Van Leer

Without being TOO LOUD, Van Leer is the heaviest band you haven't yet heard. Van Leer is an original music band and a dramatic cover band with a CD, "Thumbs Up."

Above all, MUSIC IS ESSENTIAL Without it, life is a journey through a desert.

The current makeup of the band is as follows. Please click on each name for photo and bio.

Listen to a song by Lee Van Leer / Van Leer   ...and an instrumental by Lee Van Leer / Van Leer.

Check out Lee Van Leer's BLUES side by listening to "Goin' To The Dogs" and "Roll On Through The Night". All tunes posted here are © Lee Van Leer, from the CD "Thumbs Up!" You can also Purchase tunes from the CD.

Be sure to check out Lee's Blog for the latest news about Lee.

Join us every Thursday night from 9:00 PM until midnight at Danny Green's Billiards Bar, 1218 Danforth Avenue second. floor as Lee Van Leer hosts a JAM night with Pete Aube, Some Young Guy, Scott Sharp and... YOU? ~ We have REAL gtr. & bass amp, kbd. & p.a. and drums. ~ You may Showcase your band as long as you don't startle the billiard and pool players with excess volume ~ Food, beverages, great seating and sightlines. ~ Thursdays, yes! Visit Lee's Blog often for updates.

 

GTA Schedule
Thu, Jun 24, 2010
9:00 PM		 Danny Green's Billiards & Bar
Open Jam
1218 Danforth Avenue
Toronto		 Fine p.a. & backline, drums & kbd. ~ Good food, fairly-priced beverages, pool & billiards on-site.
Thu, Jul 22, 2010
9:00 PM		 Danny Green's Billiards & Bar
1218 Danforth Avenue
Toronto		 ...and EVERY Thursday as Lee Van Leer hosts a Jam/Open Mic./Showcase Night featuring the band "L.B." and as many musical guests (male and female) as we can fit in. For more details please view or follow "Lee's blog".
Sat, Jan 01, 2011
3 a.m..		 Special Event
Watch "Lee's Blog" for NEWS.
 		  

What we play

  • A Mess Of Blues
  • Act Naturally
  • All Along the Watchtower
  • Automobile
  • Baby What You Want Me to Do?
  • Big Boss Man
  • Born to be Wild
  • Brick House
  • Can't Get Enough of Your Love
  • Checkin' Up On My Baby
  • Cissy Strut
  • Crossroads
  • Day Tripper
  • Don't Fight It
  • Drown in My Own Tears
  • Empty Arms
  • Fire
  • Flat Foot Sam
  • Flip, Flop and Fly
  • Folsom Prison Blues
  • Freeway Jam
  • Georgia on My Mind
  • Get Up Off O' That Thing
  • Gimme Some Lovin'
  • Goin' Down
  • Goin' to New York
  • Gotta Serve Somebody
  • Hideaway
  • Honky Tonk Woman
  • Human
  • I Can't Stop Loving You
  • I Don't Know
  • I Had My Fun
  • I Saw Her Standing There
  • I'm Tore Down
  • I'se the B'y
  • Ice Cream Man
  • In the Midnight Hour
  • It's All Over Now
  • Just a Little Bit
  • Knock on Wood
  • La Bamba
  • Let The Good Times Roll
  • Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go
  • Low Rider
  • Lucille
  • Mama Weer All Crazee Now
  • Mary Ann (Ray Charles)
  • Mercury Blues
  • Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
  • Move It On Over
  • Mustang Sally
  • My Girl
  • My Woman From Tokyo
  • Oh Well, Oh Well
  • One Nation Under A Groove
  • One Way Out
  • People Get Ready
  • Politician
  • Pride and Joy
  • Proud Mary
  • Purple Haze
  • Red House
  • Roadhouse Blues
  • Rock and Roll (Led Zep)
  • Rock and Roll (Lou Reed)
  • Rockin' Pneumonia
  • Rocky Mountain Way
  • Rollin' and Tumblin
  • Secret Agent Man
  • Shake and Fingerpop (Jr. Walker)
  • She Caught the Katy
  • Sitting On Top Of The World
  • Slow Down
  • Something You Got
  • Superstition
  • Swanee (A. Jolson)
  • Swanee River Rock
  • Tear the Roof Off
  • That Hypnotizin' Boogie
  • The Breeze
  • The Hoochie Kootchie Man
  • The Sun is Shining
  • Thirty Days
  • Ticket to Ride
  • Tonight I'll be Staying Here with You
  • Waiting for the Bus
  • What I Like About You
  • What'd I Say
  • Will It Go 'Round in Circles
  • Wooly Bully
Plus originals from our CD "Thumbs Up."

We are listed on the Big Smoke Music web site.
We often perform at Amy Miller Event Promotions functions.
If you have any questions you can email the band.
To book Van Leer, please email Bookings@VanLeer.ca

Created and Maintained by D'Arcy Cain <darcy@Vex.Net>

Last Update: 11 January 2010
If you have any comments, Send mail to me.