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b'Gerry Leonard\\xa0is a Dublin born guitar player, songwriter and producer now based in upstate New York. As part of the New York scene Leonard\\u2019s distinctive ambient style has led to his working with many great artists over the years. A highlight was becoming music director / guitar player for\\xa0David Bowie\\xa0on his last year long \\u201cReality\\u201d world tour and DVD (2003/2004). Apart from Bowie\\u2019s previous two records, \\u201cHeathen\\u201d (2001) and \\u201cReality\\u201d (2003) and the subsequent tours, he is also featured on the penultimate David Bowie\\xa0record titled \\u201cThe Next Day\\u201d and had two co-writes with David on the album, \\u201cBoss of me\\u201d and \\u201cI\\u2019ll take you there\\u201d. \\u201cThe Next Day\\u201d \\xa0came out on March 12 2013. Gerry was honored to be part of the Brit Awards Tribute to David in Feb 2016.Leonard produced and helped co-write the last full album for\\xa0Suzanne Vega. \\u201cTales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles\\u201d came\\xa0out in Feb 2014 and has been very well received garnering 4 star reviews from Q and Mojo music magazines. He has also produced and arranged the new album from Suzanne based around the life and works of the author Carson McCullers. This new 10 song album called \\u201cLover Beloved\\u201d will be released in the fall of 2016.\\n\\nWhen not touring or recording with these international artists, Leonard heads up his own project,\\xa0Spookyghost. Under the name\\xa0Spookyghost, he has recorded two solo albums. The first recording simply called \\u201cSpookyghost\\u201d was primarily an ambient guitar record, made in his New York apartment in 1998. His second, \\u201cThe Light Machine\\u201d (2002) has been described by\\xa0David Bowie\\xa0as \\u201cQuite the most beautiful and moving pieces of work I have possessed in a long time.\\u201d A third Spookyghost album is currently in the works.'