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Leo Ash

Leo Ash was born in an ambulance in Homer, Alaska and grew up in Nanwalek, Alaska. In 1996, he conducted oral history interviews with members of the English Bay Band for the Nanwalek and Port Graham Project Jukebox. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Rural Development, with a concentration in Business Management, from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2004. He has done a variety of work, including grant writing, sales, construction, and real estate. Leo is an amateur woodworker and plays guitar. He started to play the guitar when he was about six years old, has a member of the English Bay Band, and has played blues, country, soul, pop, Latin, and jazz music around Alaska and the U.S. He currently lives in Anchorage and hosts a live-stream on Facebook about blues music in the Anchorage area, featuring musicians from the local music scene.

Date of Birth:

Sep 18, 1978

Leo Ash appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Nanwalek and Port Graham

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
English Bay Band	Bobby Kvasnikoff, John Kvasnikoff, Mackie Aven Ukatish, Leo Ash, Eric Kvasnikoff, and Wally Kvasnikoff, members of the English Bay Band, are interviewed in November 1996 by Leo Ash in Nanwalek, Alaska. In this interview, the various band members talk about their personal backgrounds, the instruments they play, and how they got into playing music and what music and musicians inspired them. They also talk about learning songs for the New Year Masking celebration, and facing prejudice, and they provide advice to new musicians about playing and performing.	97-235-08	Nanwalek and Port Graham	Nov 1, 1996

As Interviewer

Interview Title	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Abstract
English Bay Band	97-235-08	Nanwalek and Port Graham	Bobby Kvasnikoff, John Kvasnikoff, Mackie Aven Ukatish, Leo Ash, Eric Kvasnikoff, and Wally Kvasnikoff, members of the English Bay Band, are interviewed in November 1996 by Leo Ash in Nanwalek, Alaska. In this interview, the various band members talk about their personal backgrounds, the instruments they play, and how they got into playing music and what music and musicians inspired them. They also talk about learning songs for the New Year Masking celebration, and facing prejudice, and they provide advice to new musicians about playing and performing.
Irene Tanape, Interview 2	97-235-08	Nanwalek and Port Graham	Irene Tanape was interviewed in November 1996 by Leo Ash in Nanwalek, Alaska. In this interview, Irene talks about masking traditions for celebrating the New Year's holidays.