Leo Clarke Band

Genre: Americana
Secondary Genre: Blues Cincinnati, Ohio USA Contact

if you like Blues, Folk, American, Roots, Jam, Rock, then you've got to see this band. An all star line-up of sesoned players The LCB is one of the best bands in Cincinnati, playing songs and styles from Freddie King and the Beatles to Eric Clapton & Neil young. But the Originals are our main focus!

Artist Information

Biography

Leo Clarke Band is a Americana, Delta blues four peice from Cincinnati, OH. We play americana, blues, rock, roots, and more.

The group is centered around the award-winning bluesman, Leo Clarke is up for a CEA Best Blues Act 2011, and has won the 2010 Blues Challenge in Columbus, OH, and the 2011 Big Bend blues challenge in Pomeroy, Oh. in the solo/duo category, and performed at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN in February 2012. Clarke, originally from Columbus, lives in Cincinnati now, and also came in second place at the 2010 and 2011 Cincy Blues Challenge and 2011 Dayton blues Challenge in the solo/duo category.

About the Band. Recently the band has reform after the unexpected death of our B3 & Guitarist J.W. Laswell, who passed away after suffering a heart attack shortly after a gig. The powers that be has brought the four of us, Willie, Leo, June and Gary together and we feel blessed even in our time of great loss.The band is a seasoned group of musicains who have dedicated their lives to the joy of music. The LCB can adapt to any situation, Rock'n to soft acoustic. We can play for Bikers or Children, our goal is to share our music and spead positive energy.


Instrumentation

Wille Eger - Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Fiddle
Leo Clarke - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, slide guitar
June Levis - Drums
Gary Bates - Bass

Discography

Hang On single- 2000
Island Song and Ego Sack EP- 2002
No Rewind - 2004
2005 Wings EP
2005 Get Down EP
2012 Leo Clarke Band EP
2012 Leo Clarke LP
Buttercup Live in 90.5's Studio A best of 2005
Radio paly on WNKU 87.9 cincinnati
90.5 WCBE Columbus

Official Website

http://www.leoclarkeband.com/LCB/Leo_Clarke_Band.html

Links

Audio

Lyrics

Video

Photo Gallery

  • blues jams pic

  • Cd cover

  • logo

  • blues man

  • leo solo ! Chal

  • lcb TRIO

Press

  • Cincinnati Music Awards

    2011 Nominee for best Blues Act 2011

  • the Leo Clarke Band

    this is an interview for vents magazine

Setlist

Originals,
No Rewind
Buttercup
Get Down
Hang On
Bad Luck
Free Me
Booty Shaker
More....
Covers
Run Back to your Side
Jonny B good
Big Railraod Blues
Big Legged Woman
Big Jet Air liner
Outside Woman Blues
I got a Feeling
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Bad Fish
Voodoo Child
Fire on the Mountian
Smoke Stack Lightning
Champaigne and Reefer
Dead Flowers
Honky Tonk woman
Happy
Roll and tumble
Key to the Highway
Walking Blues
Many Many more

Basic Requirements


Calendar

DateTimeVenueCity
Oct 26, 2013 Saturday 8:00 PM Taffy's of Eaton Eaton, OH, US