Phil Lee

Phil Lee grew up in Durham, North Carolina, in the shadow of tobacco warehouses and Duke University. A musician and songwriter from his teens, Lee's first professional gig came in the 1960s, playing drums for Homer Briarhopper and the Daybreak Gang on a morning television show in Raleigh, N.C. (right before the Farm News). Lee wandered off to New York City in 1971, where he eventually found work behind the drums for the band Amazing Grace, an outfit that included Beverly D'Angelo, Rob Stoner and Hank DeVito. Lee moved to Los Angeles around 1974, where he did some movie soundtr...