(1946-06-06) June 6, 1946 (age 78) Cortland, New York, U.S.
Instrument(s)
Keyboards
guitar
Vocals
Musical artist
Mickey Lee Soule (June 6, 1946 in Cortland, New York) is an American musician. He was the keyboard player for New York hard rock band Elf and a founding member of Rainbow.[1]
Soule had a band in the mid-1960s until he was drafted into the army. After his honorable discharge he joined The Elves after the band's original keyboardist, Doug Thaler, was severely injured in a car accident that killed guitarist Nick Pantas. In the first years of the 1970s, The Elves (after 1972 known simply as Elf) enjoyed minor success as a consistent opening act for Deep Purple. That connection to Deep Purple opened up the opportunity for Soule (and vocalist Ronnie James Dio) to participate in Roger Glover's 1974 concept album The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast. In addition to co-writing credits on two songs, Soule also sang the lead vocals on the song "No Solution". Soule and Glover would work together sporadically in the years following.
In early 1975, Soule and the rest of Elf (minus guitarist Steve Edwards) transformed into Rainbow, featuring Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. During this time the third and final Elf album, Trying to Burn the Sun, was recorded when the former Elf were not in the studio recording Rainbow's debut album. Elf had effectively dissolved by the time that album was released as the members hoped to continue with Blackmore. However, following the recording of the Rainbow album, Blackmore gradually fired the entire line up with the exception of Dio before Rainbow had begun to tour.
In 1976 Soule toured France with the Ian Gillan Band.[2]
Soule continues to play locally in New York. In 1996, Mickey Lee Soule started working as a keyboard tech for Deep Purple's Jon Lord,[3] later he became bass tech for Roger Glover until he retired from touring in 2014.[4] He began working for Roger Glover and Deep Purple again in 2016.[5]
MickeyLeeSoule (June 6, 1946 in Cortland, New York) is an American musician. He was the keyboard player for New York hard rock band Elf and a founding...
December 1975 / January 1976. In February 1976 Moran was replaced by MickeyLeeSoule (ex-Elf and Rainbow), but for the recording of follow-up album Clear...
played in Elf, consisting of vocalist Ronnie James Dio, keyboardist MickeyLeeSoule, drummer Gary Driscoll, and guitarist David Feinstein. Elf released...
Personnel Vocals Ronnie James Dio Guitar David Feinstein Steve Edwards MickeyLeeSoule Ritchie Blackmore Tony Iommi Vivian Campbell Craig Goldy Rowan Robertson...
All tracks are written by Dio and Soule Ronnie James Dio - lead vocals Steve Edwards - lead guitar MickeyLeeSoule - keyboards, rhythm guitar Craig Gruber...
guitarist Ray Fenwick, keyboardist Mike Moran, quickly replaced with MickeyLeeSoule and then Colin Towns on keyboards, Mark Nauseef on drums and John Gustafson...
label, Provocateur. In 1976 he was recruited as keyboardist to replace MickeyLeeSoule in the Ian Gillan Band. Over the time he developed an increasing interest...
group disbanded shortly afterwards. Accompanied by Elf keyboardist MickeyLeeSoule, Nauseef joined ex-Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan in his new jazz fusion...
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Paul Koslo, Strother Martin, Tommy Lee, Jack Colvin, Jon Lormer, Lane Smith, Warren Vanders, Jerry Gatlin, Mickey Gilbert, Chuck Hayward, Gary McLarty...
in his garage, he decides to have his home cocoa analyzed by a chemist (Soulé), and it turns out to contain arsenic. Ralph initially blames Mrs. Sutton...
to Game Two of the World Series. On May 4, 1944, Williams married Doris Soule, the daughter of his hunting guide. Their daughter, Barbara Joyce ("Bobby-Jo")...
who the star is, Chip says it's a surprise. Sudsy asks his father (Olan Soule) if it's OK that he print a bunch of extra tickets for himself and put them...
(screenplay); Cynthia Adler, Mark Gruner, Hal Smith, Barry Bostwick, Olan Soule, Marvin Miller, Janet Waldo, Nora Heflin, Monika Ramirez Marco Cinerama...
Vernee Watson), Jimmie Walker as The Late Mickey Garner, Greg Morris as Greg Elkins, Conrad Bain as Les, Jamie Lee Curtis as Linda, Janet Leigh as Gail, and...
Crowley, Robert Colbert, Lee Van Cleef, Gary Vinson, Manning Ross, Jack Mather, Rickey Kelman, Rusty Stevens, Robert Pittman, Mickey Simpson, Cynthia Pepper...
decides to stay at the club and live it up for a week. Also appearing: Olan Soule 11 11 "Sherman's March Through Dodge City" John Gallaudet, Robert J. Stevenson...
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