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James Whild Lea (born 14 June 1949) is an English musician best known as the classic bassist of Slade from 1966 until 1992. As well as co-writing most of the group's songs, he occasionally played keyboards, piano, violin and guitar and sang backing vocals. == Career == === Early life === Lea was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, on 14 June 1949. Influenced by French jazz-violinist Stéphane Grappelli, Lea's first musical love was the violin which he began playing aged... [more on Wikipedia]