Who is Jimmy Leslie?
Jimmy Leslie is a renaissance man on the Bay Area music scene wearing several musical hats with a signature style.
Music Journalism: Guitar Player and Lats & Atts
Jimmy Leslie is internationally respected as the Frets Editor at Guitar Player, as well as event coordinator for GP Presents. He’s interviewed everyone from Carlos Santana to Jack White, and coordinated GP Presents events ranging from Paco de Lucia to Buddy Guy. Leslie also creates entertainment content for Latitudes & Attitudes focused on the soundtrack to the cruising lifestyle.
Original Artistry: Spirit Hustler and Solo
Leslie is a freak freehand guitar stylist, a soaring singer and a natural storyteller. The singer-songwriter landscape may be flooded, but only one cat sings in a soaring tenor with such grace and power while ripping acoustic-electric in a percussive modern fingerstyle that makes heads spin. Leslie can deliver entire song structures in a solo setting, but he’s happy to surround himself with other virtuosos and let them shine. more...
Bay to Bayou
Leslie’s solo records Surfin’ the Swamp and Dance Until Forever feature players from Galactic and the Honey Island Swamp Band, respectively. They combine the dreamy/funky charms of sister cities San Francisco and New Orleans.
The Allmond Brothers is the Bay Area’s top tribute to the Allman Brothers Band. Playing the Dickey role as “Trickey Frets,” Leslie leads a killer lineup including Josh Brough (Poor Man’s Whiskey) and Jules Leyhe, more...
Guitarfish Festivals and Touring
Leslie co-founded the Star City Music Festival and the Guitarfish Music Festival, with the latter taking its title from Leslie’s eco-musical, more...
Jimmy Leslie Solo
July 18
The Sailing GoatDanville Plaza Prospect Park 4-6pm
Jimmy Leslie Solo
August 9
Music at the Plaza in Downtown Danville
Danville Plaza Prospect Park 4-6pm
Guitar Player Presents Buddy Guy w/Taj Farrant Doory
August 12
Mountain Winery
The Damn Right Farewell tour is Buddy Guy's last major jaunt around the country. We're honored to help welcome the Chicago blues legend to the lofty Mountain Winery in Saratoga where the vino and the view is as good as it gets in the breathtakingly beautiful Bay Area.
Guy has always supported up-and-comers poised to carry the torch and he'll have fiery young Australian string slinger Taj Farrant warming up the stage. Farrant plays with pure passion and his commanding presence makes him a must see, so be sure to arrive early.
Doors 5:30pm, Show 7:30pm
Mountain Winery
Guitar Player Presents Rick Beato
September 25
Presidio Theatre
7:30pm
The most influential YouTuber in the music sphere makes a rare live appearance in San Francisco at the state-of-the-art Presideo Theatre on the last Thursday in September. What's he going to do? Educate, entertain, illuminate, demonstrate and pontificate, of course! He ordered a Fender Deluxe on his tech rider, so yes, he's going to play guitar--perhaps his signature Gibson Les Paul Special DC.
Guitar Player Presents: Andy Summers
Saturday, Sept. 27
Presidio Theatre
A Cracked Lens + A Missing String
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer brings his one-man multi-media show to the Presidio. Long-time GPP followers will remember how cool it was when he headlined our Play It Forward fire relief benefit in 2018 after disaster struck Paradise. He plays the big hits on guitar and offers deep personal insights while showing candid shots from behind the scenes where no other photographers had access. Come show your appreciation for his amazing career with the Police, Robert Fripp, and Circa Zero as well as his accomplished writing and photography.