Biography
Like a voodoo priest Leon's Musical & Song Writing ability conjures up the spirit of unforgiving, sleazy elegance of an unapologetic rock and roll assault.Like a voodoo priest Leon's Musical & Song Writing ability conjures up the spirit of unforgiving, sleazy elegance of an unapologetic rock and roll assault.
Born on New Years Eve, it is no surprise that Leon Luis is extremely special. At age five Leon Luis got his first guitar and at age nine he began taking piano lessons. Age thirteen was a tough year for Leon, after being expelled from three different schools he found relief with his electric guitar. From that point forward, Leon Luis knew his passion was music. Like a voodoo priest Leon's musical ability conjures up the sprit unforgiving, sleazy elegance and unapologetic rock and roll assault. Arthur "Killer" Kane founding member of the New York Dolls mentored him musically and in the "school" of life. Today Leon Luis has expanded his musical and business knowledge.
Both equal parts business executive and artist, Leon Luis has made many great contributions to the music industry. Leon has been involved in the music business for the last fifteen years; he is a Southern California native with a huge passion for music. Leon worked along side five times Grammy awarded producer, Pete Anderson, as director of publicity, for his imprint "independent label" Little Dog Records which Fontana/UMG distributed. Some of Leon Luis's talents include but are not limited to: being a talented guitarist, songwriter, producer and music director. Leon has periodically been a guitar player for a band known as The Other White Meat, whose founding members were from bands such as, the Alice Cooper Band, Stray Cats, and Guns and Roses. He also was a co-founding member of Satellites of Love that featured Loren Molinaire of Little Caesar and the Dogs. Leon also has worked with Private World, with founding members of the New York Dolls. He also worked with Motorcycle Boy and in 1999 Leon Luis made his way on tour as a special guest for the legendary British punk rock band, The Damned. As far as recording goes Leon is also quite talented with that having worked and played on recording sessions for Eric Dover, Producers GazaX, and JonX. Leon also has worked along side the great guitarist, composer, producer, Wayne Kramer, who is known for his band MC5, John Corabi formely of Motley Crue sings lead vocals on Leon's hottest new track "Black Widow's Holiday", Teddy ZigZag plays the piano. Dizzy Reed plays a mean keyboard on the amazing "Blondes" track. Currently Leon Luis works as a composer for Fox Sports Network and as a composer for American and British Television.
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