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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 was the pandemic
like for you?

ET: I have just kept working.
I stay so busy that I don’t have
time 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 from 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 2024

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