Birth name Lawrence Redding Associated acts the lipbone orchestra Name Lawrence Redding | Also known as Lipbone Website www.lipbone.com Role Singer ยท lipbone.com | |
Occupation(s) singer-songwriter, guitarist, voice-instrumentalist Instruments Vocalsacoustic guitarHarmonicamouth trumpetvocal bassthroat singingvocal percussion Albums Unbroken, Esmeralda, Hop The Fence, Party On the Fire Escape, Science of Bootyism Genres Alternative rock, Blues, Jazz | ||
Lawrence "Lipbone" Redding is an American born (1967) songwriter, guitarist, singer, composer, performance artist, and voicestrumentalist. He is most noted for his ability to vocally imitate trombones,trumpets ,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, V which is one of the oldest forms of music found in a variety of cultures.
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 program Parking 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 (under the pseudonym "CitiZen One"). 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 (2006), Party On The Fire Escape (2007), Science Of Bootyism (2008), Unbroken (2011) and The Best of LB Volume 1 (2012).
He currently lives in North Carolina and is touring solo, although he occasionally continues to perform with his group The LipBone Orchestra.
Songs
Dogs of Santiago
Party on the Fire Escape
Be Thankful for What You Got
You Broke It - You Bought It
Wanna Be Kind
Cowgirls Meet
Law in Kansas
Better Love Someone
Repo Girl
Speaker in the Window
The Great Tornado
St Jame's Infirmary Blues
Tuscaloosa Suntan
Child of War
Peter Tosh
Chickahominy
Sweet Melinda
Picnic Basket
Single Again
Ghetto Girl
Indian Rose
Voodoo Cadillac
Talkin' To Your Picture
Old Flame
Love Is the Answer for World Peace
Crunchy Country Girl
Fell in Love with Your Friend
Lipbone Theme Song
Never Foresake U
Hollywood An' Vine
Old Tattoo
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