Lawrence "Lipbone" Redding is an American born songwriter, guitarist, singer, composer, performance artist, and voicestrumentalist. He is most noted for his ability to vocally imitate trombones,bass and percussion and incorporate them into live musical performances. The name Lipbone is a contraction of "Lip Trombone". In addition, Redding also utilizes throat singing, which is one of the oldest forms of music found in a variety of cultures. Redding covered Joe Tex and William Devaughn's soul song.
Career
Redding's album Hop The Fence ranked #3 on the Jamband Radio Chart in 2007 and remained in the top 10 for 11 consecutive weeks. The song "Dogs Of Santiago," written and performed by Redding, ranked in the top 100 of the Americana Music Association radio charts for the same year. In July 2011 the album "UNBROKEN" by Lipbone Redding and The LipBone Orchestra reached #71 on the Americana Music Association radio charts. The song "Hollywood An' Vine", written and performed by Redding, is on the soundtrack of A&E's television programParking Wars. The song "Tuscaloosa Suntan", written and performed by Redding, is on the soundtrack of MTV's television program Jersey Shore. The songs "I Hear Voices" and "Precious things", written and performed by Redding, are on the soundtrack of FX's television program Starved. Based in New York City since the early 1990s, Redding is the co-founder of the 67-year performance art project LoveSphere . He is also a collaborator with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and co-composer of the production "Chapel/Chapter." The evening-length show was awarded the 2006-2007 Bessie Awards by the New York Dance & Performance Awards Committee for best collaborative effort and 2008 Toronto's Dora Mavor Moore Award for outstanding production. Redding is attributed with diverse recordings and compositions ranging from abstract to contemporary mainstream. Most notable are his albums on the BePop Records label: Hop The Fence, Party On The Fire Escape, Science Of Bootyism, Unbroken and The Best of LB Volume 1. He currently lives in North Carolina and is touring solo, although he occasionally continues to perform with his group The LipBone Orchestra.
