tysonlesliemusic + Musician in Nashville, TN

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Tyson Leslie has been playing professionally in clubs and venues all over the US and Globally since 1988.

Originally from Kansas City, Leslie migrated to Nashville to pursue his dream further to be in a touring act and upon living here three months, he landed the keyboard spot for 90s country superstar Tracy Lawrence.

Previous to his tenure with Lawrence, he performed with Corey Taylor of the heavy metal juggernaut Slipknot and Stone Sour.

He has since been the keyboardist for late 80s hard rock all female sensation Vixen and is still touring the world with them.

In addition to touring work, he has been a Dueling pianist since 2012.

Leslie has performed on the Kid Rock Cruise. The KISS cruise. The Megadeth cruise. And the Rob Gronkowski cruise among others.

He has worked alongside members of Taylor Swift's band, Beyonce's band, Kelly Clarkson's band, Florida Georgia Line, and giant laundry list of other musicians that we've all seen either in concert or on our television sets at home.

He has been a member of Derek St. Holmes' (Ted Nugent) solo band alongside Troy Luketta of Tesla and Bob Marinelli of Beth Hart's band. He has performed on stage with Giant (Dann Huff), Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big/David Lee Roth), and members of Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, etc.

Leslie released a solo album in 2013 and plans to release a new body of work in 2020.

Recording credits include:
Faster Pussycat (80s Hard Rock)
David Ellefson of Megadeth (Metal)
Amanda Fish (Blues)
Samantha Fish (Blues)
Dew Pendleton (Country)
Cameron Barton of Survivor (Country/Rock)
and many others.

When Tyson isn’t on the road you can often see him performing between 6-7 nights a week on lower Broadway in Nashville or performing at a Dueling Piano bar somewhere one the country.

Screen name:

tysonlesliemusic

Member since:

Aug 21 2020

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

35

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

6-7 nights a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

Everything from ABBA to Zappa.
Most notably:

Butch Walker
Jellyfish
Electric Light Orchestra
Tom Petty
Rick Springfield
Weezer
Foo Fighters
Metallica
Ronnie Milsap
Dwight Yoakam
W.A. Mozart
Dream Theater
Earth Wind & Fire
Billy Joel
Stevie Wonder
and so on

Instrument experience:

Acoustic Guitar:

Expert

Background Singer:

Expert

Bass Guitar:

Expert

Keyboard:

Expert

Piano:

Expert

Rhythm Guitar:

Expert

Vocalist:

Expert

Vocalist - Baritone:

Expert

Drums:

Advanced

EQUIPMENT

Yamaha MOX8 Synth/Keyboard
Hammond SK-1 Organ
Roland JV-1000 and JV-90 Synth
Korg Trinity
Korg Prophecy
Hughes & Kettner Triamp MKII
Ibanez Soundgear Bass 4 string
Fender Jazz Bass - 4 string
Dean Acoustic 4 string bass
Yamaha Fretless Electric Bass
Fender Telecaster Standard
Fender Invader Telecaster
Gibson Les Paul Standard
Fender Stratocaster
Fender Coronado Electric Guitar
Takamine Acoustic Guitar
Roland TD-20 V-Drums kit
Roland SPD-S Sampler Pad
Kemper Profiling Amp
Logic Pro X
Presonus Studio Live 16 channel Digital Mixer
Wharfedale studio monitors

MUSIC