Rohn Lawrence

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Whether in the studio or on the stage, creating a feeling of joy is guitarist Rohn Lawrence's ultimate goal. "That was one of the things that impressed me when I first heard George Benson," Lawrence explains. "I liked what he was doing on guitar--the melodic sense of it--but what really hit me was that he sounded like he was having fun." The list of other guitarists that have influenced Lawrence's style include Wes Montgomery, Charlie Chrisitan and John Tropea. "I bought Tropea's Short Trip To Space album when I was 14," he recalls, "because at the time I had a black Les Paul (guitar) just like the one on the cover. Listening to that album had a profound impact on my approach to the guitar and really influenced the way I play in a band." A native of New Haven, Connecticut, Lawrence doesn't even remember the day he wasn't playing guitar-- something he's been doing since the age of two-and-a-half. "My first instrument was a plastic Mickey Mouse guitar," he admits, "on which my parents swear I was playing real songs." As a youngster, he cultivated his own concepts by listening to his musical heroes--including non-guitarists such as Count Basie and Lionel Hampton. He played acoustic guitar through elementary school, began building guitars before he turned nine, got his first Stratocaster at age eleven, and switched to electric guitar exclusively when he was about thirteen. "I like electric because you can control the volume and you just have more to work with as far as sound

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Hangin' on a String

See Ya Around

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Honey Love - Smooth Jazz Plays R. Kelly

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Simply The Very Best of Today's Smooth Jazz Guitar

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Smooth Jazz Remembers Teddy Pendergrass

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Honey Love: Smooth Jazz Plays R. Kelly

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Live At The Red Door

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Jazziz November 1994

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See Ya Around (Rohn Lawrence)

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Jazz Mixes Presents-The Hits V

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November 1994

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Jazziz - November 1994

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