Music played a significant role in the upbringing of Leo Al Lawrence. From a musical point of view, he saw the Ken Mackintosh big band rehearsing when he was 12 or 13. Watching and listening to him as he picked up several different brass instruments and playing them so as to show his musicians what he wanted from them; Leo was bowled over by his musicianship.
At school Leo had two music teachers (Mr Haynes & Miss Wilkinson) who gave him every opportunity to advance his playing skills and also gave him the confidence to walk on stage and play in front of one thousand people.
With regard to guitarists, Leo’s main influences have been, from an early age, AndrĂ©s Segovia, Julian Byzantine who taught me classical guitar, Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Django Reinhardt, Peter Green & B. B. King, amongst many others.
Currently Leo is residing in England. Prior to living in England he lived in Normandy, France, and Ireland. While living in Ireland he worked in a film studio, composing, arranging, and playing background music for TV adverts.
Leo enjoyed listening to Irish music which inspired to him to record, Carrickfergus and The Water is Wide.
A church hall, where there was dance, was Leo’s first gig. While playing the guitar he has travelled to many places such as, Austria, Paris, The Edith Piaf Theatre Bernay, France, and The Stables near Milton Keynes. The Stables was a special gig for his terminally ill sister Moyra which she attended. She heard the music Leo had written for her called Moyrasville. This was one of the memorable moments of his career.
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