Greg Leskiw
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Greg Leskiw is a Canadian guitarist best known for playing guitar with The Guess Who
1970-1972.
replacing Randy Bachman
. Leskiw wrote the "One Divided" which appeared on he album So Long, Bannatyne
. After a few albums with The Guess Who, Leskiw called it quits in early 1972 and formed Mood jga jga, and was a member of Crowcuss with Bill Wallace, who had also been a member of The Guess Who. Crowcuss was formed in 1976 after the Guess Who broke up.
The Guess Who
The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...
1970-1972.
History
Greg's father was, like Elvis Costello's, a talented but not widely known jazz guitarist. Greg Leskiw began playing the guitar at the age of 12. Through Leskiw's high school years he played in Winnipeg rock bands such as The Shags, Logan Avenue, and Wild Rice. By 1969 Wild Rice dissolved, and in mid-1970 he started playing with The Guess Who along with Kurt WinterKurt Winter
Kurt Winter was a Canadian guitarist and songwriter, best known as a member of The Guess Who.After starting his career with Winnipeg bands The Fifth, Gettysbyrg Address, and Brother, Winter joined The Guess Who in May 1970, along with co-guitarist Greg Leskiw, replacing Randy Bachman...
replacing Randy Bachman
Randy Bachman
Randolph Charles "Randy" Bachman, OC, OM is a Canadian musician best known as lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member for both the 1960s–70s rock band The Guess Who, and the 1970s rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive...
. Leskiw wrote the "One Divided" which appeared on he album So Long, Bannatyne
So Long, Bannatyne
So Long, Bannatyne is an album released in 1971 by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who.-Story:The album covers and the title track illustrate a transition in band member Kurt Winter's life....
. After a few albums with The Guess Who, Leskiw called it quits in early 1972 and formed Mood jga jga, and was a member of Crowcuss with Bill Wallace, who had also been a member of The Guess Who. Crowcuss was formed in 1976 after the Guess Who broke up.
Discography with the Guess Who
- 1970 - Share the LandShare the LandShare the Land is an album released in 1970 by Canadian rock band The Guess Who. After the departure of Randy Bachman, the band brought in two guitarists, Kurt Winter and Greg Leskiw....
- 1971 - Best of The Guess Who
- 1971 - So Long, BannatyneSo Long, BannatyneSo Long, Bannatyne is an album released in 1971 by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who.-Story:The album covers and the title track illustrate a transition in band member Kurt Winter's life....
- 1972 - Rockin'Rockin'Rockin' is an album released in 1972 by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. Two charting singles were released from the album. "Heartbroken Bopper" spent seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number 47, and "Guns, Guns, Guns" spent six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number...