Les Fradkin
Les Fradkin is a guitar instrumentalist and one of the original members of … Read Full Bio ↴Les Fradkin is a guitar instrumentalist and one of the original members of the hit Broadway show "Beatlemania". He was a Guitar Synthesizer pioneer of the 1980's, a neoclassical surf guitar trendsetter in the 1990's and is now a 21st Century innovator on the Starr Labs Ztar. A classically trained musician as well as being a rock guitarist, he has found success as a recording artist, composer and producer with MGM Sunflower, ESP-Disk, Bell, Arista, RCA, and Laurie Records. Les has written the well known French hit "La Chansons Des Souvenirs" ("Song Of A Thousand Voices") for the famous French songstress Mireille Mathieu and the Latin Pop icon Roberto Jordan ("Donde"). He has played Mellotron, 12 and 6-string Guitar, Bass and Piano on dozens of Top 40 hit records throughout the early 1970's , scoring many US and UK chart placings throughout his career.
In 1976, Les was selected over thousands of other auditioning guitarists to appear in the original cast of the smash hit Broadway musical "Beatlemania" playing lead guitar and the part of "George Harrison" in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. Running for two and a half years from May 1977 thru October 1979, every show (including over 1200 in New York alone) was sold out and the musicians quickly became celebrities with magazine cover stories ("Newsweek","Time", "People", "Rolling Stone") and many major television show appearances. With his guitar-playing in the international spotlight from the show, Fradkin developed a cult following that has avidly followed his career and made him a celebrity among guitar fans.
In the early 80's, he pioneered the introduction of tapeless MIDI recording with the SynthAxe and Synclavier scoring many national jingles and TV film music and he continues to be one of the foremost virtuosos of MIDI Guitar in the world today.
He has enjoyed chart success on the net as well with his songs reaching mp3.com's 1 position 16 times! New Gandy Dancer Rock Magazine named Les' CD "A Day At The Beach" it's 2004 Album Of The Year. In addition, Les has performed with The Ventures as 2nd Lead Guitarist. Nokie Edwards of The Ventures has performed with Les on several occasions and is a featured guest on his "While My Guitar Only Plays" CD. In fact, Les has been acknowledged as a guitar virtuoso for over 30 years and he has been featured in issues of 20th Century Guitar Magazine, Pipeline and New Gandy Dancer Magazines.
Today, Les has released 20 solo CD's on his RRO Entertainment Indie label and has had over 340,000 downloads bringing him several substantial hits on Apple iTunes and other download sites across the Internet.
His current music is a mixture of various influences and signposts including Progressive, Rock, Electronic and Classical.
He's a MIDI Guitar Virtuoso and now, a 21st Century music innovator on the Starr Labs Ztar. He combines two handed tapping, finger picking and Ableton Live Clip triggering into a startling and innovative new technique which has no equal.
In 1976, Les was selected over thousands of other auditioning guitarists to appear in the original cast of the smash hit Broadway musical "Beatlemania" playing lead guitar and the part of "George Harrison" in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. Running for two and a half years from May 1977 thru October 1979, every show (including over 1200 in New York alone) was sold out and the musicians quickly became celebrities with magazine cover stories ("Newsweek","Time", "People", "Rolling Stone") and many major television show appearances. With his guitar-playing in the international spotlight from the show, Fradkin developed a cult following that has avidly followed his career and made him a celebrity among guitar fans.
In the early 80's, he pioneered the introduction of tapeless MIDI recording with the SynthAxe and Synclavier scoring many national jingles and TV film music and he continues to be one of the foremost virtuosos of MIDI Guitar in the world today.
He has enjoyed chart success on the net as well with his songs reaching mp3.com's 1 position 16 times! New Gandy Dancer Rock Magazine named Les' CD "A Day At The Beach" it's 2004 Album Of The Year. In addition, Les has performed with The Ventures as 2nd Lead Guitarist. Nokie Edwards of The Ventures has performed with Les on several occasions and is a featured guest on his "While My Guitar Only Plays" CD. In fact, Les has been acknowledged as a guitar virtuoso for over 30 years and he has been featured in issues of 20th Century Guitar Magazine, Pipeline and New Gandy Dancer Magazines.
Today, Les has released 20 solo CD's on his RRO Entertainment Indie label and has had over 340,000 downloads bringing him several substantial hits on Apple iTunes and other download sites across the Internet.
His current music is a mixture of various influences and signposts including Progressive, Rock, Electronic and Classical.
He's a MIDI Guitar Virtuoso and now, a 21st Century music innovator on the Starr Labs Ztar. He combines two handed tapping, finger picking and Ableton Live Clip triggering into a startling and innovative new technique which has no equal.
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Les Fradkin Lyrics
A Day In the Life I read the news today oh boy About a lucky man…
All You Need Is Love Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love There's …
Back In the U.S.S.R Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC Didn't get to bed…
Back In the U.S.S.R. Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC Didn't get to bed…
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite For the benefit of Mr. Kite There will be a…
Black Gypsy Black Gypsy Verse 1: Broken windows, broken songs, Everybod…
Fixing A Hole I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in And…
Getting Better It's getting better all the time I used to get…
I Am The Walrus I am he as you are he as you are…
I Need You Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love There's …
I Want You There's a new world somewhere they call the Promised Land An…
Love You To Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love There's …
Lovely Rita Lovely Rita meter maid, Nothing can come between us, When…
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Picture yourself in a boat on a river With tangerine trees…
Reflections Of My Life The changing of sunlight to moonlight Reflections of my life…
Say You Love Me for Christmas Say You Love Me For Christmas- Les Fradkin CH: Say…
Stairway To Heaven There's a lady who's sure All that glitters is gold…
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill Hey, Bungalow Bill What did you kill Bungalow Bill? Hey, Bu…
This Is Love Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love There's …
You Program Me Say You Love Me For Christmas- Les Fradkin CH: Say…
You Were On My Mind When I woke up this morning You were on my mind You…