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LeRoi Hammond

Born and raised on the Navy's equivalent of area 51 just a few miles from Death Valley, CA, LeRoi has stood the heat for most of his life. He won several music scholarships for playing trumpet in high school, and continued on to college where he majored in music. Along the way he picked up keyboards and guitar, and began a lifelong love affair with the Hammond B-3 organ and Leslie amplifier.

LeRoi has lived, played, and recorded in Los Angeles, CA, Minneapolis, MN, and here in Colorado Springs. He has written songs for and recorded with artists Cody Palance(son of late actor Jack Palance), bluesman Bobby Warren (now appearing on the BET cable channel), Johnny Clueless and Michael Williams. He has been privledged to appear onstage with Jimmie Vaughn, Prince, Rick Derringer, Cody Palance and other legends

Locally, LeRoi attends the jams at Southside Johnny's regularly, playing with Jake Loggins, the Channel Cats, and whoever else can stand him. He also maintains a recording studio in hi home, complete with a 220 track digital recorder, guitars, keyboards, and of course, a Hammond B with vintage 31H Leslie, all dedicated to original music production.

Since music rarely pays the bills, LeRoi owns and operates his own construction company.

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