James Laurent
Now Living In Everett MA,
Musician Songwriter Artist, (Fine Arts And Graphics) Designer Poet, Started Learning Guitar, (Teaching His Self), Most Of The Time At Age 14 Started Writing Songs And Music By Age 17. At That Time Living In Palmdale Calif. Wrote His First Instrumental For Guitar (Sheet Music) While Taking A 1 Yr. Theory Course That He Completed In 3 Months. The Song Was Called Malibu For Malibu Beach Calif. Which His Instructor Stated Was A Great Piece Of Music And Couldn’t Believe James Had Done This From Taking Music For So Short Of Time. His Instructor Ask If He Could Use It In His Night Club Show And James Agreed To It So
From Then On It Was In The Show…
Malibu Was A Fast Rock Tune Very Close To Scuttle Buttin That Stevie Ray Vaughan Recorded. Although With Just A Few Less Notes Malibu Was Written By James In 1964,
At Age18 James After Moving Back To Georgia Where He Used To Live Before He Had Gone To Calif He And His Brother Bill And Some Friends Formed A Band Called,” The Agents” Playing At Parties For Awhile They Lasted Only A Few Months… He Was In And Out Of Bands After That Still Looking For Something He Hadn’t Found With Them At 19 He Started A Folk Band Called “Free Tide”. Bob Dylan And John Hartford Were To Have A Strong Influence On His Music While Still Holding On To Donovan The Beatles And A Number Of Other Folk Rock Blues, And Country Singers And Bands…
The Free Tide Played A Few Times On The Bobby Whitley Show On A Lawrenceville Georgia Radio Station After They Broke Up James Continued To Play At Coffee Houses And Small Clubs Still Looking For Something New And Playing And Writing His Own Songs.
James Later In His Early 20’s Met And A Few Months Later Married Sybil And As Things Go They Wound Up In
Everett MA Where They Both Worked And Wrote Songs And Continued To Perform At Local Clubs And Coffee Houses In And Around Boston. And They Formed “Restless Spirit”
The Name She Came Up With That They Still Use Today. She Was From MA. They Joined The Boston Song Writers Workshop The Folk Singers Society Of Greater Boston The Nashville Songwriters Society BMI Helped Reorganize And Restart An Artist Management Co. Called Promotions Unlimited With Harry Fullerton And A Few Other Folks And Worked With And Put On Various Shows With New Up And Coming Artist In And Around The Everett Area.
At The Same Time James And Sybil Also Being Artist Joined Various Art Assoc. There And Entered A Number Of Art Shown In Everett And Boston.
James Records His Own Songs Designs His Own CD Covers Produces His Own CD’s And Videos For His Music And His Art Writes Poetry Was Awarded, “ The Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Crystal Award Trophy”. From The International Society of Poets And A Noble House 2006 Lapel Pin From Noble House Publishers For His Poem “See You Again”.
I Also Write Instructional Books Such As “The Guitar Neck Tab Book” Designed Equipment “The Guitar Man Guitar Stand,” And Other Non Related Products He And His Wife Also Have A Graphics Design And Fine Arts And Crafts Publishing Company “Silver Leos Publishing And Merchandising” See Some Of Their Work At “Sybil’s Art Attic,” (http://mystore.cc/stores/sybilsartattic/) And (http://www.mystore.cc/stores/SilverLeosPM/)
Music Awards:
THE AMERICAN SONG FESTIVAL: August 1974
An International songwriting competition, received honorable mention for two songs
(1) “Where My Heart Stays”
(2) “Fine Sparkling Sands”
AIRPLAY INTERNATIONAL: May 1995
A Nashville songwriting competition, received 2 awards for the song “Susie Facing West” in the country rock category
(1) Artistic - for song writing
(2) Trailblazer - for music arrangement
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Last Years Review...Will Put Up More Soon...
Coweta arts tidbits
The Successor To Newnan-Coweta Arts Council News Releases
Composed By: Forrest W. Schultz 770-583-3258 schultzf_2002@yahoo.com
September 8 2005
Famed Singer/Musician James Laurent at Gallery Row in Newnan
The owners of the new Gallery Row Coffee Shop in Newnan are making a great contribution to the Coweta County Arts Scene. Not only do they exhibit paintings by local artists on their walls and not only do they sponsor art lectures they also bring in great musicians and singers who perform there. The noted singer and musician James Laurent will be performing there every Friday night from now on. Laurent is an accomplished musician on the banjo harmonica and guitar. During the past 30 years he has written over 1500 songs mostly Folk Country, and Blues. He is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Association The New England Folk Song Society. And the Boston Songwriters Workshop.
Gallery Row is located at 22 West Court Square in Newnan two doors down from where The Alamo used to be. It is owned by Bill and Kelley Anderson who also own a Gallery Row Coffee Shop in Carrollton. Kelley is a native of Carrollton and Bill hails from Sonoma California. They can be reached at 770-683-7290 or by email at billanderson@greenwaymedical.com. We heartily welcome their Gallery Row Coffee Shop to the burgeoning Coweta Arts Scene!!
Coweta arts tidbits
The Successor To Newnan-Coweta Arts Council News Releases
Composed By: Forrest W. Schultz 770-583-3258 schultzf_2002@yahoo.com
July 10 2006
"Black Pearl" Painting Displayed at Gallery Row In Art Auction on E-Bay
James Laurent of Newnan is a man of many talents. I first met him at a meeting of the Coweta Writers Group. Later I learned he was also a singer and musician when I heard him and his wife Sybil perform last year at one of the Coffee House Performing Arts Variety shows held in the Newnan Theatre lobby which was fixed up to look like a coffee house. Later that year he and Sybil gave several performances at a real coffee house the brand new Gallery Row Coffee Shop on the Courthouse Square in Newnan. And later yet I learned he was a painter and a member of the Newnan-Coweta Art Association (NCAA). And now I learn that he has an interesting painting hanging on the wall of Gallery Row which is a part of the July exhibit of NCAA artists.
Amazingly since he has been working on this painting for 1+ years he completed it just in time to coincide with the film premiere of Pirates of The Caribbean. The subject of the painting is a realistic and gorgeous rendition of the ship made famous (or is it infamous?) by that film the Black Pearl!! Laurent promises though that there is no curse attached to his painting! Laurent himself can be reached at silverleos@excite.com.
Graphic Design:
James designs his own Graphics for CD covers, Cassette covers, and Flyers. Has done on occasions free lance graphic design for other artists and companies in general.
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