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gg
April 2017 - p.28
You can tell this is far more than a job by the
Cheshire cat grin glued to his face during every
gig. LJ lives to play that guitar. He loves to play
that guitar. He just has to play that guitar…
You’d never know that Laurence copes with a
debilitating health issue, Crohn’s Disease, a
serious inflammatory bowel disease, which
means he has to spend a whole day in hospital
every eight weeks. He also needs to watch his
diet carefully, pretty hard when your life is spent
on the road on tour.
Laurence has raised money for "Crohns and
Colitis UK" and is very grateful for the care and
help he has received from the medical team at
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in the UK.
Catch him live @ The Robin this month.
RGG have a pair of tickets to give
away for this gig at The Robin 2,
Bilston on 26th April. Just send an email to the
address below with ‘JONES’ in the subject title
to be in with a chance of winning.
r
gg
21
YEARS
1995-2016
He’s here and now - socking it to audiences
around the world. Blowin’ the roof off every
time. Several major awards. Selling serious
numbers of his four solo albums. His fourth
“Take Me High” just released - produced by
legendary producer Mike Vernon.
Does that sound like someone working at being
“something” and “somebody” in the future?
He’s not practicing. It’s not a rehearsal. He’s
deadly serious and damn good at what he
does. Hailed as “one to watch” as a teenager
by the blues media, concert/festival bookers,
blues fans and various guitar stars alike, young
Laurence really has come of age. The blues
cub has become a man with a plan. Turning
heads and making jaws drop with his take-no-
prisoners, incendiary live set and his stunning
records.
Laurence and his crack band - Laurence Jones
on vocals and guitars, Roger Inniss on bass
and Phil Wilson on drums/backing vocals - put
the power into “power trio” with their modern
day blues rock with an edge. He sings, he plays
and he writes – a triple threat – and he does so
like a veteran of three times his age.
British blues artist Laurence Jones is often labelled “the future of
the blues,” but this has to be factually incorrect, doesn’t it?
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