Patillo's first musical endeavor was with the group Creation, later called Leon's Creation. Formed in the late 1960s, Creation was a
funk group similar in style and composition to
Sly & the Family Stone; they were signed to
Atlantic Records. Aside from Creation, Patillo worked at times with
Funkadelic and
Martha & the Vandellas. In 1974, Patillo joined
Santana, in time to record the album
Borboletta. He left in 1975, but returned in late 1976 and recorded the
Festival album. Afterwards, he launched a solo career on Maranatha Music! then transitioned to Myrrh/
Word Records. He released a string of successful albums on the CCM market in the 1980s, and had his own television show on
TBN called
Leon and Friends. Patillo founded his own
record label, Positive Pop, in the 1990s, and his most recent releases have been on this imprint. For years, Patillo pastored the Rock House Church on the historic
Queen Mary in
Long Beach, California. He retired from the ministry in late 2009 in favor of traveling and leading seminars across the country. ==Discography==