Come To Me, BLue* WaGon!

Before THE SPIRIT THAT BRINGS US HERE was a sleepy hotel version of this song. Lisa Nemetz (BLUE WAGON) brings it up to day… great feel and template for the debut BLUE*WAGON album.
http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/3450439

COME TO ME
I was just a young thing
Had no understanding
Used to lose my head and heart but…
Got up on the [...]

Drive Byes: Ray Davies' Oklahoma USA

You cannot find a more heartfelt and emotionally direct song from Davies than Oklahoma USA.  As I am going over a couple cover songs for my new music with Lisa Nemetz as BLUE * WAGON, I look to Davies (always) to steer me to real, vulnerable characters. The sad wistful woman in OKLAHOMA USA carries [...]

The Spirit That Brings Us Here: Chris LeRoy Interview with MORST

The Spirit That Brings Us Here
August 2011

Chris LeRoy  Interview with questions provided by morst

The first thing I notice about your new album is that it’s the first one you’ve released under your own name. Will this be your “Hot Rats?”

Hey! I love HOT RATS. Best album cover ever, and did consolidate Zappa [...]

Chris LeRoy: The Spirit That Brings Us Here-Out Now!

CRACKER family singer-songwriter, CHRIS LEROY, debuts ten brave tunes that rattle through rock, pop, and folk territory teaming with devils, angels, cads, and peaceniks, even Eva Braun and John Lennon. Harmonies with (Bucksworth) Lisa Nemetz bring it home.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/chrisleroy

Drive Byes: Nick Lowe

Nick Lowe’s pop epic LABOUR OF LUST back on CD. Best album you will hear this year…. Chris LeRoy

http://bit.ly/hWhGdi

Merry Christmas Crumbs and Crackers: New tune for you!

Merry Christmas Crackers and Crumbs and all in between. We appreciate all of you.

Here is a new wintery song… THE BLIZZARD CHILDREN from Chris
@REVERBNATION

—Johnny Hickman and Chris LeRoy!

THE BLIZZARD CHILDREN

Gentle as gentle as new fallen snow
Kiss from their mothers their faces glow
Walking to the schoolhouse, trees in a row

School day’s long, clock moving slow
Winds [...]

DUST BLOWS FORWARD:Don Van Vliet

DUST BLOWS FORWARD

If you are a singer-songwriter and you didn’t feel good about the singer part, you had to encounter Don Van Vliet. Like most I heard him first on Zappa’s HOT RATS and although he sang only on that track, his voice and [...]

DRIVE BYES: History of The Dangers: Part One

History of The Dangers
http://bit.ly/fp6ylI

DRIVE BYES: GAROD'S 15 Movie Challenge

15 movies

by Garod Wayman on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 9:37pm

The rules: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen films you’ve seen that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends(or more), including me, because I’m interested in seeing what [...]

Interviews: IE WEEKLY BAND OF THE WEEK: THE MIGHTY GRASSHOPPERS

The Mighty Grasshoppers

By: Waleed Rashidi

MEMBERS & INSTRUMENTS:

Chris LeRoy (vocals, guitar, piano, organ); Tony Fate (guitar, vocals); Tim Loughlin (bass, vocals); Art Schindele (drums, vocals).
CITIES OF ORIGIN:

Redlands, Los Angeles.