Buttermilk Platform
Buttermilk Platform is a solo outing headed up by rock man Les Lewellyn. He is a grooved out hip dude that loves music and began writing about twenty freakin' years ago. Now he is in full form and blowing minds off of thousands of fans.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I have played bass with several independent rad groove-head rock
bands,including The Jukin Lizards and the Cove. Both of these bands
received heavy airplay back in the late eighties on college and
alternative stations. Fun and STuff magazine called the Jukin' Lizards
the best band in Birmingham. Maximum Rock and Roll also gave us
praise. I put the bass down and began to learn the six string about
ten years ago so that I could write the tunes I heard in my head. I
have just recently started playing bass again and I am loving every
minute of it. I have also produced such low budget bands as Grossest
National Product(GNP), Sick Reality,Gary Ryan, Stunt Pig, and
Mass Confessions. After growing weary of playing the club scene I
took off on tour across the Eastern U.S. for more than one year.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I toured extensively a few years back. I did a solo tour playing several months along the East Coast. From Florida to Connecticut and all States in between...Just me, my acoustic, and my lady gigging to thousands of people. I was a nervous wreck but dug every freaked out minute of it.
I also toured with the cream daddy rock group "Jukin' Lizards" back in the eighties, as well as The Cove, Walk, and other alternative rock groups. The Jukin' Lizards were hailed as the best rock group in the city of Birmingham and we were on college radio stations around the U.S.. It was cool baby and things are just now getting even cooler.
Your musical influences
Blind Melon,Roger McGuinn, The Byrds, Tom Petty, Rage Against The Machine,U2
Golden Smog, Rolling Stones, Iron Butterfly, Jefferson Airplane, Pearl
Jam, Jimi Hendrix, Pantera, Black Sabbath, Rush, Testament,
Helmet
What equipment do you use?
Fender strat, Jackson bass, Guild acoustic, Behringer mixer, Presonus preamp, Art tube compressor. Yamaha REV 500, Yamaha DD-50 drum pads, Acid, Monsoon Monitors, computer based multitrack recorder.
Anything else?
Thanks for listening and please email me with any comments you have.
