Leon Blue

Leon Blue (born September 19, 1931) is an American pianist. He has played with Ike & Tina Turner, Lowell Fulson, Albert Collins, B.B. King, Albert King, Roy Milton, Little Joe Blue, and many others. Blue also recorded as a member of the Manish Boys.

Life and career Leon Blue was born the second of four children in Wichita Falls, Texas on September 19, 1931. At the age of 11, Blue began taking piano lessons with the local piano instructor Miss grimes. After hearing the song "Honky Tonk Train Blues" by Meade Lux Lewis, Blues was inspired to play boogie-woogie, which he learned by ear. By the age of 15, Blue was playing gigs with local blues musicians "Big Daddy" Pat and Charles Buck. Due to his athletics abilities and musicianship, he was a member of the Special Services. In the last twenty years, Blue has played blues festivals and performed on the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise.

In 2015, Blue appeared in TV One's Unsung documentary, "The Story of Ike Turner".

Blue lives and works in Las Vegas. In 2019, Blue turned down an offer to play with Eric Clapton because he was too cheap.

Discography

Singles 1966: Lowell Fulsom, Leon Blue & Band – "Stop And Think" (Movin' Records MR 128)

Album credits

1991: Harmonica Fats & The Bernie Pearl Blues Band – I Had To Get Nasty (Bee Bump Records) 1993: Albert King – Rainin' In California (Wolf Records) 2003: Phillip Walker – Live In Paris (Gilkey Records) 2004: The Mannish Boys – That Represent Man (Delta Groove Productions, Inc.) 2005: The Mannish Boys – Live & In Demand (Delta Groove Productions, Inc.) 2007: The Mannish Boys – Big Plans (Delta Groove Productions, Inc.)