Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Joel Alan Lehman found a friend in the guitar when he was only 11 years old. Influenced by every kind of music under the sun, he played "Johnny B. Goode" for a few years until he found his niche and played his first paying gig at 17.Joel played throughout the early ‘80s with his brothers Jack and Steve, and after the brothers moved on to other things, he fronted several bands of his own. Joel continued the “band thing†through the early ‘90s playing honky-tonks and dives, weddings and funerals, backyards and rooftops, alleyways and street corners, anywhere and everywhere that would have him, pay him, or let him pay themHe wrote a few songs during those years and moved to Music City (Nashville) in 1996 where he started writing more and eventually put together an album of his music. The self-produced album, The Dark Side Of Town, though a step forward for Joel, was well-received but did not get the attention it deserved.In 2003, Joel hooked up with Producer & Head of Wild Oats Records, Steve Haggard. In Joel’s words, “I’ve found a true friend and musical brother in Steve. I knew from the start that he would steer me in the right direction.†That relationship led to the somewhat autobiographical album "Pure Texan".Since then, Joel has been a valued member of the Wild Oats Records family. Among other things, he has toured in Germany and France three times in the past two years, and Joel will be joining a couple of his Oat labelmates for two more European tours in 2007.Asked to pick a quote that best summarized himself, Joel chose a line from David Allan Coe‘s Wood and Steel:"I'll be playing this guitar 'til the day I die!".
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