Instrument: Guitar/Vocals Other Skills: Producer, Engineer, Songwriter & Arranger (Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Slide Steel) From '84 - present Les has toured and recorded with Strike Force, Big Train, Southern Edge, Wild Hare, Midnight Rodeo, Destiny Faire, Western Allstars, Ranch Rockers, and is currently with City Limits....... Les's singing style is warm and resonant, with an instantly recognizable trademark quality. A touch of classic natural nasally country drawl reminisant of traditonal country artists like Dwight Yokam and Hank Williams mixed with sound of new country high range head singers Richie McDonald (Lonestar) and Gary LaVox (Rascal Flatts)....... Les' influences include.... Vince Gill, Pete Anderson, Hellecasters,Johnny Hiland, Zakk Wylde, Eddie Kramer, Frank Gambale, Kiss,Lemmy, Ronnie James Dio, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Mark Chestnut, John Hiatt, Al Anderson, Marti Jones, Don Dixon, Marshall Crenshaw, Kim Richey (did I mention Al Anderson?), Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Jeff Lynne, John Fogerty, Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, America, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, Jackson Browne, Pat Alger, Elvis Costello, Declan McManus, Bob Dylan, Robert Zimmerman, Nick Lowe, Lindsey Buckingham, Tom Russell, Russell Johnson (Uncut Grass/New Vintage Bluegrass Band/The Grass Cats), Joshua Ryan, Ken Croteau, Richard Walker, Ian Tyson, J.D. Souther, Steve Earle, Neil Innes (Rutles), Mark Knopfler, Mark McAnally, Kostas, Willie Dixon, Jerry Garcia, Leonard Cohen, Chris Rea, Eric Clapton, Tony Rice, Norman Blake, Doc Watson, Merle Watson, Larry Sparks, Nanci Griffith, Ian Gomm, Van Morrison, Charlie Robinson, Jack Ingram, James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Croce, Sting, Bob Seger, Gram Parsons, Bill Staines, Beat Farmers, Boz Skaggs, Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook, Lucinda Williams, Patsy Cline, Jim Lauderdale, Kate Wolf, Wanda Jackson, Bonnie Raitt, Kelly Willis, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, Sarah McLachlan, Nancy Middleton, Townes Van Zandt, Michael Tomlinson, Wanda Vick, Paul Kamanski, Dan Fogelberg, Kenny Loggins, Jim Messina, Poco, Buddy & Julie Miller, Eddie Cochran, Junior Brown, Dan Crary, David Grisman, Eagles, Pink Floyd, Pink Anderson, Floyd Council, David Gilmore, Roger Waters, Roger Keith Syd Barrett, Glenn Frey, Clarence White, Jonatha Brooke, Michael Card, Christopher Cross, Scott Dente, Ric Hordinski, Phil Keaggy, Wes King, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Bernie Leadon, Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Sonny Landreth, Desert Rose Band, Wild Rose, Pam Gad, Pam Perry, Nancy Given Prout, Kathy Mac, Carl Jackson, Russ Barenburg, Jeff Healey, Byrds, Bill Monroe, Who, Pete Townshend, Elvis Aron Presley, Paul Franklin, Jay Dee Maness, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Buddy Cage, David Torbert, Skip Battin, Herb Perderson, Chris Hillman, Alison Krauss, Ricky Nelson, Los Lobos, Chuck Berry, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jeff Hanna, John McEuen, Jimmie Fadden, Jim Ibotson, Earl Scruggs, Gene Clark, Gene Parsons, Michael Martin Murphey, John Denver, Les Thompson, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Bob Weir, Grateful Dead, Indigo Girls, Emily Saliers, Amy Ray, Mavericks, Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richard, Bill Keith, Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd, Andy Summers, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix, Doors, Robbie Krieger, Drew Abbott, Lynyrd Skynyrd,Joel Neff, Robbie Robertson, Bob Marley, Richard Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers, Duane Allman, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Neil Young, Pure Prairie League, Traveling Wilburys, Mike Campbell, Dire Straits, Little Feat, Hot Rize, Tim O'Brien, Mollie O'Brien, Michael Hedges, Dave Mason, Leon Russell, John Hartford, Kentucky Colonels, Mark O'Connor, Dan Seals, Country Gazette, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Dreadful Snakes, Patty Loveless, White Brothers, Knoxville Grass, Mike Cross, Heights of Grass, Dwight Yoakam, Johnson Moutain Boys, David Wilcox, Police, Rembrandts, Jerry Douglass, Diamond Rio, Warren Haynes, Nicki French, Carlene Carter, Notting Hillbillies, Roy Orbison, NRBQ, Terry Adams, Joey Spampinato, Tom Ardolino, John Sebastian, John Hall, The Rumour, Brinsley Schwarz, Martin Belmont, Andrew Bodnar, Stephen Goulding, Spongetones, Arrogance, Robert Kirkland, Marty Stout, Scott Davison, Rod Abernethy, R.E.M., Peter Buck, John Lennon, Fleetwood Mac, Beach Boys, John Cougar Mellencamp, Larry Sparks, Eddie Money, Aerosmith, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Les Dudek, B.T.O. Bachman Tuner Overdrive, CF Turner, Robbie Bachman, Randy Bachman, Blair Thornton, Badfinger, Pete Ham, Joey Molland, Mike Gibbins, Ron Griffiths, David Jenkins, Bill Collins, Tom Evans, Bob Jackson, Cheap Trick, Steve Cropper, Will Lee, Stanley Clarke, Belinda Carlisle, Go-Go's, Charlotte Caffey, Gina Schock, Jane Wiedlin, Kathy Valentine, Stevie Nicks, Rick Nielson, Blonde Chaplin, Ricky Fataar, Alan Jardine, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Jan & Dean, Jan Berry, Dean Torrence, Jim Armstrong, Rusty Young, Tom Brumley, Paul Cotton, Roy Buchanan, Bob Margolin, Emmylou Harris, Bangles, Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson, Michael Steele, Buddy Blue, Country Dick Montana, Dan McLain, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Lisa Aschmann, Henry Hipkens, Dar Williams, Patty Larkin, Boston, Tom Scholz, Brad Delp, Johnny Burnette, Barry Goudreau, Fran Sheehan, Sib Hashian, Bread, David Gates, Eddie Van Halen, Nils Lofgren, Jimmy Buffett, Kenneth Lovelace, Tim Krekel, Fingers Taylor, David Lindley, Leland Lee Sklar, Russell Kunkel, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Jim Keltner, Gregg Allman, Joni Mitchell, Eddie Rabbit, Ronnie Milsap, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Southern Pacific, Stu Cook, Pat Metheny, David Jenkins, Paul Simmon, Tuck Andress, Art Garfunkel, David Brown, Pete Carr, Spirit, Randy California, Jerry Byrd, Billy Gibbons, Jay Furgeson, Trevor Spontaine, Bob Welch, Buddy Holly & the Crickets, Lowell Fulson, Cold Chisel, Jim Barnes, Ian Moss, Don Walker, Red Rhodes, Slim Harpo, Sam Cooke, Danny Daniel Kortchmar, Dan Dugmore, Byron Berline, Carole King, Carly Simmon, Peter Frampton, Electric Light Orchestra, Corrs, Bill Frisell, Bruce Hornsby, Romantics, Jimmy Marinos, T-Bone Walker, Wally Palmer, Rich Cole, Mike Skill, Utopia, Todd Rundgren, Kinks, Raymond Douglas Davies, Dave Davies, Maurice Williams, Kenny Edwards, Lovin' Spoonful, Henry Gross, Peter Asher, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Dee Murray, Davey Johnstone, Nigel Olsson, Bernie Taupin, Maury Muehleisen, Elvin Bishop, John Prine, Seldom Scene, Bill Hullett, Phish, Stanley Brothers, Del McCoury, Gene Vincent & the Bluecaps, Wilson Pickett, Smokey Robinson & Miracles, Otis Rush, Otis Redding, John Duffey, Mike Auldridge, Phil Rosenthal, Ben Eldridge, Rockpile, Johnny Guitar Watson, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Flatt & Scruggs, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Nickel Creek, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, Chris Thile, Curtis Mayfield & Impressions, John Dillon, Larry Lee, Michael Mike Granda, Steve Cash, Weldon Myrick, Randle Chowning, Buddy Brayfield, Ron Block, Dan Tyminski, J.D. Crowe and the New South, Wings, Denny Laine, Laurence Juber, Steve Martin, Carlos Santana, Maria Muldaur, Bob Brozman, Wilson Phillips, Dead Reckoners, Kevin Welch, Charlie Major, Mike Henderson, David Olney, Kieran Kane, Tammy Rogers, Joy White, Sonny Garrish, Randy Newman, Valerie Carter, Harry Stinson, Richard Bennett, Carpenters, Rosie Flores, Leo Kottke, Lyle Lovett, Michael Johnson, Don Potter, Eddie Bayers, Ronnie Bowman, XTC, Andy Partridge, SRV, Harry Chapin, Rod Abernathy, Harry Nilsson, Los Lonely Boys, Bryan Adams, Keith Scott, Peter Case, Eric Johnson, Johnny Rusell, Tim Stafford, Maurice Williams, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Al Stewart, Moody Blues, Justin Hayward, Paul Tiers, Frank Zappa, Bryan Garofalo, Freddy King, Ry Cooder, 10,000 Maniacs, Johnny Lee, Dolly Parton, J. Geils Band, Cars, Elliot Easton, Ric Ocasek, Shania Twain, Michelle Branch, Jamie O'Neal, Lee Ann Womack, Allison Moorer, Bobby & the Midnites, Mitch Easter, Doobie Brothers, Dr. Hook, John Hughey, Buddy Emmons, Al Perkins, Reggie Young, Hank Garland, Grady Martin, Owen & Harold Bradley, Fountains of Wayne, Lloyd Green, Emory Gordy, Ernest Tubb, Jimmy Martin, Cox Family, Linda Ronstadt, Trey Anastasio, Steve Gibson, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jimmy Vaughan, Willie Nelson, Flying Burrito Brothers, Commander Cody, Glen Campbell, Taj Mahal, Karla Bonoff, Susan Ashton, Jackie Wilson, Bobby "blue" Bland, Tracy Nelson, Little Village, Andy Paley, Tony Trischka, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Joe Ely, Marty Robbins, Aaron Neville/Neville Brothers, Smithereens, Hubert Sumlin, Jo-El Sonnier, Neil Diamond, Chis Isaak, Robbin Thompson, Sonny Burgess, Richie Havens, Long Ryders, Bodeans, Maura O'Connell, Stuart Duncan, Bruce Watkins, Larry Reynolds, Fred Neil, Lloyd Loar, Terry Crisp, Whole Wheat Horns, Kathy Mattea, Al Petteway, Cheryl Wheeler Courtney Johnson, Curtis Burch, Ebo Walker, Butch Robbins, Loudon Wainwright III, patti smith, Patty Smyth, Scandal, Temptations, Coasters, Casinos, Harptones, Rasberries, Eric Carmen, Souther Hillman Furay Band, The Van Deleckis, Bryan Shumate, Pat Walters, Lonesome River Band, Steve Stoeckel, Steve Vai, T.Rex, AC/DC, Alan Parsons Project, Pink Floyd, Arlo Guthrie, Asleep At The Wheel, Billy Joel, Blondie, Bo Diddley, Jeff Pevar, Bob Wills & Texas Playboys, The Bonzo Dog Band, Buffalo Springfield, The Clash, Annie Lennox, Suzanne Vega, Loreena McKennit, Tori Amos, Judy Collins, Jimmy Driftwood, Richie Havens, Blind Willie Johnson, Dave Laubman, Uncle Dave Macon, Taj Mahal, Crash Test Dummies, Rick Emmett, Delbert McClinton, Dick Dale/Del-Tones, Dixie Chicks, Donald Fagen/Steely Dan, Fats Waller, Duane Eddy, Freedy Johnston, Gillian Welch, George Jones, Roy Clark, Grand Funk, The Hollies, Ian & Sylvia, James Gang, Janis Ian, Jeff Beck, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jim Carroll, Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)/James Charles Rodgers, Jimmy Rogers, James Frederick Rodgers, Joan Osborne, Jose Feliciano, Julianna Hatfield, Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders, James Honeyman-Scott, Robbie McIntosh, Hamish Stuart, Concrete Blonde, Jann Arden, Roxette, Duncan Sheik, Lisa Loeb, Jewel, K.D. Lang, Keb' Mo', Knack, Link Wray/Ray Men, Little Richard, Louis Armstrong, Mason Williams, Jim Kweskin, Son House, Robert Johnshon, Charley Patton (Mississippi Delta Blues), Tampa Red (Bottle Neck), Blind Willie McTell, Elmore "Elmo" James and the Broomdusters, John Brim, Mick Taylor, J.B. Hutto and his Hawks, Homesick James, Bukka White, Fred McDowell, Josh Graves, Robert Pete Williams, Jimmie Tarlton, Rory Gallagher, Kayton Roberts, Johnny Winter, Charlie Jordan (St. Louis), Elizabeth Cotton, Blind Blake, Alice Seegar, Dave Van Ronk, Jean Ritchie Family, Debbie McClathcey and the Red Clay Ramblers, Bruce "Utah" Phillips,Wall Flowers, Edwin McCain, Merle Haggard, Natalie Merchant, Michelle Shocked, Ralph Stanley, Paula Cole, Randy Scruggs, Roxy Music, Santo And Johnny, Johnny Horton, Johnny Smith, Daithi Sproil, Paddy O'Brien, De Danaan, Nick Katzman (Ragtime), Scott Joplin (Dixieland jazz), Richard Farina, Reverend Gary Davis, John Fahey, Ken Perlman, Henry Thomas, Will shade, Hency C. Work, Henry Lodge, Talking Heads, ZZ Top, Johnny Hiland, Gin Blossoms, Chris Wall, Danni Leigh, Alecia Elliott, John Anderson, George Benson, Tom Adair, Lee Adams, Stanley Adams, Harold Adamson, Julian Adderley, Nathaniel Adderley, Fred E. Ahlert, Harry Akst, Lewis Allen, Robert Allen, Louis Alter, Arthur Altman, Ed Anderson, Maxwell Anderson, Paul Anka, Fernando Arbex, Harold Arlen, Louis Armstrong, Gus Arnheim, Billy Austin, Gene Austin, Mack Avis, Nat D. Ayer, Abel Baer, Fanny Baldrige, Marian Banks, Eddie Barclay, Charlie Barnet, Harry Barris, Lionel Bart, Count Basie, Lue Baxter, Albert A. Beach, Joe Beal, Sidney Bechet, Barbara Belle, Bennie Benjamin, Dave Bennett, Buddy Bernier, William Best, Joe Bishop, Ben Black, Johnny S. Black, John Blackburn, Eubie Blake, Luiz Bonfa, Joseph Bonime, Jim Boothe, Ronaldo Boscoli, George Boulanger, Brooks Bowman, Euday L. Bowman, Elisse Boyd, Tiny Bradshaw, Alan Brandt, Earl Bent, Leslie Bricusse, Robert Brookmeyer, Harry Brooks, A. Seymour Brown, C. Brown, Les Brown, Lew Brown, Oscar Brown, Jr., Dave Brubeck, Robert Bruce, Joe Burke, Johnny Burke, Sonny Burke, Ernie Burnette, Ralph Burns, Jim Burris, Joe Bushkin, Irving Caesar, Sammy Cahn, Charles Calhoun, Frankie Carle, Hoagy Carmichael, Richard Carpenter, Michael Carr, June Carroll, Johnny Carson, George Cates, Dave Cavanaugh, Jessie Cavanaugh, Saul Chaplin, Dick Charles, Charlie Christian, Frank Churchill, Sidney Clare, Grant Clarke, Kenny Clarke, Richie Cole, Cy Coleman, Ornette Coleman, Russ Columbo, Betty Comden, Larry Conley, Con Conrad, Eddie Cooley, J. Fred Coots, Bruno Coquatrix, Chick Corea, George Cory, Neal Coward, Henry Creamer, Bing Crosby, Douglass Cross, Ford Dabney, D'Artega, Tadd Dameron, Eliot Daniel, Denver Darling, Julian Dash, Doc Daugherty, John Davenport, Mack David, Benny Davis, Jimmy Davis, Miles Davis, Eddie De Lange, Vincius De Moraes, Gene De Paul, Tom Delaney, Paul Denniker, Matt Dennis, Peter DeRose, B.G. DeSylva, John DeVries, Howard Dietz, Sacha Distel, Mort Dixon, Eric Dolphy, Jimmy Dorsey, Ervin Drake, Gladys Dubois, Vernon Duke, Ed Durham, Jimmy Eaton, Fred Ebb, Harry Edison, Edward Eliscu, Duke Ellington, Bill Engvick, Bill Evans, Gil Evans, Reed Evans, Frank Eyton, Sammy Fain, Jane Feather, Leonard Feather, Mike Ferro, Buddy Feyne, Dorothy Fields, Ted Fiorito, Chet Forrest, Arthur Freed, L.E. Friend, David Frishberg, Milton Gabler, Sammy Gallop, Albert Gamse, Kim Gannon, Joe Garland, Erroll Garner, Don George, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Bob Gibson, Eugene H. Gifford, L. Wolfe Gilbert, John "Dizzy" Gillespie, Norman Gimbel, Jimmie Giuffre, Benny Golson, Benny Goodman Sextet, Dexter Gordon, Irving Gordon, Mark Gordon, Kelly Gordon, Robert Graham, Steve Graham, Murray Grand, Ian Grant, Stephane Grapelli, Chauncey Gray, Jerry Gray, Wardell Gray, Adolph Green, Bud Green, Eddie Green, John Green, Joe Greene, Mort Greene, Paul Gregory, Maria Grever, Clifford Grey, Dick Grolnick, Walter Gross, Ted Grouya, Earle Hagen, Bob Haggart, Albert Hague, Guy Hall, Arthur Hamilton, Nancy Hamilton, Fred Hamm, Oscar Hammerstein II, Lionel Hampton, Bernie Hanighen, James F. Hanley, Otto Harbach, E.Y. Harburg, Benny Harris, Will J. Harris, Lorenz Hart, Coleman Hawkins, Erskine Hawkins, Bob Haymes, Jimmy Heath, Etta James, Neal Hefti, Ray Henderson, Wayne Henderson, Jon Hendricks, Francis Henry, Jerry Herman, Woody Herman, Arthur Herzog, Jr., Edward Heyman, Dubose Heyward, Billy Higgins, Billy Hill, Earl Hines, Walter Hirsch, Johnny Hodges, Al Hoffman, Billie Holiday, Mann Holiner, Ben Homer, Vaughn Horton, Arnold B. Horwitt, Bart Howard, Freddie Hubbard, Will Hudson, Madeline Hyde, Leroy Jackson, Milt Jackson, Kenny Jacobson, "Illinois" Jacquet, Harry James, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Edward Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.J. Johnson, Pat Johnson, William Johnson, Arthur Johnston, Al Jolson, Isham Jones, Quincy Jones, Duke Jordan, Louis Jordan, Bert Kaempfert, Irving Kahal, Donald Kahn, Gus Kahn, Roger Wofle Kahn, Bert Kalmer, John Kander, Dean Kay, Buddy Kaye, James Kennedy, Jerome Kern, Chas. E. King, Henry Kleinkauf, Ted Koehler, Moe Koffman, Joseph Kosma, Andre Kostelanetz, Alex Kramer, Steve Kuhn, Ken Kynard, Joseph Lacalle, David Lahm, Dave Lambert, Harold Land, Fran Landesman, Burton Lane, John Latouche, Jack Lawrence, J. Turner Layton, Ernesto Lecuona, Leonard Lee, Gene Lees, Michel Legrand, Carolyn Leigh, Jules Lemare, H.J. Lengsfelder, Anita Leonard, Alan Jay Lerner, Edgar Leslie, Al Lewis, Ed Lewis, John Lewis, Morgan Lewis, Sam M. Lewis, Jerry Lieber, Paul Lincke, Harry Link, Little Jack Little, Jerry Livingston, Miles Davis, Elliot Easton, Robben Ford, Angus Young and many more..................... Les has opened for major Label recording artists such as, Lila McCann, Scott Joss( Dwight Yokam ) , Maureen McCormick (Aka.Marcia Brady), and Ex-adult film star/Blues singer Candy Cane .