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History of a Wild Desert Cowboy
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rhY started his music career in many acclaimed youth orchestras playing viola. He then got into Jimi Hendrix and the Doors, learned guitar, and started playing in bars long before it was legal for him to be there (His high school principle mistakenly bought him a beer WHILE he was still in school!). rhY then self-produced his first album playing every part himself in a studio he had cobbled together from scraps and sheer hard work, all before the age of 20, and while supporting himself at dead-end jobs.
He's been the drummer for The Funky Uncles, Guitarist for The Communizt V, Cellist for The Hooliganz, Violist for Cuerdas, Lead singer of The Clydzdale Jockeyz, was on the Vans Warped Tour 2008 as Fiddler for The Bleeding Irish, was lead singer for The Green Jacket, lead singer and producer for The Rogue Rebellion, and has recorded many, many albums, and also toured nationally for more than 10 years with LeperKhanz. He's currently playing solo OFTEN, and playing in his country band The Lonely Boots, as well as recording at studios in Hawaii, California, and Oregon. rhY has shared the stage with: Pennywise Katy Perry Flogging Molly Nickel Creek As I Lay Dying The Young Dubliners Shoppy Kodi Lee Pinkeye Against Me! The Aggrolites and many more.... |
On the road with LeperKhanz, The Bleeding Irish, The Rogue Rebellion, & Solo
Southern California was home for a long time.
"White Betty" in her native habitat with The Rogue Rebellion. Coos Bay, Oregon
Nominated for a San Diego Music Award
Los Angeles with "The Horns of Fervor"
The Mandolin, Temecula
Playing the legendary "Rogue Theatre" in Grants Pass
"The Green Jacket" with Byron Blocker. OceanSide
rhY was born on Christmas Day. This was in Mammoth
rhY's equipment requirements are not light. Oregon
Bakersfield has always been good to me!
Cuerdas, a String Quartet. Encinitas
Life as a Musician, is life at the Airport. Honolulu
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LeperKhanz in Long Beach, California.
The crowd tore the place apart that night!
rhY's promotional art for the LeperKhanz
Fletcher from Pennywise changed the carburetor on rhY's bus once in San Francisco
"Get Shamrocked" 2019
LeperKhanz as "The Big Lebowski" Churchill's
LeperKhanz CD Release Party, Back Stage
Murrieta
With "The Big JD" on KKSM in San Marcos
Ernie Ball Stage, Warped Tour, Pomona
Hollywood
The Grizzly Rose, once owned by Willie Nelson. Riverside
In the Studio with an Antique Hollowbody. Carlsbad
LeperKhanz on the road in Fallbrook
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rhY has also taught hundreds of students violin, guitar, bass, cello, ukulele, viola, mandolin, and vocals from Alaska to Mexico, and was the Director of the String Department at the Encinitas School of Music.
