Laurence Juber

As a young working musician in London, England in the 1970s, Juber got an extraordinary, life-changing break when Paul McCartney picked him to become Wings’ lead guitarist. Juber spent three years recording and touring with the band. During that time he won a Best Rock Instrumental Grammy® for the track Rockestra from the Wings album Back to The Egg. After Wings disbanded in 1981, Juber embarked on a career as a solo artist, composer, arranger and soon developed a reputation as a world-class guitar virtuoso, being voted #1 by Fingerstyle Guitar magazine. He has released 13 critically acclaimed solo albums, including LJ Plays the Beatles, Guitarist and One Wing. I've Got the World On 6 Strings, is a collection of solo guitar arrangements of tunes by Harold Arlen, composer of Over The Rainbow and Stormy Weather among many other classics. His new CD PCH is now available. With its title tune inspired by a drive down Southern California’s Pacific Coast Highway, the sessions took place at the historic Capitol Records tower in Hollywood and were recorded by multi-Grammy winning engineer Jimmy Hoyson.

Juber had some legendary company on bass guitar was Leland Sklar, the king of all subsonic with his old band-mate from James Taylors’ halcyon days and Russ Kunkel, at the drum kit. Studio legend Jim Cox presided over the keyboards. Juber's DVD Guitar Noir is DVD Etc. magazine's top pick for surround-sound 5.1 audio and earned a 2005 CEA Demmy award for sonic excellence. His solo guitar arrangement of The Pink Panther Theme is featured on the Best Pop Instrumental Grammy®-winning album Henry Mancini-Pink Guitar. Folios and DVDs of his compositions and arrangements are published by Alfred Publications. The venerable C.F. Martin Company currently offers an ‘LJ’ Signature model guitar and GHS Strings market Juber's Signature guitar strings. 

Mr. Juber’s appearance is supported in part by GHS Strings.

Department(s): 
College of Creative Arts
Position: 

Guitar Festival and Workshop Faculty

Office address: 

Interlochen College of Creative Arts
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Post Office Box 199
Interlochen, MI 49643