Les Jansson

I was born and raised on long island , ....New York..... I was around music during my childhood ,My father was a professional musician. At 8 years old i started play bass guitar with influence’s of the beatles and most other classic rock bands.At 14 i switch over to guitar until i was approached at 16 to join a rush tribute band to play bass in ,which came in 3 rd place out of 40 band at a WBAB battle of the bands. After graduating high school i enrolled in five towns music college, majoring in music business and music theory . In the mid 80’s i joined up with various veteran musicians and toured all over long island, I had learned a lot from touring with these musicians. ....

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In 1987 I joined up with a Christian record artist called Chalice. I tour all over the ....U.S..... with chalice until 1991 supporting there top selling Christian rock album. I joined up with long time friends and my father to form a blues rock recording band Tumblin Dice. Tumblin Dice recorded there record with well know producer brian magee who has worked with the rolling stones, lita ford and patty smith. In the mid 90s I teamed up with vertical man which was a consisted of members of spys(which was made up of members of Foreigner and long island band harpy). In the late 90s i joined up with Big mouth which was a brunnet/ EMI recording artist , they went on to sell high record sales in ....germany.... an japan. In 1998 i joined an anti drug multimedia production show which consisted of the members of chalice. Chalice toured the schools in the ....U.S..... In 2000 i reformed Tumblin dice to support there album re-release, there went on tour in the ....U.S..... In 2003 i took a break from touring and went on to do session work for various bands. In 2004 I joined ROCKETMAN which is an elton john tribute band. I also plays in EVOLUTION( journey tribute band) I currently live on long island working with Rocketman and Evolution, and in his free time i like to write and record in my homes studio. Bass playing is my passion, everyday I can play is a great day for me. I always looked forward taking to the road , playing with some great bands and meeting good people. ....

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