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Leo Brazil

Songwriter/home recordist

About Me



Hi there folks, my name is Leo Brazil....I hope you enjoy these tunes which I have lovingly prepared in my home studio. I am currently gigging a lot around the West Yorkshire area but am always interested in a gig no matter what or where. Please get in touch if you're interested in having me come play. I run Put This In Your Ear, a twice monthly music night in Huddersfield as well which features myself and a whole variety of different guest artists.

DISCOGRAPHY:

First album: "Leo Brazil" - originally recorded circa 2001-04, currently re-recording in its entirety

Second album: "To The Moon" - recorded 2006

Third album: "Eggbox Empire" - currently in progress. Expected release in late 2007

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Member Since: 3/29/2006
Band Website: leobrazil.com
Band Members:

In my home studio I perform on: Guitars, Hammond Organ, Keyboards, Mandolin, Banjo, Harmonica, Bass, Violin, Glockenspeil, Percussion, Drums and Vocals

Live I am currently performing solo but am always on the lookout for people to play with, so if you dig do get in touch!


Influences: IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: Nina Simone, Tom Waits, Wilco, The Velvet Underground, Gram Parsons, The Monks, Townes Van Zandt, Fela Kuti, The Pretty Things, The Grateful Dead, Lee "Scratch" Perry, The Downliners Sect, Tom Ze, Parliament/Funkadelic, Bob Dylan, The Flaming Lips, The Creation, Toots and the Maytals, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Hank Williams, The Who, The Beatles, The Byrds, 13th Floor Elevators, Pink Floyd, Buddy Holly, Small Faces, Woody Guthrie, Canned Heat, Chico Buarque, Blind Blake, Miles Davis, The Electric Prunes, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, Golden Gate Quartet, Super Furry Animals, Talking Heads, De La Soul, Flying Burrito Brothers, Ray Charles, George Jones, James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello, The Band, Dr John, Neil Young, Grandaddy, Lambchop, Duke Ellington, Captain Beefheart, The Action, Marvin Gaye, Ella Fitzgerald, Bo Diddley, Gilberto Gil, Freddie King, Uncle Tupelo, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Van Morrison, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, The Clash, MC5, Stevie Wonder, Sun Ra Arkestra, Handsome Family, Public Enemy, Tim Buckley, Loudon Wainwright III, John Cale, Roy Orbison! YOU GET THE IDEA!

For a few impromptu videos of acoustic stuff filmed on a digital camera visit: http://www.youtube.com/mythology101

CURSE OF THE TATTY SOMBRERO ANIMATION by Doctor Simpo 2007. Track from "To The Moon" 2006


Sounds Like: Leo Brazil
Record Label: D.O.G (Drunk On Gin) Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Album nearly finished!

Hi folks, My goodness I have been slack on the blogs recently. I just end up spending so much time in front of the computer either recording or working these days that it just seems such a chore. So...
Posted by Leo Brazil on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:28:00 PST

Willie Nelson at Put This In Your Ear

Last week Willie Nelson took part in the quiz at Put This In Your Ear. I didn't see him there or see him hand in his answers. Shame. His answers were there though with the Legend Willie Nelson in blue...
Posted by Leo Brazil on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:21:00 PST

Help me decide which way to record it

Got back yesterday from two days wild camping in North Wales. Brilliant. You can see some photos on facebook if you want to add me. Had to rush back for a couple of rehearsals yesterday, one for the c...
Posted by Leo Brazil on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:25:00 PST

A new collaboration with Stephen Emmet Clarke

The other day me and my dude Stephen Emmet Clarke wrote our second ever song together (the first being It Happened Yesterday) although we toyed with the idea of writing a sequel called something like:...
Posted by Leo Brazil on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:48:00 PST

Woah mamma! 100 takes to get guitar solo for The Button!

I just did 150+ takes of the guitar solo for The Button....That's the beauty of home recording, you can take as long as you need! The drawback of course is you have to stop when it gets too late and e...
Posted by Leo Brazil on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:46:00 PST

A Farewell to Beez and recording news!

Part One: A Sad Farewell It is my sad duty to report that regular bass player Beezly is soon to be sucked into the black hole of hell that is Ipswich! He's been wanting a change of scenery and workpla...
Posted by Leo Brazil on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:15:00 PST

Where Y'all At?

Recording for the third album is going well, today I have been working on Traveller which I think is sounding really nice...It's a really old song; in fact the first I ever wrote I think... Seeing as ...
Posted by Leo Brazil on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:58:00 PST

Spliff Market - some old lyrics

Some of you out there might remember my old band - The Twitch.... You also might remember the epic 10 minute plus reggae jam fest that was Spliff Market.....a favourite tune from the Electric Mayhem d...
Posted by Leo Brazil on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:30:00 PST

i is for ill-imination

(Nice abstract picture of lights from UTB gig) Part Unos: Gigs and such... Last two weeks have been fiendishly busy: the first week I played four gigs and the 1-20 acoustic night on one of the nights...
Posted by Leo Brazil on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:12:00 PST

Another compilation tape.....

Another compilation tape I made from mp3s.....90 minute tape... I will write more about the busy week and the loads of gigs when I can be bothered! Right now i'm going to watch Southpark and have a si...
Posted by Leo Brazil on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:41:00 PST