Keith Lentin

Life-long musician - born in Cape Town South Africa in the last century. Played in several bands there as a kid, most notably as a musical compadre of Anton Fig. Our band, HAMMAK became quite well-known in Cape Town. Fig and I always dreamed of having a band in America, so, after graduating from Berklee College Of Music in 1977 relocated to NYC and formed the band 'Spider' (Keith,Anton,Amanda Blue,Holly Knight,Jimmy Lowell). Two Albums released on Dreamland Records, spawning a couple of charted singles in the early 80's. Several big hit covers of 'Spider' songs - the ones written by Holly Knight. Later released an album as 'Shanghai' on Chrysalis Records - at this point Beau Hill had taken over ..boards. Fairly short-lived.Went on to play and/or record with many bands, artists and musicians in the 80's/90's and beyond.......Link Wray, Blondie Chaplin (mostly as 'Skollie', with Anton), Chris Spedding, Dick Rivers, Bob Dylan(Streets of Fire Soundtrack), Mack Rice (he wrote 'Mustang Sally'), Melanie, Sam The Sham, and countless other awesome New York area players..................................................... ....................................................... I have always been a Producer-type - some of the Artists I have Produced or Co-Produced and/or recorded and mixed are: Blondie Chaplin, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood ,Bobby Keys and Bernard Fowler (all four on Blondie's 'Fragile Thread' album), Skollie, Parlor Dogs, Kix, Steve Holley, Robin Auld, Andre De Villiers, The Bashers, Lee Nestor, Mark Newman, Halvard T. Bjorgum, Amanda Blue Leigh, 22 Brides, Broken Poets, Jeff Garfinkle, Dylan Roddick, Kidd Radar, The Eclectic Troubadors, Gian Wiegner, Syd Kitchen..................................................... ............................................................ ABOUT THE SONGS POSTED:..................................................... .............................. ............................................................ ............................................................ ...1) 'Cellular Baby': Band - 'To Say Nothing Of The Violence'. Written by Dylan Roddick. Produced by Keith Lentin. ............................................................ ............................................................ ....2) 'When I Met You': Band - 'To Say Nothing Of The Violence' . Written by Dylan Roddick Produced by Keith Lentin. ............................................................ ............................................................ .....3)'52 Letters': Artist/Songwriter - Blondie Chaplin. Album 'Fragile Thread'.Produced by Blondie Chaplin,Keith Lentin and Rob Fraboni. Features Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood. ............................................................ ............................................................ ....4)'Long Lost': Artist/Songwriter - Robin Auld. Produced by Keith Lentin. ............................................................ ............................................................ .....5) 'Searching': Artist/Songwriter - Jeff Garfinkle. Produced by Keith Lentin. ............................................................ ............................................................ ....6) 'What She Does To Me': Artist/Songwriter - Mark Newman. Produced by Keith Lentin and Mark Newman...................................................... ............................................7) 'Africa's Not For Sissies': Artist/Songwriter - Syd Kitchen. Produced by Keith Lentin. SK - Vocals, slide guitar. Bakithi Kumalo - Bass. Steve Holley - Percussion.................................................. ............................................................ 8) 'Fool In A Bubble': Artist/Songwriter - Syd Kitchen. Produced by Keith Lentin. SK - Vocals, baritone guitar. Anton Fig - Drums. Keith Lentin - Bass, slide guitar...................................................... ............................................................ ...9) 'Camelot': Artist/Songwriter - Syd Kitchen Produced by Keith Lentin. SK - Vocals, acoustic guitar. Anton Fig - Drums, percussion. Bakithi Kumalo - Bass. Tony Cedras - Accordion. Morris Goldberg - Penny whistle..................................................... ............................................................ ..10) 'Ysour': Artist/Songwriter - Syd Kitchen. Produced by Keith Lentin. SK - Vocals, acoustic guitars. Anton Fig - Drums, percussion. Morris Goldberg - Clarinet. Keith Lentin - Bass, piano....................................................... ..................................