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Leake played piano on One Dozen Berrys, Chuck Berry's second album, released in 1958 by Chess. He was then on Chuck Berry Is on Top; Leake (not Berry's longtime bandmate Johnnie Johnson) played the prominent piano on the classic original rendition of "Johnny B. Goode", as well as "Rock and Roll Music". Leake's song "Wrinkles", performed by the Big Three Trio, was featured on the soundtrack of David Lynch's 1990 film, Wild at Heart  . Might is Right! (1960) Yambo/Weis. Feel So Blue (1978) Black & Blue (France), reissued as Easy Blues (2002).

One of the most elusive major musical figures to come out of the Chess Records orbit, Lafayette Leake was so reticent about being in the spotlight that virtually nothing is known about his life, beyon. ead Full Biography.

Might is Right! 77701. Lafayette Leake Trio. Lucky Peterson is an American musician who plays contemporary blues, fusing soul, R&B, gospel and rock and roll. Music journalist Tony Russell, in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray has said, Petersons father, bluesman James Peterson, owned a nightclub in Buffalo called The Governors Inn.

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Lafayette Leake could play any style of Blues piano with exquisite phrasing, which made him a hot session musician & a welcome guest at many special occasions. Lafayette plays at home for a German documentary crew; During the 70s, Lafayette stepped back from the spotlight a little, playing mainly in Chicago clubs, but his reputation and talent meant he was always a welcome guest on special occasions, like Chuck Berry’s 1986 Chicago Blues Festival show, and with Willie Dixon at the White House in 1989.

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Lafayette Leake (June 1, 1919 - August 14, 1990) was a blues and jazz pianist, organist, vocalist and composer who played for Chess Records as a session musician, and as a member of the Big Three Trio, during the formative years of Chicago blues. He played piano on many of Chuck Berry's recordings. View full artist profile. Play all. Laura Rucker. Goode". Leake played on numerous other Chess sessions from the '50s through the '70s, backing many of the Chess greats, including Sonny Boy Williamson,Otis Rush, Junior Wells, and Little Walter.