OfflineJames Laurent
Musician, Songwriter, Composer, Artist, (Fine Arts And Graphics), Poet, Designer
Now Living In Newnan GA.
Started Learning Guitar, At Age 14, Started Writing Songs And Music At 17. At That Time Living In Palmdale Calif. Wrote His First Instrumental For Guitar, (Sheet Music), While Taking A One Yr. Theory Course, (He Completed In 3 Months). The Song Was Called, Malibu, For Malibu Beach Calif.
This His Instructor Stated Was A Great Piece Of Music, And Couldn’t Believe James Had Done This From Taking Music For So Short A Time. His Instructor Ask If He Could Use It In His Night Club Show, And James Agreed To It, So From Then On It Was In The Show…
Malibu Was A Fast Rock Tune Very Close To Scuttle Buttin, That Stevie Ray Vaughan Recorded. Although With Just A Few Less Notes, Malibu Was Written By James In 1964. James Later Moved Back To GA , Joined A Few Bands And Wrote Many Songs…
James, Later In His Early 20’s Met And Later Married Sybil, And As Things Go They Wound Up In
Everett MA, Where They Both Worked And Wrote Songs And Continued To Perform At Local Clubs And Coffee Houses In And Around Boston. And They Formed, “Restless Spirit”
The Name Sybil Came Up With, The Name They Still Use Today. (Sybil Is From, MA).
They Joined The Boston Song Writers Workshop, The Folk Singers Society Of Greater Boston, The Nashville Songwriters Society, BMI, Helped Reorganize And Restart An Artist Management Co. Called Promotions Unlimited, With Harry Fullerton And A Few Other Folks, And Worked With And Put On Various Shows, With New Up And Coming Artist In And Around The Everett Area.
At The Same Time James And Sybil Also Being Artist Joined Various Art Asso. There And Entered A Number Of Art Shown In Everett And Boston.
James Now Writes And Records His Own Songs, Designs His Own CD Covers, Produces His Own CD’s He Has A CD , ”Boston Tracks”, Out Now, It Can Be Found In, “ iTunes, Napster, Amazon.mp3, Music Mart, Musicfort.com, eMusic, Rhapsody, GroupieTunes,
And Videos “, http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=silverleos”, For His Music And Art.
James Writes Poetry. He Was Awarded, “The Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Crystal Award Trophy”.
From The International Society of Poets And An Editors Choice Awards, 2005,2006,2007
Also Noble House 2006 Lapel Pin From Noble House Publishers For His Poems, “See You Again”, And “To Be”.
He Also Writes Instructional Booklets, Such As, “The Guitar Neck Tab Book”, “ Face Works”, And Has Designed Equipment, “The Guitar Man Guitar Stand,” And Other Non Related Products, He And His Wife Also Have A Graphics Design And Fine Arts And Crafts, Publishing Company, “Silver Leos Publishing And Merchandising”, Sybil Has Also Written A Book Called, “Pumpkin Bread And Bologna Too”, See Some Of Their Work At, http://www.silverleos.com
Music Awards: Music Forte, Artist Of The Day
The American Song Festival: 1974
Honorable Mention For: 1. Where My Heart Stays, 2. Fine Sparkling Sands,
Which Later Was Renamed,
“Billy’s Song” For His Brother Bill , Who Co-Wrote It.
Also, Airplay International, A Nashville Songwriting Competition,
Tow Awards For, “Susie Facing West”
In The Country Rock Category
[Coweta arts tidbits
The Successor To Newnan-Coweta Arts Council News Releases
Composed By: Forrest W. Schultz 770-583-3258 schultzf_2002@****
September 8, 2005
Famed Singer/Musician James Laurent at Gallery Row in Newnan
The owners of the new Gallery Row Coffee Shop in Newnan are making a great contribution to the Coweta County Arts Scene. Not only do they exhibit paintings by local artists on their walls and not only do they sponsor art lectures, they also bring in great musicians and singers who perform there. The noted singer and musician James Laurent will be performing there every Friday night from now on. Laurent is an accomplished musician on the banjo, harmonica, and guitar. During the past 30 years he has written over 1500 songs, mostly Folk, Country, and Blues. He is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Association, GMAI (Georgia Music IndustryAssociation), The New England Folk Song Society, The Folk Web, Music Forte, CMA, NSAI, and the Boston Songwriters Workshop.
Gallery Row is located at 22 West Court Square in Newnan, two doors down from where The Alamo used to be. It is owned by Bill and Kelley Anderson, who also own a Gallery Row Coffee Shop in Carrollton. Kelley is a native of Carrollton and Bill hails from Sonoma, California. We heartily welcome their Gallery Row Coffee Shop to the burgeoning Coweta Arts Scene!!
Coweta arts tidbits
The Successor To Newnan-Coweta Arts Council News Releases
Composed By: Forrest W. Schultz 770-583-3258 schultzf_2002@****]
[July 10, 2006
"Black Pearl" Painting Displayed at Gallery Row In Art Auction on E-Bay
James Laurent of Newnan is a man of many talents. I first met him at a meeting of the Coweta Writers Group. Later I learned he was also a singer and musician when I heard him and his wife Sybil perform last year at one of the Coffee House Performing Arts Variety shows held in the Newnan Theatre lobby which was fixed up to look like a coffee house. Later that year he and Sybil gave several performances at a real coffee house-- the brand new Gallery Row Coffee Shop on the Courthouse Square in Newnan. And later yet I learned he was a painter and a member of the Newnan-Coweta Art Association (NCAA). And now I learn that he has an interesting painting hanging on the wall of Gallery Row, which is a part of the July exhibit of NCAA artists.
Amazingly, since he has been working on this painting for 1+ years, he completed it just in time to coincide with the film premiere of Pirates of The Carribbean. The subject of the painting is a realistic and gorgeous rendition of the ship made famous (or is it infamous?) by that film, the Black Pearl !! Laurent promises, though, that there is no curse attached to his painting! But there could be a treasure involved.]