Leo LeBlanc in pictures...

Stephen LeBlanc · Post by **Stephen LeBlanc** » 22 Oct 2002 4:40 pm

http://www.leoleblanc.us

Please let me know if I'm posting this stuff too much...I just finished scanning a bunch of pictures and thought ya'll might be interested.

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Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 22 Oct 2002 4:56 pm

Stephen, Nice photos, never really got to see your dad's picture. Have always liked his playing especially with Jerry Jeff and John Prine. Post as many as you want.

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Regards, Craig

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 22 Oct 2002 7:08 pm

Just fantastic pictures, Stephen. Thanks for sharing them.

Stephen LeBlanc · Post by **Stephen LeBlanc** » 22 Oct 2002 7:18 pm

Cool...I'm glad you guys are enjoying them...I had a ball going through them and formatting them for the web.

I just love looking at pictures from that time...I mean "Slim and Dick and The Saddle Lights" .....haha...different times.

Also seeing my Dad with his early Steels, imagining him spending hours customizing, figuring out licks, adjusting his tuning...just all the things great Steelers did/do. It's inspiring to me.

Peace and Love,
Stephen[This message was edited by Stephen LeBlanc on 24 October 2002 at 10:07 AM.]

Brandin · Post by **Brandin** » 22 Oct 2002 9:20 pm

Great pictures Stephen. Is that your mom playin' the Strat?

GB

Stephen LeBlanc · Post by **Stephen LeBlanc** » 22 Oct 2002 10:45 pm

Yep, my Mom used to jam back in the day. She played great Bass and Piano too.

nick allen · Post by **nick allen** » 22 Oct 2002 11:03 pm

Great stuff... amazing to see how things "evolve" (if that's quite the right word

) ... it's clear that your dad was one of those who understood that the steel has a place in many different contexts.
Thanks for putting these up.
Nick

GaryHoetker · Post by **GaryHoetker** » 23 Oct 2002 3:45 pm

I met your dad back in 1968-69 when he played regularly in Bakersfield and I worked at a local bank. He was a great innovator and had a style that was uniquely his own. I'm glad I knew Leo.

Redd V · Post by **Redd V** » 23 Oct 2002 8:39 pm

I met your dad in 86' while I lived in La.

I too, was fortunate enough to get to pick and record with such a pleasant, kind and gifted fella!

I miss him. Redd Volkaert

Stephen LeBlanc · Post by **Stephen LeBlanc** » 23 Oct 2002 10:20 pm

Thanks for the replies...I'm really honored to be his son.

I should have mentioned earlier that my brother Thomas has done the most work archiving photos, Newspaper clippings and all of the old reels my Dad saved.

Stephen LeBlanc · Post by **Stephen LeBlanc** » 24 Oct 2002 9:03 am

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Stephen LeBlanc · Post by **Stephen LeBlanc** » 19 Nov 2002 7:05 pm

I did some major updates today...just sending this back to the top once more.

http://www.leoleblanc.us/

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 19 Nov 2002 11:22 pm

Hey that looks great, it was a good idea to post the article and the Bakersfield pics for the Mosrite showcase; way cool.

Stephen LeBlanc · Post by **Stephen LeBlanc** » 20 Nov 2002 8:47 am

Thanks Jason...I'm having fun doing this...I wish I had more time to spend on it...oh well, a little at a time and it will shape up to be a pretty cool site eventually.

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 20 Nov 2002 9:01 am

I really liked the stuff in the article about Leo's days with Jerry Jeff Walker, those records were a real big influence on me and I think the steel work on most of Jerry Jeff's music doesn't get the recognition that it deserves.

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Regards, Craig

Stephen LeBlanc · Post by **Stephen LeBlanc** » 20 Nov 2002 9:13 am

Yeah I love all Jerry Jeff's old albums...Weldon Myrick deserves a mention here...he played some great steel on a lot of that stuff.

Tiny Olson · Post by **Tiny Olson** » 20 Nov 2002 6:02 pm

Stephen:
Your Dad played on Red Simpson's "Roll Truck, Roll" album as far as I know. The tone and playing is unreal, just great. There were no credits for players on the jacket of the record but I think Red told me it was Leo at a show he did with us in California about 25 yrs. ago or more. I was a fan before I even knew who it was that was playing all that cool stuff on that record. It's one of my favorite albums to dig out and listen to time and time again. And the trade-offs between the steel and the Telepicker (who was that ??) are out of sight.

Your Dad was very inovative. Cool, great stuff.

Tiny Olson

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 21 Nov 2002 6:22 am

Tiny, on Red's Capitol albums of the 1960s it was Leo on steel and the late Gene Moles on lead guitar.

Stephen LeBlanc · Post by **Stephen LeBlanc** » 21 Nov 2002 10:21 am

Yes...everyone must own that Red Simpson double album CD they reissued a couple of years ago.

My Dad was really proud of those records...he came up with the main riff for Roll Truck Roll and loved it so much that he wrote a new song around it called Roll Steel Roll.

I'm glad you can appreciate what those guys were doing the way I do...the jazzy/funky leads they were trading on verses and choruses are priceless. A moment in time.

Tiny Olson · Post by **Tiny Olson** » 21 Nov 2002 1:54 pm

Jason & Stephen:

Thanks for that info. I'm still playing the original cassette copy from the original LP of "Roll Truck Roll" which I bought new. I keep the vinyl copy in safe keeping. I'll have to get the CDs.

Fantastic stuff... thanks again.

Tiny O.

Stephen LeBlanc · Post by **Stephen LeBlanc** » 21 Nov 2002 2:02 pm

Hey Tiny...here's a link to that CD at Amazon.com.

Man Behind the Badge-Roll Truck Roll

It's an import so it's a little pricey but they have used copies for sale too.

I might buy another copy.
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Tiny Olson · Post by **Tiny Olson** » 23 Nov 2002 6:48 am

Stephen:

Thanks for the link. I'm going to order a copy of the CD so I can save the LP intact.

Tiny