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Randy Newman, The Staple Singers, Otis Redding, Otis Rush, John Lee Hooker, Slim Gaillard, Stevie Ray & Jimmie Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Etta James, Chris Cain, Tab Benoit, Sean Costello, Elroy Flicker, and a whole BUNCH of others!
Born 1950 in Worcester U.K. of Polish parents. Attended U.S. army high school in Munich, Germany where Lez first heard and started to play, rhythm & blues music.
Returning to ‘swinging’ London in the mid 60’s, he continued a mixture of music & art, watching Peter Greenand Clapton,
studying at Ealing Art College and playing the blues at night.
Music eventually dominated, and he found himself touring Europe with a Liverpool funk
outfit 'Supercharge' bringing him to Australia in the late 70’s with a 1 hit record ‘Get Up & Dance’.
Sydney in the 80’s found Lez as a singer/guitarist and songwriter/record producer, working with Flash & The Pan, Midnight Oil, Spy v Spy, The Triffids, Yothu Yindi, Jeff Lang and many others, whilst playing the blues with The Hippos, Bondi Cigars, and The Foreday Riders.
Lez's unique guitar and vocal delivery is highly respected across the board, and his current band The Nervous Investors are a regular feature of the Australian Blues scene.
They've performed nationally as the late greatJohnny Johnson's band, playing the Narooma and East Coast Blues festivals and appeared on the ‘Live at the Basement’ TV special. They were Chris Cain's band at the Narooma festival two years running, and Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne's backing band.
In 2007 'The Nervous Investors' toured through Germany, Holland & Poland, where Lez represented Australia at the Wroclaw ‘Thanks Jimi’ 1st of May guitar festival, helping to establish a new Guinness record for the number of guitarists (1881) playing a Hendrix classic.
Now based in Albany, Lez's other projects include duos & trios with local and interstate musicians (including one with daughter Kasia), as well as solo acoustic performances.
He’s helped to establish the Albany Blues Club as a committee member and is part of their house band, 'MooseKnuckle'.
He’s also a facilitator at the annual ‘Recipe For Jam’ music workshops at the Vancouver Arts centre in Albany, and a casual music lecturer at the Denmark TAFE.
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Hi Lez, Sadie Lola Lou Blomeley born Saturday 13th June at 21:35, weighing 7lb13. She is gorgeous and so far looks mainly like her dad :-) We're all doing fine! Lots of love to all, Kyla xxx
Hi Lez, yes, hopefully we'll be back in Oz at some point in the future...just need to get used to the parent thing first...but we need the baby for that...still waiting, but she should be here any day :-) We'll let you know. Sending lots of love to you, all the family and everyone else, Kyla xxx
HI LES ,MR BRITTON INTRODUCED US SOME EIGHT YEARS AGO , WHEN I WAS IN W.A. HOPE ALL'S WELL MATE , AND IF YOU CAN GIVE ME ENOUGH NOTICE, BE A PLEASURE TO GET YOU ON THE SHOW P.S. IAM SURE AL WANTS TO SAY G'DAY,CHEERS TONY.
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Hey - I've enjoyed getting to hear your work, you've got a lot of good versatility going on. It was good to get to explore your site, too - you've got a lot of cool stuff going on. Keep us posted if you can on when you're bringing out new stuff - we're looking forward on getting to hear more.
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