Grammy artist Laurence Juber will celebrate a milestone in grand style with a birthday bash at a SoCal institution.
Family,
friends, fans and well-wishers are invited to join Juber help ring in
his 60th birthday
with a concert performance set for 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, 2012, at
McCabes Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, Calif. Tickets
are $20.
“I
always look forward to my annual McCabes gig. I celebrate my birthday
as the anniversary of first picking up the guitar,” says Juber. “I
can’t imagine a more appropriate place to play than this legendary
guitar store and concert venue.”
The
former Wings lead guitarist and virtuoso just may be the busiest man
in the music industry. In addition to recently playing a part on
tribute albums to Bob Dylan and Linda McCartney, Juber performs
almost 100 dates a year, has regular session work, conducts
professional workshops, performs on soundtracks for feature films and
television. His latest effort, “Soul of Light,” was released this
past April. Early 2013 will see the release of two new projects:
“Under An Indigo Sky” showcases the jazz/blues 'Noir' side of his
playing; “Catch LJ Live” is a concert set CD/DVD combo.
A
world-class guitar virtuoso solo artist, composer and arranger, Juber
fuses folk, jazz, and pop styles and creates a dynamic multi-faceted
performance that belies the use of only one instrument. As a studio
musician, he can be heard on recent albums from artists as diverse as
Barry Manilow, Donovan, Al Stewart and Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks.
He is also featured on the soundtracks to hundreds of TV shows and
movies including the Academy Award-winning “Good
Will Hunting”, the James Bond thriller
“The
Spy Who Love Me”, the 1987 smash “Dirty
Dancing” and most recently, “The
Muppets”. He is also featured on the new
Paul Williams digital single “Still
Alive”, from the documentary film of the same
name.
Known
to his fans as ‘LJ’, Juber has released 20 acclaimed solo albums.
His celebrated arranging skills are featured on two volumes of LJPlays The Beatles, the first of which was
voted among the all-time top ten acoustic guitar records. Juber says
fans never tire of hearing him play their songs and he remains
endlessly fascinated by their catalog.
"Every
time I hear a Beatles record I gain a new appreciation for them,"
Juber said. "Above and beyond the analytical part of it and
creating the arrangements, when I start deconstructing Beatles songs,
I find unexpected things. I can never listen to a Beatles record
twice and hear exactly the same thing. There’s always something
that I’ve missed, or a new discovery where you say, 'Wow, what was
that little guitar lick?' Or the way in which the backing vocals come
in…there’s always something new to discover in their work."
What:
Laurence Juber
Where:
McCabes Guitar Shop, 3101 Pico Blvd.,
Santa Monica
When:
8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10
Information:
310-828-8037 or www.mccabes.com
