Lenny Breau, Don Francks, Eon Henstridge-"At The Purple Onion"

Following in the footsteps of Lenny Breau's-"The Hallmark Sessions" CD (Art of Life AL1007-2), "At The Purple Onion" captures Lenny performing in a live trio date recorded at the Purple Onion club in Toronto, Canada in August of 1962. This 68-minute previously unreleased live recording features Canadian singer/actor Don Francks on vocals and acoustic bassist Eon Henstridge. The original analog reel-to-reel master tapes have been in the possession of Lenny's former manager, George B. Sukornyk, for over forty years. Includes liner notes by Don Francks, Joey Hollingsworth, George B. Sukornyk and Ron Forbes-Roberts, author of the forthcoming biography: One Long Tune: The Life and Music of Lenny Breau. All tracks have been professionally mastered using 24-bit digital technology.

Buddy Emmons & Lenny Breau-"Minors Aloud"

"Minors Aloud" was recorded at Pete's Place in Nashville, Tennessee on August 7th & 8th, 1978 and originally released the same year on LP on Flying Fish Records. The album features several Jazz standards including Charlie Parker's Scrapple From the Apple and Benny Golson's Killer Joe in addition to the title track co-written by Buddy and Lenny. The closing track, Lenny Breau's composition, On a Bach Bouree, based upon J.S. Bach's Bouree in E Minor, is a perfect symbiosis of Jazz meets Classical. Buddy and Lenny are joined by acoustic bassist Charles Dungey, keyboardist Randy Goodrum and drummer Kenny Malone. The 6-page CD booklet includes the original album cover artwork and liner notes exactly as they appeared on the original LP release as well as new liner notes written by Buddy Emmons. Also included is a copy of the lead sheet for the title track handwritten by Lenny Breau himself! All tracks have been digitally remastered from the original analog master tapes using 24-bit digital technology.

Lenny Breau & Brad Terry-"Live at the Maine Festival"

Art of Life Records is proud to present our first DVD Video release, Lenny Breau & Brad Terry-"Live at the Maine Festival". This rare video performance, which was recorded live at the Maine Festival at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine on August 2nd, 1980, features the only known existing video footage of Lenny Breau playing his acoustic seven-string guitar. Lenny and Brad perform two popular Jazz standards, "Emily" by Mercer & Mandel and "Autumn Leaves" by Prevert, Mercer & Kosma. The DVD Bonus Features include an eight minute video interview and performance clips with Brad Terry, two previously unreleased High-Resolution 24-bit/96kHz Audio Only Bonus Tracks by Lenny Breau & Brad Terry ("Limehouse Blues" and "Make Someone Happy") and an extensive Lenny Breau Discography featuring over 100 recordings of Lenny as both a leader and as a sideman which includes artist, album title, year and record label information. The "Live at the Maine Festival" DVD Video is an All Region Code, NTSC, 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen Format disc featuring High-Resolution 24-bit/96kHz Digital Audio Tracks and a Dolby Digital Soundtrack. Total video running time, concert footage and Brad Terry video interview, is approximately thirty minutes. Includes liner notes written by Brad Terry.

My favorite Lenny Breau lyrics

'D' Minor Blues Hallmark Sessions 'D' Minor Blues [Stereo Version][*] Hallmark Sessions 'R' Tune Hallmark Sessions 'R' Tune [Stereo Version][*] Hallmark Sessions (Back Home Again In) Indiana The Livingroom Tapes, Vol. 2 ...But Beautiful Five O'clock Bells/Mo Breau 24/36 Blues Live at Donte's A Gentile Sings the Blues At the Purple Onion A Hard Day's Night Guitar Sounds of Lenny Breau A New Electric Chair At the Purple Onion A Taste of Honey Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau All Blues Live at Bourbon St. All the Things You Are Live at Bourbon St. Amy (For Cinde) Five O'clock Bells/Mo Breau Answering Machine (Spoken Word) Mosaic Anytime Swingin' on a Seven String Arabian Fantasy Hallmark Sessions Autumn Leaves Five O'clock Bells/Mo Breau Autumn Leaves [*] The Complete Living Room Tapes Ba de da Da Last Sessions Back in Indiana Swingin' on a Seven String Batucada Standard Brands Beautiful Love Last Sessions Beautiful People Live at Bourbon St. Betty Cody-Beau Interview Boy Wonder Birth of the Blues Boy Wonder Blue Echo Boy Wonder Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain [#][*] Swingin' on a Seven String Blue Heartaches Boy Wonder Blue Moon of Kentucky Swingin' on a Seven String Blues for Carole The Livingroom Tapes, Vol. 1 Blues in Extension Boy Wonder Blues in My Case Live at Bourbon St. Blues Theme Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau Blues Theme, No. 2 Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau Bluesette Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau Bonaparte's Retreat Swingin' on a Seven String Brazilian Love Song (Batucada) Hallmark Sessions Broadway Chance Meeting But Beautiful, No. 2 Last Sessions Call Me [*] Guitar Sounds of Lenny Breau Cannonball Rag The Livingroom Tapes, Vol. 2 Caravan Boy Wonder Cattle Call Standard Brands Celtic Dream Stream Cabin Fever Cherokee Chance Meeting Chinatown, My Chinatown Boy Wonder Claude [Free Song] Lenny Breau Trio Cold, Cold Heart Guitar Sounds of Lenny Breau Conversation Chance Meeting

Lenny Breau discography

Lenny Breau (August 5, 1941–August 12, 1984) was a Canadian guitarist. He was known for blending many styles of music including: country, classical, flamenco and jazz guitar. Breau, inspired by country guitarists like Chet Atkins, used fingerstyle techniques not often used in jazz guitar.

Discography

"GUITAR SOUNDS FROM LENNY BREAU" 1969 RCA (LP) "THE VELVET TOUCH OF L.BREAU-LIVE!" 1969 RCA/1994 ONE WAY (LP,CD) 
"THE LEGENDARY LENNY BREAU...NOW!" 1979 SOUND HOLE (LP) 
"LENNY BREAU" 1979 DIRECT-DISK LABS/1999 ADELPHI-GENES (LP,CD) 
"FIVE O'CLOCK BELLS" 1979 ADELPHI/1987 GENES (LP,CD) 
"MO' BREAU" 1981 ADELPHI/1987 GENES (LP,CD) 
"WHEN LIGHTN' STRIKES" 1984 TUDOR/2005 ART OF LIFE (LP,CD) 
"LEGACY" 1983 RELAXED RABBIT (LP) 
"QUIETUDE" 1985 ELECTRIC MUSE (LP) 
"LAST SESSIONS" 1988 GENES (LP,CD) 
"CABIN FEVER" 1997 GUITARCHIVES (CD) 
"BOY WONDER" 1998 GUITARCHIVES (CD) 
"LIVE AT DONTE'S" 2000 STRING JAZZ (CD) 
"THE HALLMARK SESSIONS" 2003 ART OF LIFE (CD) 
"SWINGIN' ON A SEVEN-STRING" 2005 ART OF LIFE (CD) 
"LENNY BREAU TRIO" 1985 ADELPHI (LP) 
"STANDARD BRANDS" 1981 RCA/1994 ONE WAY (LP,CD) 
"PICKIN' COTTEN" 2001 GUITARCHIVES (CD) 
"CHANCE MEETING" 1997 GUITARCHIVES (CD) 
"THE LIVING ROOM TAPES-VOL. 1" 1988 LIVINGROOM/1988 MHS (LP,CD) 
"THE LIVING ROOM TAPES-VOL. 2" 1990 MHS (CD) 
"THE COMPLETE LIVING ROOM TAPES" 2003 ART OF LIFE (TWO CD SET) 
"LIVE AT BOURBON ST." 1995 GUITARCHIVES (CD) 
"AT THE PURPLE ONION" 2004 ART OF LIFE (CD) 
"IT'S NOT EASY TO FORGET" 1956 EMPEROR (45RPM) 
"ME AND MY GUITAR" 1977 RCA (LP) 
"THE BEST OF CHET ATKINS & FRIENDS" 1976 RCA/1995 RCA (LP,CD)
"GREAT HITS OF THE PAST" 1983 RCA (LP) 
"KILLIN' THE WIND" 1981 OCEAN (LP) 
"SOME OTHER KIND OF SOUL" 196? REVOLVER (LP) 
"A TOUCH OF BRYANT" 1980 CMH (LP) 
"LORD OF THE DANCE" 1972 COLUMBIA (LP) 
"HOPELESS WOMAN/THE WAY YOU TREATED ME" 19?? FAMILY (45RPM) 
"SINGING AGAIN" 1979 EAB (LP) 
"BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND" 1970 GRT/2002 SONGCYCLES (LP,CD) 
"THE STREETS OF LAREDO" 1956 EVENT (45RPM) 
"CHINA NIGHTS/BLUES IN MY MIND" 1956 EVENT (45RPM) 
"NINE POUND HAMMER/YOU NEVER MISS THE WATER" 1957 EVENT (45RPM) 
"THE SOUL OF DICK CURLESS" 1965 TOWER (LP) 
"A TOMBSTONE EVERY MILE" 1996 BEAR FAMILY (7-CD BOX SET) 
"SOFT AND GROOVY" 1968 CAPITOL (LP) 
"MINORS ALOUD" 1978 FLYING FISH/2005 ART OF LIFE (LP,CD) 
"NUMBER 23" 1997 FINGERSTYLE GUITAR MAGAZINE (CD) 
"NO ONE IN THIS WORLD IS LIKE DON FRANCKS!" 1963 KAPP (LP) 
"LOST... AND ALONE" 1964 KAPP (LP) 
"NORTH COUNTRY" 1971 RCA (LP) 
"MOE'S CURRIED SOUL" 1970 KAMA SUTRA (LP) 
"SORCERER'S DANCE" 1972 HOPI (LP) 
"PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND IS HEAVEN TO ME/DOWN BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS" 1956
"BOTH SIDES NOW" 1968 ARC (LP,CD) 
"DANNY'S SONG" 1973 EMI (LP,CD) 
"GOLDEN GUITAR MAGIC" 1969 RCA CUSTOM (4 LP-BOX SET) 
"DRACULA IS COMING TO TOWN/SO LONG MY FRIEND" 1972 CAPITOL (45RPM) 
"INTRODUCING TED RIVERS" 1959 REO (LP) 
"TEN GOLDEN YEARS OF COUNTRY" 19?? POINT (LP) 
"I CAN DO ANYTHING" 1983 ONE-EYED DUCK (LP) 
"BUDDIES" 1977 FLYING FISH (LP) 
"YESTERDAY & TODAY" 1977 DIRECT DISK (LP) 
"SHE CAN LEAVE ME/RAISE A RUCKUS" 1966 CAPITOL (45RPM) 
"SHE'S A SQUARE/IF YOU DON'T MEAN IT" 1959 CHATEAU (45RPM) 
"CBC RADIO CANADA BROADCAST RECORDING" 1974 CBC RADIO (LP) 
"COMPANIONS" 1984 JAM (LP,CD-JAPAN ONLY)