A Multi-instrumentalist's Arrival in Nashville w/Tyson Leslie

In Tyson’s own words:

“I have been playing professionally in clubs and venues all over the US and Globally since 1988. Originally from Kansas City, I migrated to Nashville to pursue my dream further to be in a touring act, Upon living here for three months, I landed the keyboard spot for 90s country superstar Tracy Lawrence.

Previous to my tenure with Lawrence, I performed with Corey Taylor of the heavy metal juggernaut Slipknot and Stone Sour in the short-lived band Corey Taylor and the Junk Beer Kidnap Band. Essentially it’s the prequel to his current solo outing CMFT. In 2017, I was hired as the keyboardist for late 80s hard rock all-female sensation Vixen and am still touring the world with them. In addition to touring work, I’ve been a Dueling pianist since 2012 working at venues like Howl At The Moon and currently The Big Bang in Nashville, TN. I’ve also performed on the Kid Rock Cruise. The KISS cruise. The Megadeth cruise. Monsters Of Rock, Shiprocked, The 80s Cruise, and the Rob Gronkowski cruise among others. I released a solo album in 2013. In 2016 I released a follow-up single titled “Cradle To The Grave”. In 2020, I produced a country album for Singer/Songwriter Dew Pendleton called “Might As Well Be Me”. And on New Year’s Eve, I released a hard rock single called “Burning Time” which featured members of Queensryche, Vixen, Mr. Big, and Autograph. When I’m not on the road you can often see me performing between 6-7 nights a week on lower Broadway in Nashville or performing at a Dueling Piano bar somewhere in the country. I’ve also recorded for 80s sleaze rockers Faster Pussycat and David Ellefson of Megadeth, Enuff Z’Nuff, blues artist Amanda Fish, and numerous independent artist releases for artists of various genres.

Things That Came Up:

-3:30 How Rich met Tyson

-4:00 Playing in underage bands

-5:00 Playing with best friend Go Go Ray

-5:50 2006...The 90 Minutes Band

-9:00 The Big 5!

-10:00 Tyson’s blog on medium.com

-10:40 Vietnam. Adoption. Great Parents

-13:00 Piano Lessons and conservatory training in Kansas City

-17:00 The magic of Steve Dakin

-18:30 The deep skill set that is dueling pianos

-20:20 The “Harvey Keitel” of piano players

-25:00 Who can really sound like Eddie Van Halen?

-28:00 Working with members ion Living Colour, Dangerous Toys and Megadeath

-29:00 Vixen! Since 2017...

-30:00 Fans to Peers to Friends

-24:00 18th Rare Hair Show!

-35:10 The Tom Hurst “Loud Jamz” Model

-36:20 First Rare Hair Show was January 11, 2016 at Douglas Corner. Rare Hair is now a BRAND!

-37:35 Sarra Cardile on the drums

-38:20 Beware the tambourine

-43:20 Be a part of community events

-50:40 Eddie Trunk’s 40 years in media celebration

-55:30 Attention to detail for the win!

-1:03:50 Playing with the Tracy Lawrence Band

-1:07:40 “Dicked Down in Dallas”

-1:14:20 Frontmen rule the world

-1:10:30 The Future

-1:21:15 “The Fave 5”

-1:30:10 What we learned...

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