George Leach (musician)

George Leach
George Leach
Born	April 18, 1975; Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
Origin	Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Indie rock, folk rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, actor
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums, mandolin, keyboards
Years active	1995–present
Website	georgeleach.com

George Leach is a Canadian musician and actor, best known for his work as a lead singer and songwriter.[1][2]

Background

Leach is a Stl'atl'imx from Lillooet, British Columbia.

As an actor, Leach has appeared on This is Wonderland, North of 60, PSI Factor and La Femme Nikita.[3] He also appeared in the six-part miniseries Into The West as Loved by the Buffalo. He released his first album Just Where I'm At in 2000. He subsequently performed at the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, now the Indspire Awards. He won the Juno Award for Aboriginal Album of the Year in 2014 for his album Surrender.[4][5][6][7]

Leach also participated in the Canada World Youth program in 1994–95, working in Elmvale, Ontario, and Trat, Thailand.

Awards

George Leach has won 3 Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards [8]

2000 Best Male Artist of the Year [9]
2000 Best Rock Album [10]
2013 Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year
2013 Best Rock CD for Surrender
2013 Single of the Year for "Carry Me"

Discography

Albums

2002 Just Where I’m At [11]
2013 Surrender

Singles

2013 "Carry Me"

Television career

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996-2001	PSI Factor	Winston Lucas	[12]
1998	Nikita		[13]
2004	This is Wonderland	Leonard Taylor	Episode #1.7
2005	Distant Drumming: A North of 60 Mystery	Matthew Fowler	TV movie
2005	Into The West	Loved by the Buffalo	2 episodes
2016	The Candy Show	Himself	Season 5 January [14]

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References

External links

George Leach on IMDb

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[1] ttp://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/scene/music/2013/06/20/musician-george-leach-is-very-good-with-his-hands/

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2017-01-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttp://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/scene/music/2013/06/20/musician-george-leach-is-very-good-with-his-hands/

[4] ttp://junoawards.ca/juno-tv/videos/george-leach-wins-aboriginal-album-of-the-year/

[5] ttps://musiccanada.wordpress.com/tag/george-leach/

[6] ttp://livevictoria.com/georgeleach

[7] ttp://www.thecandyshow.com/tag/george-leach/

[8] ttp://www.georgeleach.com/george-leachs-surrender-nominated-for-aboriginal-album-of-the-year/

[9] ttp://www.geocities.ws/choctaw_whiteindian/American.Indian.Men.html

[10] ttp://www.geocities.ws/choctaw_whiteindian/American.Indian.Men.html

[11] ttp://www.georgeleach.com/george-leachs-surrender-nominated-for-aboriginal-album-of-the-year/

[12] ttp://www.hollywood.com/tv/psi-factor-chronicles-of-the-paranormal-59474599/credits/

[13] ttp://v1.theglobeandmail.com/series/apartheid/stories/20011215-6.html

[14] ttp://www.thecandyshow.com/tag/george-leach/