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Harry Leahey
Harry F. Leahey (September 1, 1935 — August 12, 1990) was an American jazz guitarist and teacher. Biography Guitar studies Leahey received his first guitar, a Stella, at the age of thirteen. He went on to study with Lou Melia at Sayer's Studio in Plainfield, who taught him the " consecutive picking" technique. A few years later, he began studying with Harry Volpe, studio guitarist and teacher of such players as Joe Pass and Sal Salvador. His saxophonist neighbour, Bill Pfeiffer, introduced Leahey to the jazz and studio guitarist Johnny Smith, who took him under his wing for six months and showed him how to perform "alternate picking." Around 1952, he made friends with a record store employee, Edie Linzer, who lent him a 10-inch record of Django Reinhardt. It featured "Manoir des mes rêves" and "Nuages." He quickly added these songs to his repertoire, eventually re-recording them in the 70's with the Phil Woods Quintet. Career As a teenager, Leahey formed a group with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh ( moh, Tsi ietsénhtha) is a city in, and the seat of, Clinton County, New York, United States, situated on the north-western shore of Lake Champlain. The population was 19,841 at the 2020 census. The population of the surrounding (and separately incorporated) Town of Plattsburgh was 11,886 as of the 2020 census, making the combined population for all of greater Plattsburgh to be 31,727. Plattsburgh lies just to the northeast of Adirondack Park, immediately outside of the park boundaries. It is the second largest community in the North Country region (after Watertown), and serves as the main commercial hub for the sparsely populated northern Adirondack Mountains. The land around what is referred to as Plattsburgh was previously inhabited by the Iroquois, Western Abenaki, Mohican and Mohawk people. Samuel de Champlain was the first ever recorded European that sailed into Champlain Valley and later claimed the region as a part of New France in 1609. Plattsburgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
