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Jonathan Leroy

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About Me

Hello, my name is Jonathan Leroy Altepeter, but you can call me Jon Leroy. I was born and raised in northern Minnesota and have recently relocated to California. I write songs, and I hope that you like them.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/19/2005
Band Website: [email protected]
Band Members: Jonathan Leroy Altepeter
Influences: Some of these people have influenced my songs, but most have just inspired me to be a better songwriter as well as a better person. Thank you to everyone who has ever who has ever touched my life in a positive way. You all have no idea what you mean to me! Neil Young (Uncle Neil), John Lennon, Eddie Vedder, William Elliott Whitmore, Colin Hay, Daniel Johnston, My best buddy Mark Proulx (otherwise known as Something Quite Simple), Chelsea Dohemann (pretty much the most talented person I know and also 1/2 of PEECH), Rocky Votolato, Conor Oberst, Matt Costa, Maria Taylor, Erin Lizardo, Maurice Spencer, and there are plenty more.
Record Label: Nothing yet, but I would love to change that!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Songs

So, I posted a few new songs that were recorded back in November. They are just solo performances, but they turned our pretty good. Hope you like!         Jon...
Posted by Jonathan Leroy on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:53:00 PST

Good time to be a Neil Young Fan!!

So, if you are a Neil Young fan, you are probably aware of the Neil Young Archives which have been in the works for years and years and years and are finally starting to be released. The first was rel...
Posted by Jonathan Leroy on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:32:00 PST

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Hey everyone, I posted my version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." It was one of the four songs that I recorded for my girlfriend for our one year anniversary. I was really excited about the way that ...
Posted by Jonathan Leroy on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:11:00 PST

I GOT REVIEWED!

So I'm a bit excited because for the first time in my solo career, I got reviewed in the paper. The review was written about the show at Off Limits on September 28th with Erin Lizardo and PEECH. The a...
Posted by Jonathan Leroy on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:34:00 PST

My Current Ear Candy (10/04/06)

1) Sean Lennon - Friendly Fire: This is Sean's first album since 1998's Into The Sun. In my opinion that album was brilliant, but a good majority of the public didn't agree with me. Friendly Fire is a...
Posted by Jonathan Leroy on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:29:00 PST

My current ear candy (9/15/06)

1) William Elliott Whitmore - Song of the Blackbird 2) Eric Bachmann - To the Races 3) John Mayer - Continuum 4) Colin Hay - Going Somewhere You all need to own these albums. They are essential i...
Posted by Jonathan Leroy on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:23:00 PST