the rez only to disappear along the highways of rural Manitoba. Desperate for cash, a war orphan turns to bank robbery and finds himself mercilessly holed up in prison. These tales could easily be found in the pages of literary fiction, or captured on the celluloid of indie cinema. In reality, they are songs.

Introducing Lee Mellor… twenty-seven years old and slowly garnering attention as one of Canada’s most underrated songwriters. His words have been compared to the celebrated Canadian author Timothy Findlay, his ethos to Hemingway and his songwriting and delivery to such greats as Steve Earle, Bob Dylan and Stan Rogers. He has been praised by Canadian country legends Prairie Oyster while his debut album Ghost Town Heart (2007) has been called “brilliant”, “detail-rich” and “in your face.”

Born in England’s industrial north-west, Mellor’s first impressions of the world were smoke-stacks, rain and the stench from the local animal incinerator. By the late eighties the Mellor family left the smoggy Merseyside to settle half an hour east of Toronto in the subdivisions and farmland of Bowmanville, Ontario. Discovering rock music at the age of thirteen Mellor immediately began to write songs, and by graduation began to delve into poetry, folk and country music. Encouraged by the reaction to his music, he moved to Montreal were he spent the next two years cutting his teeth. Seeing the potential to catapult onto the global stage, Mellor swore to expend as much money and effort as necessary to craft the perfect debut album.

In August of 2007 the task was complete. Released independently, Ghost Town Heart met with warm critical and popular reception particularly among students, blue-collar workers and folkies. No stranger to live performance, Mellor has played numerous music festivals including Canadian Music Week and Summerfolk, and has been spotlighted on CBC Radio, Radio Free Montreal and various newspaper publications in Montreal and south-western Ontario. In the words of CBC radio’s Jacquie Czernin, Lee Mellor is one Canadian artist who is “going far!”

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Ashely	Dec 1 2009 9:34 AM Good Morning, I just stopped by for a visit and to say "HI".
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Oliver Mampel	Nov 28 2009 10:34 PM hi lee, great stuff. thank you for the add!
THERE'S A MESSAGE IN THE WIND	Oct 19 2009 10:29 PM Thanks for adding me......I am a huge fan of french canadian music especially prince edward island tunes. come on down to ky and hang out with us...joe and the travelin snakes
Meiko Shimura	Oct 6 2009 8:33 PM Hi there, Lee! Thanks for the add!
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Christian Lamitschka, Journalist for Country Music	Aug 31 2009 12:30 PM Today I like to inform you, that you can read and watch interviews with your favorit country stars in Enlgish, German and French at http://www.CountryHome.de/Interviews . Warm regards Christian Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 171 6903352 Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de www.MySpace.com/ChristianLamitschka
Those Darlins	Jun 3 2009 6:19 PM
J.Feitor	May 17 2009 10:54 PM ♪ H ♫ E ♫ L ♪ L ♫ O ♪ Lee Hope all is well Great page here:) Cool Style Sometimes we need just a little Sunshine in our lives. That is why I am wishing, on each and every calendar day, for smiles and sunshine to come your way! Thanks for the add Peace and love J.
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Skylar Entertainment	Jan 13 2009 6:53 AM odd, I'll keep my ears open if I hear of any opportunities
Skylar Entertainment	Jan 10 2009 4:46 AM cmw or nxne this year?
Trevor Alguire	Dec 18 2008 6:09 PM Hey Lee, One of my buddy's at CKCU played Girl on the Highway the other day just before my interview and it sounded great! What's new in Montreal! Hope you and yours have a great Christmas. Trevor
Michelle-Lee White	Dec 10 2008 1:40 PM Hey Luv, Thanks for adding me. Have a great Day.
Arianatia	Nov 26 2008 5:00 PM Thank you for accepting my req ^_-
the dirty hearts	Oct 31 2008 11:04 AM Thank you so much for your friendship and support!! Keep in touch! Hey we are The Dirty Hearts. We have a new record called "Pigs," and a music video, "Record Store" that you will enjoy. Take a listen & let us know
THE WHATEVERS - Debut Album Out Now!!!	Oct 12 2008 12:45 AM Hi Lee, Hope you had a great summer! I'll try and catch you sometime in the future! Andy :)
WINDJAMMER'S Online Now!	Oct 6 2008 7:10 PM Hello many thanks from France for the add it's a real pleasure to be in the lot of your friends it's a nice day for us Long life at your and our music friendships Gihem for Windjammer's
Lefty’s Roadhouse	Sep 22 2008 5:25 PM
Rosemarys Garden	Sep 9 2008 6:26 PM Thanks for being our friend! You have a cool profile here. Let's stay connected. Take care and have a rockin day! Cheers................
Trike!	Aug 5 2008 10:23 PM lee freakin mellor remember the time we almost played together?

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