Laurie Morvan Band

Rockin' Blues

The road warrior out of California is known for scorching blues licks on a hot Stratocaster, but Laurie Morvan can get just as carried away carving deep grooves with a blues shuffle wrapped in bass and synched to an incessant kick drum beat. It’s a wet fluid sound, a little bit Stevie Ray Vaughan and everything that gives electric rockin’ blues its signature sound. Somewhere on the road between gigs in the U.S., Canada and Europe, the volatile five-piece Laurie Morvan Band earned laurels including a Blues Foundation Award and the respect of international fans.  

More than just a blue-eyed blonde with a guitar, Morvan used her full sports scholarship at a Big Ten university to become a star athlete. With a pilot’s license and degree in electrical engineering, she landed a lucrative job working on missiles at a West Coast aerospace company. She walked away from the money for the thrill of playing blues in L.A. bars, working on the side as a college math teacher. The bar gigs led to festival tours fronting the Laurie Morvan Band, where the singer-songwriter shares the stage with her ex-husband bassist Pat Morvan, her current husband backing vocalist Lisa Morvan, keyboardist Tommy Salyers and drummer Lonnie Jones. Be on the lawn when Laurie Morvan Band brings smoky-bar blues to the Robertshaw Amphitheater.

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Pre-show music by   The Bricks

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