Leigh Stephens


Leigh Stephens is an American guitarist and songwriter best known for being former lead guitarist of the San Francisco psychedelic rock group Blue Cheer.

Blue Cheer

Leigh Stephens has recorded two albums with the band, Vincebus Eruptum and Outsideinside. He has claimed to have been the only member of the band who did not use drugs. His replacement as Blue Cheer's lead guitarist was Randy Holden.

After Blue Cheer

After recording a solo album, Red Weather, Leigh Stephens went on to form Silver Metre in 1969, with Micky Waller, who had just been fired from the Jeff Beck Group; other members of the band were Pete Sears and Jack Reynolds, recorded one album at Trident Studios in London, England, released on the National General Records, produced by their manager, FM rock radio pioneer Tom Donahue.
Leigh Stephens also formed another band in 1971 called Pilot. Pilot only produced one album in 1972 that is self-titled. The members were Bruce Stephens, Leigh Stephens, Martin Quittenton, Neville Whitehead and Mick Waller.
His 1971 album, And a Cast of Thousands featured among other musicians, his fellow band members from the above-mentioned band, together with the power trio Ashton, Gardner and Dyke, together with the two sax players from If, Dave Quincey, Dick Morrissey, and Jethro Tull bassist, Glenn Cornick.
While still involved in the music scene in the early 1990s, Stephens also worked as a graphic artist and studio photographer. He designed automotive illustrations for the advertising and production of a mail order catalog company, ASAP, in Carson City, Nevada.

Recognition

He was ranked number 98 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the Top 100 Guitarists.

Discography

With Blue Cheer

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Singles
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