Hi! I'm Mike Leslie and I moved to New York City in 1983 to play bass. I have appeared and/or recorded with the following:

Rick Derringer (featuring Johnny Winter and Johnny Copeland and Edgar Winter ), Joan Osborne "Early Years" (Mercury), Tom Dowd, Rufus Wainwright, At The Helm, Steven Stills and Mick Jones, Carole King, Paul Hipp, Max Weinberg and the Uptown Horns, Eddie van Halen, the Gypsy Kings, Meryl Streep, Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary), Helen Wheels, Albert Bouchard (BOC), Spencer Davis, Mario Rivera, Ralph Sutton and Gus Johnson with Kenny Daverne, Soozie Tyrell and the Wild Blue Marlins, Stacy Q., Stacy Wilde, Hunter S. Thompson, Kostas, Popa Chubby, Billy Hector, Lori Carson, Dana Fuchs, Dr. Nerve, Marc Wagnon, Jose Chalas, Trisha Blue, Pal Shazar – produced by Jules Shear, and appeared onstage in the hit off-Broadway production of Love Janis, and on HBO Undercover's critically acclaimed documentary "Crank", directed by Eames Yates.

I am a founding member of Citizens of Contrary Knowledge who have 2 independent releases, "You're What you Wish You Are..." and "Contrary Radio" played on hundreds of college radio stations on the USA and in South America and featured in Nickelodeon's hit TV Series, "Zoey 101" and "Drake and Josh".

I've had my song " House of Cards" licensed by Showtime for "The Tudors" hit television series (featuring Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Peter O'Toole)

I'm on National TV commercials for Taco Bell, Applebee's, Pepsi, General Motors and others.

I'm featured in the movie soundtrack for "I am Sam" (Sean Penn}.

I have produced movie soundtracks for Frances Bathory's independent short film, "Wannabe", Peter Min's East Village Film Festival Selection, "A Dry Cleaner on Broadway", and cult film producer Richard Haines' "Unsavory Characters"

I produced Jennifer Haase's "No More Invitations" featuring Rosanne Cash and Steven Kellogg. And I have produced for At the Helm featuring Elana Hayden.