"'In My Own Words' CD album is one of the very best I've heard from an Independent writer/performer this year! This project could REALLY explode on radio. Exposure is ALL that it needs." ~Ed King, Country Western Corner Entertainment News, February 2 [+]"'In My Own Words' CD album is one of the very best I've heard from an Independent writer/performer this year! This project could REALLY explode on radio. Exposure is ALL that it needs." ~Ed King, Country Western Corner Entertainment News, February 2003, Vol. 18 No. 2
"Excellent CD of terrific country songs that tell moving stories. What a gorgeous collection! Each song you penned is a small masterpiece filled with emotion and deep feeling of love of country and people dear to you...a real singing poet and a Patriot. Great!" ~Miroslaw Desperak, DJ, Institute of Technology FM Radio, Czestochowa Poland
2003
Fred Leonard...In My Own Words
I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, have been married for nearly 18 years and have four children. "Cincinnati Town" was written about my hometown; how I believe it to be one of the best-kept secrets and one of the best places to live in this great country.
I was influenced, growing up, by many groups of the 60's and 70's. The first time I heard the Beatles, I thought they were some new country group, because of their unique harmonies. I liked the sound and when I was 14 years old I started playing my father's Spanish acoustic guitar that he had hidden in an upstairs attic. I came from a large family of 5 brothers and 2 sisters, so we didn't have much money. Therefore, I had plenty of time to practice the guitar and sing while my friends went to movies and ballgames.
I went on to form many rock 'n roll bands and played with many other groups through the years, but nothing seemed to work for me until I started playing country music. Thus "Playin' Country Music" was written. I went on to play professionally for many years in the Country/Bluegrass genre. It seemed that I had found my niche and have enjoyed playing and writing country music ever since.
When I was 18 years old, I played and sang for a season on the Delta Queen Riverboat. There I had many happy times cruising up and down the Mississippi, Ohio and other rivers from St. Paul, Minnesota to New Orleans.
Years later, I joined the Jim Bishop Band in Cincinnati and played for many years in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. It was during this time that I really developed a deep love and respect for country and bluegrass music. We were
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