The Lenny Solomon Band October 30, 2009

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Lenny Solomon's style has been compared to early Bob Dylan, Guy Clark, and Jerry Jeff Walker. Solomon began his career in the late 1960s. A fixture in the old Idler Coffeehouse in Harvard Square, Cambridge, he regularly performed there on Friday nights for over eight years. The Idler was a training ground for such luminaries as Geoff Bartley, Paul Rishell, Spider John Koerner, and Ric Ocasek. During his years as a solo performer he shared bills with many name performers such as Chris Smither, Carolyn Hester, Bonnie Raitt, and Spider John. For many years music provided a backdrop for his life.

From the 1980s through the mid-1990s Solomon continued to write songs but rarely performed in public. He chose rather to raise his family (now grown) and to work in environmental research at Harvard
University. In 1997 Solomon decided to get back into live performing
and formed a folk/country band appropriately enough called Solomon.
Members of the Solomon band include Bill Gibbs on guitars and backup vocals; Don Barry on standup bass and harmony vocals; and Dennis Gurgul on drums and percussion. Performing his original material, Solomon has released four CD's.

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