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Howard Leese
real name Howard M. Leese
Hollywood, United States
Howard Leese is credited on 575 releases across 82 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

575
Credits
82
Albums
7
Decades active
461
In collections
Biography
Howard M. Leese (13 June 1951, Hollywood, California) is an American guitarist, record producer and musical director who played with Heart for 22 years (1975-1997). He continues to record and tour as a solo artist, and as guitarist with The Paul Rodgers Band and Bad Company.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
575 releases · 82 albums · active 1968–2023
- Performance · 2,240
- Other credits · 120
- Production · 16
- Engineering · 8
Studios: One On One Studios · Power Station · Can-Am Recorders · A&M Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Dreamboat Annie
1975

Little Queen
1977

Heart
1985

Dog & Butterfly
1978

Magazine
1977

Bad Animals
1987

Greatest Hits / Live
1980

Bebe Le Strange
1980

Brigade
1990

Passionworks
1983

Rockstar
2023

Greatest Hits
1998

Private Audition
1982

The Essential Heart
2002

The Best Of Lita Ford
1992

Randy Meisner
1982

Desire Walks On
1993

All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You
1990

Live At Red Rocks
2017

The Yellow Album
1998

These Dreams - Heart's Greatest Hits
1997

These Dreams
1986

California Jam 2
1978

Barracuda
1977
Frequent collaborators
- Heart
- Songbird
- Bad Company (3)
- Tom Middleton (2)
- Lita Ford
- Various
- The Zoo (11)
- Christian (58)
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