When:
Friday, February 13, 2009

Where:
Monkey Wrench
1025 Barret
Louisville

Description:
CD Preview Party -Show Hear the new tunes, before anyone else $7

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I have finally got someone to work on the C.D. sales here at ElectricLawsonLand. This will be done through PayPal. How exciting! Bear with us while we get these new things into place. Additional C.D.s will be available soon.
-Your Pal,
Lawdawg

Get your copy of: Acoustic Livingroom Sessions

There is a feeling I get from playing live to appreciative audience that's intimate with the music that I have missed for awhile. I like to see the faces, tell stories, answer questions, be honest, loose, and close. That's why I've set up these shows recently, in small venues where you can't hide behind lights, big production and a 100,000 watt sound system.

The Louisville show at headliners on Valentines day will probably go down as one of my favorite shows in 2008. I'd played Louisville for years before I moved to Nashville, but hadn't been back much since.

I was contacted by one of my all time favorite Louisville native musicians, Sam "Shake" Anderson, who asked me to do a show with him at Headliners Music Hall. Sam was in full swing by the time I hit the Louisville scene, fronting the band "Domonie" (spelling?) who, at the time, was signed to A&M records. One of the most talented dudes I have ever seen. So good, I stole some pointers from him back in the day I even used at my showcase for MCA (gotta tell it like it is).

He suggested I use some of his band (who where guys I had known over the years but not worked much with). Danny Kiley, Maurice Hamilton (who played sax in my band years ago), and Paul Culligan got the tunes an hour before sound check and ran through them a couple of times. It puts a little edge on things, wondering if everybody's going to remeber a bunch of original tunes, especially without having any previous chemistry.

They kicked it's ass. As good as ANYBODY I've worked with ANYWHERE. Here's to Louisville and it's kick ass music scene, as bad as they come.

I love the people there and I've got some plans for that town.

Thank you, all of you who came out and helped me have a damn good time.

Hey Ya'll, as you may have seen on CMT, I am in a show called Gone Country on CMT as one of the featured writers and performers on the show. I'm gonna go out and do a few live shows, and play some new tunes for ya and talk to ya'll about my experience on the show

Holla at me if you're gonna be in the following cities on these dates visit the upcoming shows section on my profile page to get the ticket information:

* Feb 14th Louisville, KY - Headliners
* Feb 15th Franklin, TN - Kimbros Cafe
* Feb 16th Nashville, TN - Christopher PIzza
* February 20th Muscle Shoals, AL - The Fizz Lounge.

I just wanted to make sure to let all my friends know.

And, if you haven't picked up the tunes yet, click on the banner below to preview and buy my Acoustic Living Room Session, and Acoustic Studio Sesslon.. These are both available as downloads.



And, let me know if you bought the tunes, I'd like to personally thank you.

- LAW

Ya'll may have noticed that I have been putting clips of my songs in my player..You can hear the rest of the songs by clicking on the banner below. Let me know which ones you like.

Lawdawg



DOWNLOAD THE FULL VERSION OF "LEARN HOW TO LOVE YOU" OFF OF THE "FREE LOVE" VALENTINES COMPILATION BY SPEAKERHEART AND BONGO JAVA. YOU ALSO GET GREAT MUSIC FROM 14 OTHER ARTISTS! YOU CAN"T BEAT THAT


If you have any questions about how Speakerheart works, or if you need help in the process of downloading the free compilation, email info@speakerheart.com and the staff there will help you right away!

LAWDAWG

As you may have noticed, we'll constantly be changing the page a bit while we'll always be working on something new for ya'll. Let us know what you like and don't like and we'll make sure to have a good place for ya'll to come visit!



DOWNLOAD THE FULL VERSION OF "LEARN HOW TO LOVE YOU" OFF OF THE "FREE LOVE" VALENTINES COMPILATION BY SPEAKERHEART AND BONGO JAVA. YOU ALSO GET GREAT MUSIC FROM 14 OTHER ARTISTS! YOU CAN"T BEAT THAT


If you have any questions about how Speakerheart works, or if you need help in the process of downloading the free compilation, email info@speakerheart.com and the staff there will help you right away!

LAWDAWG

I got tired of seeing my dated bio on here, so this is how it is...

I've been immersed in music since conception. It's all I've ever been interested in. Ever. My entire family on my fathers side all play and sing and half write their own material. They don't even know how far it goes back, but they believe that during the civil war, one of our ancestors was a prisoner of war in Andersonville Confederate Prison. He played the fiddle and as the story goes, he played for the soldiers which allowed him to get enough food to stay alive.

I was raised on a tobacco farm in Taylorsville Kentucky. Looking back, it was almost a Kentucky-story-book kind of life with Country and Bluegrass music all around. But we listened to EVERYTHING, so collectively, it was as diverse as you can imagine. I worked in tobacco with my family from the age of 4 until I was 21, and, at the time, couldn't wait to get away, so that's what I did.

I moved to Louisville Kentucky in 1988 and illegally worked the night joints, due to the fact I was underage. My first STEADY music job was a solo gig at the Granville Inn on 3rd street. Three months later, I was hired by a south side Chicago native, a black dude that called himself "Tophat".

Top was a KILLER backbeat/blues/motown drummer. Funny thing is, he fronted the band with a saxaphone that he'd sqeek and sqauk around on and only played the drums when he couldn't find someone else to do it. He was one of the last "chitlin' circuit" style performers I've seen. It was like stepping back in time.

This was where I REALLY learned how to survive as a musician. This guy hustled gigs out of thin air. He'd talk his way into places that didn't hire live music. He'd book a show without even having a band put together, then go to a blues jam and round up a bunch of guys he had just met to play the gig, without any rehearsals. He'd lead the whole band through every song (showing them where to build, stop, punch, etc.) all while playing sax, singing and entertaining (even did the splits every now and then). What amazed me MOST was his abillity to always pull it off. He actually ended up hiring ME at a blues jam (and bummed a ride home that night to the other side of town). Everything he did was by the seat of his pants, but he was always a professional. He taught me the "old school" etiquette of stage and band management. He introduced me to all the black clubs and players in Louisville. My two favorite being Smoketown Red and Kush Griffin. Kush was with James Brown as one of the horny horns and Parliment in their prime. He also was responsible for introducing me to my life long friend "Portland" Johnny Hayes on the drums (bad M.F.) who played with me for most of my stint in Louisville. Johnny was also a Tophat protoge. All of this was my schooling. I owe these people a lot, but especially Top.

I eventually drifted back to my roots of bluegrass, folk and country and started an acoustic band called the Galoots. The first version was Todd Osborne and Dennis Talley. We really had a unique blend that fell into place easily. Eventually, as bands do, we drifted appart and the second inception of the band took place. Comprised of Steve Cooley, Mike Shroeder, and Larry Raley. That band ramped it into more of a moshgrass scene. That did what it did and I decided I had to go to Nashville in '98.

I did three shows at the Station Inn with the second version of the Galoots and ended up with production and publishing offers. I took the publishing, not being a fan of production "deals". Publishing led to demo, demo led to pitching songs to label for other artists to cut, pitch led to "who is this guy", "who is this guy" led to showcase, showcase to deal, and there you have it. I signed with MCA in 2000.

Later, left MCA and eventually went to Equity. Left Equity and joined MUZIKMAFIA. Since then I've gotten several cuts on other artists, writing a lot, playing a lot, producing a lot, and having fun alot.


My advice to anyone thinking about a career in the wonderful world of the music business would be this; If you kinda think music would be "cool", easy, or you're in it for the fame and fortune, quit now before you waste anymore time and space that could be used by someone who deserves a shot. If you feel like you'll be wandering aimlessly through life if you don't play music, then welcome friend.

Here's some new songs and some never been released studio versions of some of the songs you heard on "The Acoustic Living Room Session".

We're planning shows in your area so, leave us a comment to let us know where your at! Stay tuned...

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I'm going to be in a CMT reality show called "GONE COUNTRY". Artists from other genres have to write and perform their own country song with the help of two professional cowriters from Nashville. On the show, I'm writing with Dee Snider of Twisted Sister. Other constestants include Bobby Brown, Cisco (spelling?) Julio Eglesious Jr (again, spelling?) , etc. I'll try to keep you updated but probable will forget to.

You've been my nagging sense of timing
my ringing bell when i should go
my list of tasks i fall behind in
when i forget what i should know

a reminder of a bigger purpose
when i get lost in smaller things
showing life below the surface
with what's behind the songs you sing

my early warning of the danger
when i'm wreckless at the wheel
holding mirrors at my anger
so i know how it makes you feel

the rain that soaks me to the bone
that no amount of time could dry
if i were left here on my own
weeping tears from lifeless eyes