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Les Dudek (born August 2, 1952, at Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island) is an American guitarist. The Beatles caught Les’ ear at an early age. In 1962, at the age of ten, Les asked his parents for a guitar for Christmas. They bought him an acoustic guitar from Sears & Roebuck. His musical influences, along with The Beatles, were Cream, Jimi Hendrix, and The Ventures. He had built quite a reputation around the Florida area as a proficient guitar player, having started playing in local bands as a teenager. Those bands were "The United Sounds", "Blue Truth" and "Power". That reputation would place him in the studio with the Allman Brothers Band for the recording of the Brothers & Sisters album. He played guitar harmonies with Dickey Betts on the well-known song "Ramblin' Man" and acoustic guitar on "Jessica".
His next stops were as a guitarist for Boz Scaggs and The Steve Miller Band. Dudek was invited to play in a supergroup called Journey but he had received an offer to record for Columbia Records as a solo artist. He recorded four solo albums for Columbia Records, "Les Dudek" (Debut), "Say No More", "Ghost Town Parade" and "Gypsy Ride". His work was praised by the critics but widespread fame and success eluded him. He had two minor hits with “City Magic” and “Old Judge Jones” which were played frequently on local radio stations in the Los Angeles, California area, where he lived at the time, having moved to West Hollywood in the mid-1970s.[citation needed]
He later collaborated with Cher, Stevie Nicks, and with two other Columbia Artists, Mike Finnegan and Jim Krueger, with whom he formed DFK (Dudek, Finnegan, and Krueger) in 1978. A DFK album was released by Columbia Records a year later.
Between the years 1979 and 1982, Les and Cher had a personal as well as professional relationship. Dudek wrote and performed some of the music for the 1984 movie Mask starring Cher, Sam Elliott, Eric Stoltz, and Laura Dern. He had a small part in the film as "Bone", a biker. He has worked for NBC, ABC, ESPN, Fox Sports, and E! Entertainment Television. He can be heard on many television series including Friends.
In 1989, he did a brief stint with legendary Canadian rock group John Kay & Steppenwolf as their guitarist. But problems developed between Dudek and Kay which led to him leaving the band after only one month on tour.
1991 Les played guitar with Stevie Nicks on her "Whole Lot Of Trouble" tour.
Two more solo CDs later, "Deeper Shades Of Blues" and "Freestyle", Dudek hit the road again with his own band, and has been performing songs from all his records, plus a few hits he's recorded with other artists.

Track Listing “Les Dudek - Les Dudek (1976)”:
1. City Magic (5:30)
2. Sad Clown (5:19)
3. Don't Stop Now (3:54)
4. Each Morning (7:27)
5. It Can Do (6:29)
6. Take The Time (4:07)
7. Cruisin' Groove (4:08)
8. What A Sacrifice (7:01)

Track Listing “Les Dudek - Say No More (1977):
1. Jailabamboozle (3:06)
2. Lady You're Nasty (4:40)
3. One To Beam Up (2:05)
4. Avatar (5:00)
5. Old Judge Jones (4:56)
6. Baby Sweet Baby (5:35)
7. What's It Gonna Be (3:27)
8. Zorro Rides Again (5:50)
9. I Remember (2:07)

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 2xCD
Genre: Rock
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
Year of Release: 1976 & 1977 (Remastered 2007)
Speelduur: 85 minuten
Cover: Front, Back en Insides zijn in de RARs verwerkt