Vince Leggiere Bio:

He started his musical career playing trumpet and guitar in elementary school and began playing the bass guitar at the age of fourteen. He went off to the Crane School of Music located in Potsdam, NY in 1979 to pursue and complete a Bachelor of Music degree in Double Bass performance and Musical Studies.

While attending Crane, He honed his skills on both the Upright and Electric bass in the Classical, Jazz, Blues and Jazz-Rock styles of music. He played bass for The Potsdam College Jazz Ensemble and toured and recorded an album with this ensemble.

After many years of extensive performing and recording session work, he landed a gig playing bass for the Great award winning Blues-man Joe Louis Walker. While touring with Joe in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, He had the opportunity to share the stage with many Greats such as; J. Geils, Ronnie Earl, Eric Bibb, Duke Robbilard , David Maxwell, The Texas Horns and live performances on Don Odells Legends TV show and Bill Wax Sirius Radio He also played bass guitar for The Murali Coryell Band.While touring with Murali, he had the opportunity to perform twice on Direct TV “Artie Lang Show” and shared the stage with Larry Coryell. Vince also played bass on Murali Coryell “Live” record.

In June of 2014, Vince was inducted into The New York Blues Hall of Fame as a “Master Blues Artist”