The Palace - Spooky Ghost

Spookyghost is the name given to Gerry Leonards solo recordings and compositions. The name derives from the nickname given by Donal Coghlan (the other half of the duo Hinterland) regarding the ambient nature of Leonard's guitar playing.

Leonard grew up in Dublin, Ireland. It rained a lot then. He left school and worked in a recording studio recording and mixing a lot of bands from the local Dublin scene. Highlights were recording a demo with Sinead O'Connor when she was 16 and giving the Edge a ride home in his tiny rusty Morris Minor Car.

He then started studying classical guitar in order to explore the harmonic possibilities of the instrument and spent 5 years learning and teaching. It was still raining a lot so he left Ireland to live in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he played guitar on the streets and met Donal Coghlan. Donal and Gerry formed Hinterland in 1989 and were signed to Island records on the strength of a 12 song demo recorded in their own 8 track cassette studio.

When not touring or recording, Gerry heads up his own project, Spooky Ghost. As part of the New York scene Gerrys distinctive ambient style has led to his working with many great artists over the years. A recent highlight was becoming music director / guitar player for David Bowie on his recent Reality world tour and DVD (2003/2004). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.