Lawrence "Lipbone" Redding is an American 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.[1][2] The name Lipbone is a contraction of "Lip Trombone". In addition, Redding also uses 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[clarification needed].[3]
Lipbone Redding | |
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| Birth name | Lawrence Redding |
| Also known as | Lipbone |
| Born | Greenville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Genres | Blue-eyed soul, blues, roots music, jam band, Americana music, folk song, meditative music |
| Occupation(s) | singer-songwriter, guitarist, voicestrumentalist |
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| Website | www |
Career
editsRedding's album Hop The Fence ranked number 3 on the Jamband Radio Chart in 2007 and remained in the top 10 for 11 consecutive weeks.[4] 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 No. 71 on the Americana Music Association radio chart.[5]
The song "Hollywood An' Vine", written and performed by Redding, is on the soundtrack of A&E's television program Parking Wars.[6] The song "Tuscaloosa Suntan", written and performed by Redding, is on the soundtrack of MTV's television program Jersey Shore.[7] The songs "I Hear Voices" and "Precious things", written and performed by Redding, are on the soundtrack of FX's television program Starved.[8]
Based in New York City since the early 1990s, Redding is the co-founder of the 67-year performance art project LoveSphere[9] (under the pseudonym "CitiZen One").[10] 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.[11][12]
Redding is attributed with diverse recordings and compositions ranging from abstract to contemporary mainstream. Most notable are his albums on his Beautiful Flying Records label: Hop The Fence (2006), Party On The Fire Escape (2007), Science Of Bootyism (2008), Unbroken (2011), The Best of LB Volume 1 (2012), Esmeralda (2014), Return of the Beautiful (2018), Runaway Snail Remastered (2018). He also records under the project name "Pranavam Das" for the releases Solstice Sunrise (2021) and The Mysterious Art of Procrastination (2023)
He currently lives in North Carolina and is touring solo, although he occasionally continues to perform with long time collaborators and special guests.
References
edit- ^ "Lipbone Redding: 'Dogs of Santiago'". NPR.org. NPR. April 1, 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ "Lib at Large: The 'voicetramental' sound of Lipbone Redding". Marinij.com. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ "Home". jampapers.blogspot.com.
- ^ "Keller Holds Firm With Umphrey's In The Two Slot". Jambands.com. April 2, 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ "Last Week AMA Chart". Americanaradio.org. July 2, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ "Watch Parking Wars Videos – A&E". Aetv.com. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ "Jersey Shore (Season 2) | Ep. 205 | Songs from the Show | MTV". www.mtv.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2011.
- ^ "Starved – Ep. 2, Part 3". YouTube. May 1, 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2015.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ "LuvsFear". Wrybread.com. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ "All sizes | LOVeSPHeRe11 | Flickr – Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ "Chapel/Chapter". New York Live Arts. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ Jowitt, Deborah (December 5, 2006). "Motion Sickness". Village Voice. Retrieved July 30, 2015.