John Lees' Barclay James Harvest (1998-present)
This derivative of Barclay James Harvest features John Lees, bassist Craig Fletcher, drummer Kevin Whitehead, and keyboard player Jez Smith. The band originally featured "Woolly" Stuart Wolstenholme on keyboards before his death in December 2010. The group formed in 1999 to record the album "Nexus". Craig Fletcher and Kevin Whitehead were from Wolly Wolstenholmes band "Maestoso" and John and Woolly were members of the original Barclay James Harvest. The band toured in the UK and Europe in 2006 and recorded the live album "Legacy" at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. Since then the band has played at venues in the UK but more so in the rest of Europe where they achieve good success. The band toured again around the UK in 2009. They played at the Berlin Wall anniversary festival at the Brandenburg Gate, Bad Homburg in Germany with JLBJH's best attendance of 17500 people and more recently in Porto, Portugal with an attendance of 5000. The band recently visited America and played in Philadelphia. John Lees' Barclay James Harvest is currently signed and managed by Esoteric Recordings. Mark Powell, founder of the label, works as the band manager. JLBJH are currently recording an album of all-new material at John's own Friamere Studios.
The band also formerly featured Jeff Leach and Mike Bramwell as guest musicians.
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