Fingerstyle guitar piece recorded and produced by Mike Hoffman.
Composed and Performed by Joey Leal.

Riverwalk

Original song performed by Joey Leal featuring Mike Hoffman on Lead Electric
Produced by Mike Hoffman.

Millworking Man

Rain In June

Hiding place

  When Leal was 10, the neighborhood kids were outside playing while he sat in his room fascinated with learning the guitar.  When he was 17, his Waukesha South High School classmates would talk about Michael Jackson and hair bands and he would clamor to hear the new Leo Kottke recordings, “anything with a guitar and a guy basically.”
  Now that Leal is 38, some of the old neighborhood kids and classmates come out to see him do what he loves.
 “I like the feel of playing for people and the look on their faces when their really into the groove, Leal said, “Especially when they recognize an original piece.”
 And there’s alot to recognize.  The 1989 Graduate of Waukesha South High has 7 independent CD releases.
  His library includes RIVERWALK 1998, FINGERTALK 2000, X*L*R*8*(Accelerate)2004, SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN 2006, ACOUSTIC HAND JIVE 2007, JOEY LEAL(self-titled)2009 and CHRISTMAS TUNES 2009.
  In addition to his long list of original tunes and songs, Leal includes songs by various popular artists.
 “If you like music by James Taylor, John Mayer, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges, you’ll like Joey Leal,” he said.  “ I am also a big fan of the local scene with artists such as Willy Porter, melaniejane, Chrissy Dzioba, Sammy Llanas, Peter Mulvey , Heidi Spencer and Jeffrey Foucault.”
  He attendeded school for sometime after graduation at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee Wisconsin under the accomplished Bill Brenckle.  Leal quickly lost interest in the idea of “music on paper,” having developed a unique way of reading and writing music by the age of 15.
  “I am proud to be from the town that gave us Les Paul and Sammy Llanas of the BoDeans. That’s very inspiring to me.”

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