LEROY'S BIOGRAPHY

Before Leroy was living the rock and roll life style in Southern California he was just your typical kid in Spokane Washington shoveling snow in the winter and mowing lawns in the summer saving up all his money to buy a motorcycle or a guitar. With high hopes of being a professional motorcycle racer or a rock star one day Leroy's dad asked him, "son what do you want to do with your life, race motorcycles or play music?" Leroy answered…"both"! This was typical of Leroy's "I can do anything" attitude that has fueled his desire to fulfill his dreams ever since.

By the age of 17 Leroy knew that his talent was in music and California was the place to be if he wanted to see his dreams of being a rock star come true. After arriving in Los Angeles in the late 90's Leroy landed his first record deal with his band Hog on Geffen Records. Leroy realized quickly that getting a record deal was just the start of a very long and hard road ahead. After a few years of touring with his band Leroy was dropped from Geffen due to low record sales. This was the turning point for Leroy to make records that he wanted to make and to find that sound that was in his head. Leroy started recording new music with a mix of elements that can only be described as soulful. Hollywood Records noticed this sound and signed him to a new deal and released his first self-titled solo album in 2001.

Leroy's new album captured the ears of many music supervisors that licensed his music for film and TV. This was great because Leroy was making money but it didn't satisfy his need to rock! After hitting the road opening for bands like Aerosmith, The Dave Matthews Band and Smashmouth, Leroy was unhappy with the way Hollywood Records was marketing his music and demanded to be released from his recording contract.

After leaving all this behind Leroy started getting calls from some big names in the music business like John Mayer, Smashmouth and Lindsay Lohan to lend his many talents on their records! Meanwhile, Leroy has released 2 CD's (Squish and Walla Walla) independently on his own record label TML Records. Leroy is now recording songs for a new CD as well as writing and producing music for other artists that want to have that soulful sound that is undeniably… Leroy!