Lee DeWyze is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on April 2, 1986 in Mount Prospect, Illinois, United States. Eric Clapton is one of his musical influences. is one of his music sources of inspiration.
DeWyze started singing at an early age and was discovered by Louis Svitek, who saw DeWyze, then 17, playing guitar and singing at a house party in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Svitek signed DeWyze to WuLi Records, the independent record label he runs with Ryan McGuire in Chicago. Dewyze formed the “Lee DeWyze Band” with Svitek, McGuire and Jeff Henderson. DeWyze recorded two albums, So I’m Told (2007) and Slumberland (2010), both produced by Ryan McGuire. WuLi released a remixed and remastered edition of So I’m Told in 2010. In 2008, as a favor to band member Jeff Henderson, DeWyze and the band recorded a disc for Square One Organic Baby Food Company, a company owned by Henderson’s wife. DeWyze recorded six songs on the “Square One Organic” promotional CD, also produced by Ryan McGuire.
After expulsion from high school, DeWyze worked as a paint salesman. He also worked as a trading floor clerk at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 2007–2008 before returning to work at the Mount Prospect paint store until he auditioned for American Idol and making it through to the Hollywood rounds of the show. The store continued to support him during his American Idol run by selling tee shirts encouraging fans to vote for Lee.
He was married to Jonna Walsh on 21 July in 2012.
Prior to appearing as a contestant on American Idol, he had his own band with his name and two separate albums.
Leon James “Lee” DeWyze Jr. (born April 2, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter from Mount Prospect, Illinois, and the winner of the ninth season of American Idol.
