GRAMMY® WINNER
GUITARIST FOR PAUL McCARTNEY’S WINGS
FINGERSTYLE GUITARIST OF THE YEAR
STUDIO MUSICIAN & COMPOSER
“Juber scores high marks for the clarion precision of his playing and for his tasteful arrangements” – Downbeat
“A Master!“- Pete Townshend, The Who
“The melodies, textures and harmonies he coaxes out of an acoustic guitar are absolutely spellbinding.” – Guitar Player Magazine
“One of the world’s most remarkable acoustic guitarists.” – The South China Post
Laurence Juber is a solo performer, recording artist, composer and arranger.
His playing fuses folk, jazz, blues, pop and classical styles, creating a multi-faceted performance that belies the use of only one instrument. First internationally recognized as lead guitarist in Paul McCartney’s Wings, with whom he won a Grammy®, Juber has since established himself as world-renowned guitar virtuoso and entertainer.
Juber, known to his fans as LJ, has recorded more than two dozen albums which spotlight his unique touch and tone on solo guitar. His latest release, I’ve Got A Feeling, is the fifth in a series of his celebrated fingerstyle arrangements of Beatles songs.
Juber performed at The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame for the recent opening of the Paul McCartney and Wings exhibit. He co-composed the soundtrack of the documentary Peter Asher: Everywhere Man which is nominated for a Critics Choice Award – Best Music Documentary
His trio-format DVD-Audio project Guitar Noir (AIX Records) won a CES Demmy award for best surround-sound audio. His performances with the trio are a unique blend of folk, rock and jazz.
His LJ Plays The Beatles was voted one of Acoustic Guitar Magazine‘s all-time Top Ten albums. His solo arrangement and performance of The Pink Panther Theme earned him a second Grammy®, while his arrangement of Stand By Mewas heard nationally in a Diamonds Are Forever commercial.
Juber’s signature ‘Fingerstyle Half-Caff’ blend of coffee is available fromThe Acoustic Coffee Company. A portion of the proceeds benefits the non-profit Guitars In The Classroom. C.F.Martin Guitars continue to offer Laurence Juber signature guitar strings
His ‘photo memoir’ Guitar With Wings was published by Dalton Watson Fine Books.
As a studio musician, he can be heard on recordings from artists as diverse as Harry Styles, Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks, and the French chanteuse Sylvie Vartin, plus his playing is featured on the soundtracks to hundreds of TV shows such as Home Improvement, and movies including the academy award-winning Dirty Dancing, Good Will Hunting and Pocahontas.
Juber co-composed the soundtrack of the award-winning video game Diablo III and scored the NBC Dateline documentary Children Of The Harvest. His music is also featured in the Ken Burns’ documentary The Tenth Inning. With his wife Hope, he composed the score to A Very Brady Musical, and the ever-popular Gilligan’s Island: The Musical
He is the arranger for Part Of The Plan, a musical featuring songs by Dan Fogelberg that was recently workshopped in London under the direction of Marc Bruni (director of Beautiful on Broadway.)