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December 12, 2008
Tour news ...
Today was off to an early start:
The band had a scheduled appearance on CTV's Canada
AM show.
This is a nationally broadcast daily television show,
much like Good Morning America.
Despite playing a show in St.Catharines the night before
and having a 6:00am studio call, Michelle
and the band pulled together a great performance.
They played 'I know Santa's been here'
live to air.
It's a really fun song with a Western Swing feel which
was written by Canadian artist Patricia Conroy.
Next they video taped 'Rudolf the red nosed reindeer'
for broadcast at a later date.
Later this evening, Michelle and the band will perform
at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga. That makes for
one long day!
• December 01,
2008
Tour news ...
 Lee
is about to leave on tour with Michelle Wright
once again.
The 'I'm Dreaming Of A Wright Christmas' tour runs
from Dec 03 - 19 inclusive and criss crosses Ontario,
Canada.
There will be 16 concerts and likely some promotional
appearances on network television.
In addition to Lee and guitar player
Shaun Bayles, the band features 2 new
members:
Matt Crouse on drums and Clint Parris
on keyboards and vocals.
They're both great musicians and really cool guys to work
and hang out with.
Recent rehearsals have revealed great chemistry and renewed
energy between Michelle and the revamped band.
This should make for a fun time!
Here's a picture of the bus and trailer for this tour,
from Star Coach in Atlanta, Georgia. (The driver's name
is Bones!).
On another note, there are rumours of European tour dates
in 2009 ... stay tuned for details.
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November 07, 2008
Replacement gear ...
In the quest to
replace his beloved "Sparky", Lee sought help
from the great folks at Gibson/Epiphone.
Now he has a wonderful new guitar to debut on the 2008
Michelle Wright Christmas Tour.
Knowing that it would be hard to truly replace Sparky,
he chose an Antique White SG Custom style guitar.
Pictures to follow.
Lee also got a new amplifier: an Epiphone Valve Junior.
These are a 'must have' for the recording studio.
Note to the guitar and audio nerds: it's 5 watts of pure
Class A power in a beautiful boutique style package!
Thanks for all the help Codey!
• August
21, 2008
Stolen equipment ...
On the night of
August 17 or early on August 18, Lee had much of his stage
gear stolen from a vehicle in Barrie, Ontario.
• Summer rolls into fall ...
Michelle finshed the Summer season with a run
of shows that included venues in Ontario and Nova Scotia.
Old friend and ex bandmate Michael Freeman was enlisted
to play bass in Sydney, NS, as Joe was unavailable.
A big thank you and shout out to Michael.
He did a fantastic job -- it was as though he'd never left!
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• February
02, 2008
A good time was had by all
Feb 02/2008 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
with Michelle Wright.
• A change of the
guard ...
On a sad note, two close friends
recently left
the Michelle Wright band: Dan Nadasdi has
decided to leave the road behind in favour of
raising sons Taggart and Hudson, along
with wife Rhonda.
Drummer Rick Marks left the band to pursue
other opportunities - most likely in the sun!
Both of these guys will be greatly missed.
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• A beautiful new guitar for Lee
Long time friend, musician and luthier, John
Loomer is crafting one of his fine acoustic guitars
for Lee.
It's an OM style and promises to be a treasured instrument.
On a recent trip to Toronto, Lee had an opportunity to
play a couple of John's guitars and was thoroughly impressed
by the sound, feel and finish.
John takes great care to build an instrument that he can
be proud of, knowing that it will bring years of pleasure
in the hands of those fortunate enough to own one.
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• Matt Crouse rocks the Soo!
To fill the drum chair on a recent Michelle
Wright show,
Lee called on friend and ace Nashville based drummer
Matt Crouse.
They played the Bon Soo Festival in Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario at the Steelback Arena.
Matt is the same great player that Lee chose to play
on the Leanne Douglas cd Under The Covers.
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Other news items
• We've begun adding
images to the pictures page
Please
check them out via the pictures link!
• New pictures added to Lee's myspace page!
Please go there and check them out.
There are links on this page
to take you there.
• Lee's
brother Roy now has a myspace page.
We
will post the address once his site is ready.
Roy
was the inspiration for Lee to begin playing!
• Please let us know if you find
any glaring errors or have difficulties
with the site.
Please
use the contact link to email us.
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