Please enter location or other information that may help the volunteer in fulfilling this request. To many Canadians, Breau’s jazz is still an evocative memory of the sound of CBC in the 1960s.

Nearly 200 people were interviewed for the book which includes a thorough analysis of Breau’s music and an extensive comprehensive discography of his recordings. Try again later. “Lenny always wanted to take risks and we were raw and emotional. Lenny learned a few chords from the son of the family with whom he stayed while his parents were on the road and was soon playing jigs and reels with groups at local barn dances. Harold Breau and Rita Coté—better known by their stage names as Hal Lone Pine and Betty Cody—had already achieved considerable regional success as Country and Western performers when their first son, Leonard Harold Breau, was born in Auburn, Maine on August 5th, 1941. YesterdayView Lenny Breau performing The Beatles' "Yesterday" on a 1966 episode of CBC’s “The Lenny Breau Show.” From YouTube. In 1957, Breau’s family moved to Winnipeg, where his parents took a job hosting a daily half-hour show on radio station CKY. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Lone Pine also recorded for the Banff and RCA labels, and composed such songs as “I Hear the Prairies Calling” and “Prince Edward Island is Heaven to Me.” When Breau was seven his family moved to the Maritimes, where his parents were heard locally on CKCW Moncton, CFBC Saint John, and nationally on the CBC. After that, Bruce’s drug use (especially heroin) increased significantly; his sets deteriorated into “unbearable routines filled with self-conscious poetry about Adolf Eichmann and the injustices of the American judicial system,” as Bruce’s friend, Bruce died in 1966 in his home in Hollywood Hills at the age of 40. Cause of Death: Strangulation, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. He now played full-time in his parents’ band under the stage name, Lone Pine Jr., astounding audiences with his fleet-fingered guitar work. Lenny used fishing line of the correct gauge, until La Bella began making a string for him. According to jazz drummer Joey Baron, LA music fans had little interest in Lenny’s music. He began using heroin when it was available and heavy doses of methadone when it was not. Active in both pop music and jazz, Breau accompanied Peter Appleyard, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, George Hamilton IV, Gene MacLellan, Malka, Anne Murray and others. Leonard Harold Breau, guitarist, singer, composer (born 5 August 1941 in Auburn, ME; died 12 August 1984 in Los Angeles, CA). Try again. They recorded a live album at the Village Vanguard in New York City and appeared on US-network television on the Jackie Gleason and Joey Bishop shows. During the next three years, Lenny played guitar on hundreds of CBC dates featuring music ranging from contemporary pop to straight ahead jazz. But, since it’s happening seven months after The Bac, Warning: This post contains some spoilers for Clare’s season of The Bachelorette. Failed to delete memorial. [3][4], Three performed in Toronto, Ottawa, and New York City. Guitarchives releases, including Boy Wonder (compiled from tapes made of Lenny at Event Records) and Live at Bourbon Street were well-promoted and began to spawn a new fan base for Lenny’s music. Their music was featured in the 1962 National Film Board documentary Toronto Jazz. Erlendson and Lenny began playing a regular nightly gig at the Stage Door jazz club where Lenny developed his jazz chops and applied the jazz theory Erlendson was teaching him.

on RCA. He met pianist Bob Erlendson, who began teaching him more of the foundations of jazz. The 1964 New York arrest broke him. Lenny returned to the United States and would never set foot on Canadian soil again. Sadly, Lenny did not have the chance to assume this position. [12] Breau often adapted Evans's compositions, such as "Funny Man", for guitar. Between 1975 and 1981, Breau stayed out of Canada after being charged with trafficking marijuana in Toronto. He recorded infrequently and was as notorious for his substance abuse and self-destructive tendencies as he was for his musical abilities. Breau’s unique and innovative finger-style technique opened up melodic and harmonic possibilities not previously explored by jazz guitarists. A system error has occurred. [3] Every Sunday night was a party open to all. The lack of attention his albums received disappointed Lenny but he did little to help their sales.

Breau was born in Maine to Acadian parents — the country singer Hal “Lone Pine” Breau and the yodeler Betty Cody — who performed widely in concert and on radio. The one-hour feature was produced in Montreal by John Klepko. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. When he was twelve, he started a small band with friends, and by the age of fourteen he was the lead guitarist for his parents' band, billed as "Lone Pine Junior", playing Merle Travis and Chet Atkins instrumentals and occasionally singing. Soon after, he was busted for possession of marijuana with intent to traffic (a charge later dropped) and fled to the United States where his substance use continued while he eked out a living playing clubs in Central Maine. Randy Bachman founded the independent label Guitarchives in 1995 specifically to reissue some of Breau’s albums, such as Cabin Fever, Live at Bourbon Street, Chance Meeting, Boy Wonder, Mosaic and the video Master Class. For the next five years Lenny moved sporadically from one Canadian city to another, playing small gigs where and when he could find them. The Breau family moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1957, and their new band performed around the city and province as the CKY Caravan. Breau had problems with drugs beginning in the 1960s which he managed to control during the last years of his life.

Breau got his start at age 12 touring with his parents, popular country and western performers Hal “Lone Pine” Breau and Betty Cody. We have a volunteer within ten miles of your requested photo location. [2] He made his first professional recordings in Westbrook, Maine at Event Records with Al Hawkes at the age of 15 while working as a studio musician. Atkins was then Vice President of RCA Records and immediately offered Lenny a recording contract. A year later, he managed to get a tape of one of his shows into Chet Atkins’ hands in Nashville. In 1984, Winnipeg jazz guitarist Lenny Breau was found strangled to death in a Los Angeles swimming pool.

He also appeared in the US television documentary Talmadge Farlow (1981) and wrote a column for Guitar Player magazine.

Lenny was tempted but turned the offer down and instead formed a trio called Three with bassist Eon Henstridge and singer/actor Don Francks whose novel arrangements of jazz standards formed much of the group’s material. [3] On August 12, 1984, his body was found in a swimming pool at his apartment complex in Los Angeles, California. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. In 1976, he did managed to kick heroin with the help of musician friends while living on a commune in Ontario. In 2000, Lenny’s close friend and master fingerstyle jazz guitarist, Stephen Anderson, published Visions, an in-depth instruction book on Lenny’s style. However, Welcome back, Bachelor Nation. [9][10] The coroner reported that Breau had been strangled.

Their shows were radio broadcast live on Winnipeg's CKY on Saturday mornings from remote locations. [3] These years he spent performing, teaching, and writing for Guitar Player magazine. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. CBC Radio presented a documentary on Lenny Breau entitled On the Trail of Lenny Breau (the title is in reference to Breau's parents' song "On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine"). He toured with Anne Murray’s band in 1972 but Murray fired him when his drug use interfered with the band’s performances. Lenny also continued to work on his solo guitar playing.



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