leehoward® Musical CV
What a fantastic musical journey it has been-
Always working, always recording, always making new music.
1978-1983- Nightwatch-Blues Rock
Florida/Canada/Los Angeles
We were a Trio and sometime quartet with singer. Consisting of leehoward, and my brothers: Steve Krall and Russ Krall. We played and toured from LA through Utah and Montana; to the Yukon, Banff, Calgary, Edmonton and the Northwest. Great Project.
1982-1984 - KGB ( Killer Garage Band)
PowerPunkFunkRock
Sacramento Valley/ Chico/ Bay Area based playing mostly covers of songs by Plimsouls, Talking Heads, INXS, Police, Elvis Costello and other new wave punchy rock songs of there day. We toured and worked 5 nights a week all up along the Sacramento Valley for 2 years- We bought an old bus- put beds and a lounge in it to travel with. It was a great musical bootcamp - it really got us experienced onstage getting more polished. Which lead us to our next project:
1984-1986 - Critical Town -
Power Pop
We started writing music by now, ditching most of the covers. Developing 3 sets of music- we played all over the valley working 2-3 nights a week, building a creative music scene around us. Our sound was influenced by the music of U2, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Joy Division, and the jazz we were listening to: Mahavishnu Orchestra , Allman Brothers, Miles Davis, Weather Report. We recorded 2 albums, which later became a Box Set of our work- a 4 cd package., now out of print.
1990 - 1992 - Uncle Russ and the Blue Caravan -
Blues Rock
New Mexico based band I played in with my older bother Russ and local legendary drummer Mike Fleming. We played throughout the Albuquerque Metro. We recorded one album.
Lee left to live and work in Santa Fe next where he met the great Dwight Loop beginning a 20 year collaboration!
1994 - Uswethemthey -
Ambient and Electronic Rock -
Santa Fe New Mexico
Lee and Dwight started to compose immediately both sharing a love for Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, Morton Subbotnick the Orb and Electronic Dance Music. Featuring the singing of Amy Hobbs, Drummer Jeff Sussmann, leehoward - Bass and Voices and Dwight Loop - Floppy Disc samples and grooves
1996-1998 -Groove Merchants -
Ambient Power Rock -San Francisco
with Nick Browning, Reed Combs, Andy and myself, all original, we played throughout the bay Area in the last 90’s. Soaring Ambient Globalized music. Progressive Power Pop with delicious grooves and the majesty of Nick Browning’s Guitar Work.
1999-2001 - Tone Pharaoh -
Electronic Dance Music -San Francisco
Computer /Bass / Percussionist/ Singer for Tone Pharaoh- we played for the newly emerging “TECH” crowd of the Dot.Com days of late 90’s San Francisco. We played Burning Man Parties, Street Fest
Raves and Corporate Parties. Dwight Loop- Synths; Noor - Singer; leehoward- Bass/Vx; Teerth- Percussion and
Ray Regan - Guitars/Synth.
2001- 2008- Tropozone -
Deep Ambient Music
Carrying on with Dwight Loop- we became the house electronic ensemble at Lynn Augstein’s Cobalt Sun Gallery, performing six Musical Installations throughout San Francisco, Santa Cruz , Marin and Sonoma Counties. Dwight Loop- Synths; Noor - Singer; leehoward- Bass/Vx; Teerth- Percussion and Ray Regan - Guitars/Synth.
1998-2003 -Trio Solea -
Latin Guitar Romantica
leehoward - Bass; Ken Kunst - Spanish Guitar; Bo Martin - Spanish Guitar and Stan Ginn - Percussion.
We played throughout the Sonoma, Marin and Napa Valleys- Our music was delicate well played guitar romantica- Jobim, Brazilian and other Pan American musics - very popular at weddings, corporate events, wineries and city concerts. Hugely successful musical project.
2003-2006 - EarthAlien -
World Ambient Electronica
leehoward - Producing/Bass/Guitar; Dwight Loop - Synthiotics/Loops/Samples; Justin Parker - Recorders/Keys; Arnold Bodmer - Piano. We created three beautiful masterpieces and performed three installations in Santa Fe over the course of three years.
2007-2014 - David Correa and Cascada -
Latin Guitar Music
David Correa - Latin Guitar; leehoward - Basses; and Tim Bolling - Percussion. Sounding much like the music of Jesses Cook, Strunz and
Farah and Paco de Lucia, the three of us played David’s original music throughout the nine counties of the Bay Area. We were working four nights week, 52 weeks a year. We became the house band at a beautiful wine bar in Danville playing every Friday and Saturday for three years! With that momentum, we added San Diego and L.A. to our yearly touring. Then based on the success of these shows - we expanded and established yearly tours from Texas /Arizona and New Mexico to Northern California/Oregon/Washington and all the way to the Canadian Border. Wineries, City Noon Concerts, Brew Pubs, Private Parties - this was a very successful, fun project making money selling CDs everywhere, and the tours getting more and more lucrative.
2014-2018 - leehowardsmusicaluniverse -
Instrumental Rock
Joining up with drummer John Waller, Guitarist Joe Livoti and Reed Combs - Percussion, lee established a intriguing sound of instrumental classics playing throughout the Bay Area especially Wineries, Restaurants, Festivals and City Concerts
2018-2020 - EarthAlien Live in Santa Fe
EarthAlien got back together and played three more installations in Santa Fe
2018 New Mexico Best Electronic Music Artist Award
leehoward wins the New Mexico Music Award for best new Electronic Artist. Performing live at Sandia Casino at the Awards Show with Dwight Loop, lee played his new single “Windows to the Soul”
( also the winning song! )
2018- 2026 - leehowardsmuslicaluniverse / leehowardsmusic2026
Currently lee’s solo music career-
Deep. Ambient. Global. Rockin’
Releasing 8 new Albums during this Period-
Prayer for the Living (2018)
Generosity (2019)
EarthAlien® - Ominosity ( 2019)
Quantum Human (2020)
Children of the Universe ( 2022)
leehoward® - Body Volume One (2026)
leehoward®- Body Volume Two (2026)
Groove Merchants® - Mesa Sessions (2026)
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