SongVault Artist Profile

Les Fradkin is a guitar instrumentalist and one of the original members of the hit Broadway show "Beatlemania". He has enjoyed chart success on the net as well with his songs reaching mp3.com's 1 position 16 times! New Gandy Dancer Rock Magazine named Les' CD "A Day At The Beach" it's 2004 Album Of The Year. In addition, Les has performed with The Ventures as 2nd Lead Guitarist. Nokie Edwards of The Ventures has performed with Les on several occasions and is a featured guest on his "While My Guitar Only Plays" CD and he has been featured in issues of 20th Century Guitar Magazine, Pipeline and New Gandy Dancer Magazines.

Today, Les has released 20 solo CD's on his RRO Entertainment Indie label and has had over 370,000 downloads bringing him several substantial hits on Apple iTunes and other download sites across the Internet. His current music is a mixture of various influences and signposts including Rock, Progressive, Surf and Classical.