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Lee Pons

About Me

Lee was born and raised in the Streets of Bore-a Bore-a (In case you're new or haven't figured it out yet Lee's place of Birth will be changing from time to time, any ideas?), his father being his biggest influence. Dad was a Musician playing with big bands such as Harry Belefonte, Duke Ellington and Danny Kaye. At age 16, Lee was already playing in the clubs around town and later he attended Julliard School of Music where he earned 2 degrees. He plays many different instruments and styles of music but prefers to play Jazz and Blues on his keyboards. Lee spent alot of time in New Orleans where he found his soul and true love of music. He played in clubs, backrooms and juke joints learning all he could about the New Orleans style of jazz, blues and R&B. He could never get enough of how much people loved the groove and danced all night.

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Member Since: 15/01/2008
Band Members: Performing an excellent mix of Blues, R&B, Classic Rock, Boogie Woogie, Jazz Standards, and his own original Rockin "Nawlins" style Blues, Lee is a sure fire good time solo act that will have the crowd dancing and is never boring. You will not believe your ears when you hear the FULL SOUND coming from Lee and his array of Keyboards. You'll think it's a FULL BAND you're listening to. Make no mistake this is NOT some Karaoke Show, with a person singing over backing tracks. Lee Pons is really, ACTUALLY playing almost everything you hear LIVE. This is one act you'll want at your establishment or next event! The songs played here on this site are from Lee's Solo Piano CD "Radiate Da 88's", which is available now at Lee's performances and on the Net, as well at other locals in Fla.
Influences: Dr John, Professor Longhair, Jelly Roll Morton, Elton John, Jon Cleary, Henry Butler, Harry Connink Jr, Ray Charles, James Booker, Tuts Washington,
Sounds Like: ..Here's a couple of Cool Videos from my solo performances. The first one is me Singing and playing Solo Piano on my tune "Me Minus You", from the Weekly Blues Jam at "Rockwells Bar & Grill" here in Seminole Fla. My Buddy, Al Razz, has been hosting a GREAT Jam there every Thursday Night for over 10 years!! This was from a Huge party we had there, and it was recorded for a locally released CD and DVD. The Second Video is from a late night show at my Fave spot on the Beach "Mahuffer's!! Here I'm performing another of my tunes called, "Blues for Nawlin's". Mahuffer's is just something you gotta see if you're ever in St Petersburg Fla. The Bar is HOT, the Vibe is COOL!! I'm sweatin my BUTT off but we're havin a good time! This video was shot by one of the patrons there at about 1:30AM!! So you can see what it can do to ya, if you pour your soul out to the crowd all night long! Still have a little left in me though!! I look like heck, but the my Piano and my Vocals are Hittin'. Glad someone got this one on video, so I could share one REAL LIVE MOMENT with Ya!! Hope you enjoy..Here another Video from a Different Jam at Rockwells also!! Check it out!!! You can ACTUALLY SEE ME in this one!!! The Drums and Bass are my Buddies Pug Baker, and Al Razz (whose also singing LEAD for the FIRST TIME EVER!!! The Guitarist is a Local Blues Player Tommy Macoy. He's not bad for a Vegas Dude!!!Here's a Live Video of me Jamming With my Buddies, Blue Lighting Band, at Rockwell's in St Pete. Can't really see me but you can SURE HEAR ME!!!Here's another Video from the same night Again I'm in the background on the left but you can still hear me!! The "Guitar Solo" you hear after the Drum Solo (Great Drumming by Pug Baker)(at about 3:32on the video counter) is really me on my Korg Karma (Great Guitar Sounds on that Board) Now here's are real Treat that I just found and want to share with you all! It's a Video of me playing my Upright Bass with one of my Best, Dearest & Oldest Friends, Rebecca Field. We do a Duo over at "Beer, Bikes & Babes" in St Pete Fla, on Weds. Nights. I don't get to play the "Ole Dog House" much anymore, with all the Keyboard stuff I'm doing. So this is a REAL GAS for me to show Ya'llRebecca

Record Label: ReactiveProjects
Type of Label: Indie

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Live Video Jamming With Blue Lighting Band, Im Behind the Lead Singer on the Left. See Me?


Posted by on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:12:00 GMT