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  Bernie Leadon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bernie Leadon (born July 19, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician, best known as a founding member of the country rock band The Eagles.
Leadon cut his teeth with various Southern California bluegrass and country rock groups in the 1960s, such as The Scottsville Squirrel Barkers (with future Byrd Chris Hillman), Hearts and Flowers, Dillard and Clark, and The Flying Burrito Brothers in the 1960s, featuring his work on banjo and mandolin, as well as guitar.
Leadon used his boyhood choir training to arrange intricate harmony vocals on the Eagles' first few albums, and displayed his considerable multi-instrumental skills to great effect.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bernie_Leadon   (322 words)

  
 Don Felder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was heavily influenced by rock and roll and when he was 15, joined his first band, The Continentals, which also had Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, and Nash fame.
Around this time he also met Bernie Leadon, later one of the founding members of the Eagles.
Bernie replaced Stills and the band became the Maundy Quintet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_Felder   (604 words)

  
 CMT.com : Bernie Leadon : Biography
Original Eagles member Bernie Leadon was perhaps the group's most underrated and valuable player from 1972 through 1975, as he alternated between vocals, guitar (acoustic, electric, and pedal steel), banjo, and mandolin, in addition to lending a hand
But once more, Leadon's tenure with the group would be fleeting, as he played on all of their 1968 debut, The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark, and only a few select tracks on their sophomore effort, 1969's Through the Morning, Through the Night.
Leadon remained a member of the Burritos for a few years - appearing on such albums as 1970's Burrito Deluxe, 1971's self-titled release, and 1972's live set, Last of the Red Hot Burritos.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/leadon_bernie/bio.jhtml   (669 words)

  
 Headliners Chapter 5
Guitarist Bernie Leadon, who may have seen the seeds for his departure in Felder’s arrival, was the first to voice misgivings after the making of On the Border.
Leadon got over his road-induced depression long enough to resume touring with the band and assist with their fourth album, One of These Nights, but his heart was no longer with the rest of the group.
Leadon’s role was obviously decreasing—he played lead guitar on only one song on the record that he didn’t write himself, while Felder assumed the role of big gun.
www.eaglesfans.com /info/headliners/swenson5.htm   (2454 words)

  
 Musicians Associated with the Byrds | K - Lea
Guitarist and banjo player Bernie Leadon began his career in 1962 when he joined the Scottsville Squirrel Barkers, a California bluegrass outfit led by Chris Hillman.
In the '80s, Leadon backed Chris Hillman on his solo records and formed a one-off "Christian bluegrass" outfit with Hillman and steel guitarist Al Perkins called Ever Call Ready that released an album in 1985.
Leadon replaced John McEuen in the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1987, and appeared on three albums during the band's streak of country hits, Hold On (Warner Bros., 1987), Workin' Band (Warner Bros., 1988), and Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol.
ebni.com /byrds/relassociates09.html   (1380 words)

  
 Santa Cruz County Sentinel - Online Edition
Bernie Leadon, one of the original members of the internationally- renowned Eagles, brings his unique blend of multitalented appeal to the Santa Cruz County Fair on Thursday, September 16.
Leadon was perhaps the Eagles' most valuable and eclectic player from 1972 through 1975, alternating between vocals, various types of guitar, banjo, mandolin - and songwriting.
Bernie Leadon released a solo CD in late 2003 called Mirror, which is available on his web site at www.bernieleadon.com.
www.santacruzsentinel.com /fair/2004/calendar.html   (2281 words)

  
 Eagles founder back after two decades   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Founding Eagles member Bernie Leadon is about to release his first new record in 26 years.
Leadon's 'Mirror' album was made under the production expertise of Ethan Johns, best known recently for his work with Ryan Adams.
Bernie Leadon was in The Eagles from their beginning in 1972 and up until 1975.
www.undercover.com.au /news/2004/mar04/20040309_bernieleadon.html   (296 words)

  
 triplearadio.com Artist Of The Week Archives
I just sort of chilled." Leadon was 28 at the time and already a 13-year veteran of the Southern California country-rock scene.
Bernie Leadon (vocals, guitar, tiple, banjo); David Kemper (drums, percussion); Michael Rhodes (bass); Tommy Burroughs (guitar, tiple, mandolin, fiddle, mandocello); James Hooker (piano, organ); Ethan Johns (mandolin, slide guitar, organ, percussion); Emmylou Harris, Jimmy Davis and Jim Photoglo (backing vocals); Jim Horn (horn arrangements); Chris Dunn (euphonium); Steve Patrick (cornet); Chris McDonald (bass trombone).
Leadon is actually a killer songwriter…the record is sonically superb, and glorious touches abound, delivered by way of a top-shelf supporting cast, Ethan Johns' adventurous production and Leadon's own skill and artistic vision."
www.triplearadio.com /artist_of_the_week/archives/leadon.html   (734 words)

  
 Acoustic Guitar Central: Artist Gear Picks
Leadon’s other acoustic instruments include a 1920s Gibson banjo, 1920s Weissenborn slide guitar, 1930s Regal resonator guitar, 1930s Kalamazoo mandocello, 1936 Martin T-28 tiple, 1950s Gibson A-50 mandolin, 1981 Gilchrist mandolin, a couple of slope-shouldered 1950s Gibson J-50s, and a pair of new Martin D-18 Golden Eras.
Leadon recorded Mirror "by hand," tracking live ("leakage is your friend," he writes in the liner notes) and creating the final single-speed glass master by using old Ampex recorders, tube amps, and absolutely no digital equipment ("No digits were harmed in the making of this recording").
Leadon uses Fender medium flatpicks, and when fingerpicking the acoustic, he uses either Fender heavies or nothing at all.
www.acousticguitar.com /issues/ag139/gear139.html   (1274 words)

  
 The Eagles
But on top of this, off-and-on guitarists Bernie Leadon, Don Felder, and ex-James Gang leader Joe Walsh were also all singers and songwriters.
This is true despite the fact that Leadon gets a co-write and apparently sings backup on "He Dark The Sun," a straight-laced country ballad like so much of the rest (Leadon's co-author here was Gene Clark).
With Leadon gone, the band entirely broke with its country roots and went for the most radio-friendly AOR sound possible.
www.warr.org /eagles.html   (1632 words)

  
 Johnno chats to The Eagles, Bernie Leadon :: Saturday Night Country
At the end of 2004 Bernie Leadon released his first solo album in 27 years.
A new Bernie Leadon solo album is more than just great news for aficionados of Americana music, it’s an almost ridiculously-overdue event.
Joining Leadon and Johns on MIRROR is an all-world crew of A-listers featuring tub-thumper David Kemper (Dylan, Jerry Garcia Band, et al), electric and upright bassist Michael Rhodes (everyone who matters in Nashville), Memphis stringed-thing wizard Tommy Burroughs (Keith Sykes, John Prine) and keyboardist James Hooker (Amazing Rhythm Aces, Nanci Griffith).
www.abc.net.au /snc/stories/s1331072.htm   (836 words)

  
 Natural Progressions by Bernie Leadon CD
Bernie titled this album "Natural Progressions" and it really says a lot about what this music represents in terms of the Southern California rock scene of the seventies.
Leadon is a multi-instrumentalist adept at not only guitars but mandolin and banjo as well (the latter best showcased in the Eagles' Journey of the Sorcerer, from the One of These Nights album).
Leadon put together the perfect backup band to spotlight the smooth post-Eagles sound he was after, and my only gripe is that this is the only album he made.
cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/4884627/a/Natural+Progressions.htm   (489 words)

  
 Eagles
Singer/guitarist/banjoist/mandolinist Bernie Leadon (born in Minneapolis, MN, on July 19, 1947) arrived in L.A. in 1967 as a member of Hearts and Flowers before joining Dillard and Clark and then the Flying Burrito Brothers.
Meisner and Leadon also played backup to Ronstadt during her summer tour, though the four only did one gig together, at Disneyland in July.
Szymczyk brought in a session guitarist, Don Felder (born in Gainesville, FL, on September 21, 1947), an old friend of Bernie Leadon's who so impressed the rest of the band that he was recruited to join the group.
recordhaven.com /70's-80's/Artists/Eagles.htm   (1310 words)

  
 About Mark Leadon
Mark Leadon was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota but grew up in San Diego, California.
Bernie played bluegrass music in San Diego, in rock 'n roll bands in Gainesville, and then moved to L.A. where he played and recorded with Hearts and Flowers, Dillard and Clark, Linda Ronstadt, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and as an original member of the Eagles.
Bernie, Tom, and Monica appear on the CD as well as several other guest musicians.
www.mleadon.com /about.html   (285 words)

  
 Latest Eagles News : Bernie Leadon
Today is Bernie's birthday and to help celebrate, Joe B sent along these 3 unreleased tracks that were on a radio show last year.
Bernie will be appearing at the NAMM convention in Anaheim this weekend.
Bernie will be live on XM Radio's Wired In program tomorrow night at 8 PM.
eaglesfans.typepad.com /latest_news/bernie_leadon   (818 words)

  
 ax   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
We went back to Florida and broke up." Leadon went to the West Coast, and Felder went right back to New York with a jazz-rock band called Flow, which recorded one album for CTI Records.
Bernie kept calling me and saying, 'Come to LA--there's tons of work out here!" But I had contact with West Coast acts that came through town, and I was writing, playing and learning.
Leadon wasn't rock and roll enough for some of the band's material, and Frey's playing was still a little too basic to cover the necessary ground.
www.feldermusic.com /ax.html   (2191 words)

  
 Gram Parsons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Though not a commercial success, Gilded was acclaimed by rock critic Robert Christgau as "an ominous, obsessive, tongue-in-cheek country-rock synthesis, absorbing rural and urban, traditional and contemporary, at point of impact." Recorded without a permanent drummer, the group soon added Michael Clarke on drums.
After recording the non-album single "The Train Song", which also flopped, bassist Ethridge departed and was replaced by Bernie Leadon, whose joining on lead guitar moved Hillman back to bass.
By this time, Parsons's own use of drugs had increased to the extent that the recording of the followup, 1970's Burrito Deluxe, was slow and acrimonious, and it was no surprise that Parsons was frequently absent from the sessions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gram_Parsons   (1604 words)

  
 Ask Bernie Leadon
Leadon was gracious enough to take the time to answer your questions.
Q: Hi Bernie - I loved the Eagles when you were in the band, think they're so-so since you (and Randy) left.
Q: Bernie, any insight, and comments on My Man would be greatly appreciated.
www.eaglesfans.com /ask_bernie_leadon.htm   (512 words)

  
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The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is making changes to its core exhibit, Sing Me Back Home: A Journey Through Country Music, a loosely chronological story of the history of country music from its l9th Century origins in Anglo- and African-American folk traditions through the present day.
To be added to a Sing Me Back Home exhibit case is the circa 1925 Vega Tubaphone #3 five-string banjo played by Bernie Leadon on "Midnight Flyer" from the Eagles' 1974 Asylum Top 20 pop album On The Border.
Leadon, a bluegrass fan who had formerly played with The Flying Burrito Brothers, soon became disenchanted with the Eagles' more rock-oriented direction and departed the band the following year.
www.sitemason.com /newspub/iewTCM?id=12483   (1265 words)

  
 eBay - bernie leadon, Records, CDs items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
SEALED The Bernie Leadon and Michael Georgiades Band 1977
BERNIE LEADON, MICHAEL GEORGIADES "S/T" DRUM BREAKS ILL
Leadon, Bernie - Natural Progressing - New CD
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 Bernie Leadon Biography
Bernie Leadon was with the Eagles from 1972-1975..all of the albums included on Greatest Hits.
Bernie was a great country guitarist and an awesome banjo player.
Bernie in 1979, on why he left the band:
www24.brinkster.com /mayamu/bernie.html   (166 words)

  
 westcoastmusic: Bernie Leadon (formerly from The Eagles) interview
Eddy from the website Rock Of Ages had recently an interview with Bernie Leadon (formerly from The Eagles).
Bernie Leadon "Mirror" new studio album: ORDER IT NOW.
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noted.blogs.com /westcoastmusic/2004/10/bernie_leadon_f.html   (452 words)

  
 BERNIE LEADON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Having old friends help out doesn’t hurt much either, as ex-Bob Dylan drummer David Kemper, the powerful bassist Michael Rhodes and the incomparable vocalist Emmylou Harris, with whom Leadon has toured, add their flourishes to the album.
Yet, as it always has for him, this beauty of this record comes back to Leadon’s songwriting, singing and guitar playing.
For older fans of his music, he’s been sorely missed for many years, and it’s good to have him back and playing this well.
www.swaves.com /Back_Issues/Mar04/BERNIE_LEADON.html   (82 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
# #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## MY MAN Bernie Leadon Eagles On the Border 1974 This is a tremendous Bernie Leadon song off On the Border.
The intro is the only tab I have notated, the rest is just chords.
Bernie is my favorite Eagles vocalist, even though he doesn't sing much, so I love this song.
www.roughstock.com /cowpie/cowpie-songs/e/eagles/my_man.tab   (222 words)

  
 Paste Magazine :: Feature :: Bernie Leadon :: The Eagle Has Landed (Page 1)
The Eagles plan to finally release a new studio album later this year, but if Bernie Leadon was asked to rejoin the group he helped found in 1971 with Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Randy Meisner, he figures his answer would depend on the offer.
Just 24-years-old when The Eagles formed, and already one of the chief architects of the Southern California country-rock scene, Leadon could play anything with strings, and it was his guitar, banjo, mandolin and pedal steel that put the country in The Eagles.
Johns’ father Glyn had produced the first two Eagles albums, and Leadon and Ethan have been friends ever since (“I’m sort of like his uncle,” says Leadon).
www.pastemagazine.com /action/article?article_id=1093   (457 words)

  
 Nashville Folk Festival
Nashville is a melting pot and the music ranges from contemporary Eaglesque Bernie Leadon to the original recorded old-timey sounds of Uncle Dave Macon, Syd Harkreader and others.
Bernie Leadon signed on to be the featured artist on the first program and spent several hours with us here at the studio.
Now after years of hiding out after leaving The Eagles, Bernie finally has done some recording and is releasing his first studio cd, Mirror, in 20 years and we get to feature three tunes from it.
www.questx.com /festival/index44.html   (1524 words)

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