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Les Dudek (born August 2, 1952, at Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island) is an 
American guitarist. The Beatles caught Les’ ear at an early age. In 1962, at the age of ten, 
Les asked his parents for a guitar for Christmas. They bought him an acoustic guitar from 
Sears & Roebuck. His musical influences, along with The Beatles, were Cream, Jimi Hendrix, 
and The Ventures. He had built quite a reputation around the Florida area as a proficient guitar 
player, having started playing in local bands as a teenager. Those bands were The United Sounds,
Blue Truth and Power. That reputation would place him in the studio with the Allman Brothers Band 
for the recording of the Brothers & Sisters album. He played guitar harmonies with Dickey Betts 
on the well-known song Ramblin' Man and acoustic guitar on Jessica. His next stops were as a 
guitarist for Boz Scaggs and The Steve Miller Band. Dudek was invited to play in a supergroup 
called Journey but he had received an offer to record for Columbia Records as a solo artist.


1976 - Les Dudek
1977 - Say No More
1978 - Ghost Town Parade
1981 - Gypsy Ride
2001 - Deeper Shades of Blues
2003 - Freestyle