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LL: What’s your favourite track, or two on The Corner, and why please?

ET: That one is too difficult to answer. Each song has meaning to me and then they also fit into the
whole overall concept of the album. I can say that there are no tracks that are filler. I put the same
care into each song and recording as the next one. I think that has been verified by the fact that so
many different tunes on the album have gotten airplay.

LL: Please tell us about “The High Rollers”; all the musicians who played on the album. How

did you and your producer Jay Messina collaborate?

ET: I have been working with the guys in the High Rollers for a long time. They include Dan
Schnapp on keyboards, Joshua Keitt on drums, Hardan Long-Johnson on bass, and I had Popa
Chubby appear as a special guest on a tune.

The producer was Jay Messina who is best know as a
recording engineer. He recorded many classic albums by

Aerosmith, Kiss, Cheap Trick, Miles Davis, and more. He’s
been one of the best in the business for the past 50 years and I
decided to list him as producer as well as engineer because of
the care and skill he put into this album. I am the beneficiary
of his excellence.

LL: What has the pandemic been like for you?

ET: I have just kept working. I stay so busy that I don’t have
time to stop and think about things. I have worked remotely
continuing to do my radio show and a separate full-time job
as well. I made time to write and record this album as well.
I’ve been working 7 days per week for several years now and I
should probably slow down but I don’t know how. Or, maybe

more accurately, I’m too afraid to slow down. The wolves are
always nipping at my heels.

LL: What can we look forward to coming up for you?

ET: I have my own signature guitar coming out this year from
Delaney Guitars that I designed. Mike Delaney has taken my

ideas, refined them with a luthier’s wisdom and expertise,
and is in the process of building the prototype now. He is a master builder. I’m looking forward to
the guitar hitting the market because it is going to be unique and will look and sound fantastic. It
will be made in the USA and I’m proud of that as well.

I’m also preparing to write and record the next album which will be the follow-up to The Corner.
I’m going to try to take the next album higher than this one which is going to require a large

amount of work. I’ll continue to work with my producer Jay Messina as long as he wants to work
with me because he makes my recordings sound the best they can.

~ Lawrence Lebo

Lawrence Lebo is an award winning, critically acclaimed Blues recording artist living in Los
Angeles, CA, USA. She can be found on the web at www.lawrencelebo.com