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A Little
About Lara Her
musical journey started at the young age of 6, taking piano lessons with Legendary
80's music innovator Howard Jones. At 12 she was singing solo and went on to train
operatically with Dr. Lynn Berg at Boise State University. She arrived in the
Bay Area in 1997 in search of her dream of singing in a band. By 1998 she began
running her own blues jam at JJs Blues, and was featured in an inspiring
article about blues jams in the September 2000 issue of the Blues Revue.
Lara fell in love with the blues without expecting to; "I didn't find the
blues, the blues found me".
She has come a long way in a short time, earning loyal fans worldwide. The journey
of Lara's blues band (The Lara Price Band) includes 4 great CD's, a tour across
the U.S.A. and China, and many performances at world renowned festivals such as
the Monterey Blues Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival and Greater Ozarks Blues Festival.
Lara and her band have shared the bill with headliners Etta James, James
Brown, Buddy Guy, Leon Russell and many more. Lara also lent her talent to sing
back-up with Triple Seven at the Fillmore in San Francisco, opening up for the
pop band Smashmouth.
Lara fronts and leads several musical projects: Lara Unplugged, an acoustic duo;
Velvet Plum, a popular bay area cover band that includes talent from San Jose's
finest musicians; the Lara Price band, a soulful rockin' blues band, and Lara
Price & Yesterday's Band a wonderful mix of jazz, blues and R&B.
Lara makes her reputation based on hard work, great players and great music.
As of late Lara looks forward to recording a 5th CD with guitar great, Mighty
Mike Schermer.
Shes an All American singer with a sultry stage presence and a voice that
demands you're attention-smoky, lonely, sexy, and powerful. It's no wonder her
music transcends the blues and crosses a line into music that is unequivocally
superb. "Its
all about the love of music and letting the crowd share in my passion." |