

Most of the time I come up with a line or a thought that seems like it should go into a sing. I didn’t like being inside all day though, and it was pretty much the end of my recording career.Ĩ. He was a prolific writer, and played a black Les Paul cranked up past 11. Albert was a local legend who passed away some years back. This was back in the 70’s, and it felt like I was recording with The Who or Led Zeppelin. I worked one whole summer recording in the old studio behind Portage Store with Albert Lyon and his band. What's the most unusual place you've ever played a show or made a recording? Current favorite is my Taylor 710 that was purchased from Kat Eggleston.ħ. What band or musician do you flat-out LOVE, think more people should be listening to, or was a major influence to you? Let’s say folk/rock/blues/jazz/country.ĥ. What genre of music do you consider your work to be? It was super cool, but unfortunately there are no recordings.

We had a family tradition of gathering around the piano, with dad singing (sometimes in German) while my sister played occorion and I played baritone horn. My father was a professionally trained tenor. Mother was an accomplished pianist, father and sister both played. Loren is performing Friday, April 4th at 8:30pm at the Red Bike with Johnny Lund & The Galaxies and then doing a solo show at The Hardware Store on April 16th, from 7-9pm. In 1987 the band won the Marlboro Country Music Talent Roundup, with a $5000 grand prize, and the privilege of opening for Alabama, The Judd's and George Strait in the Tacoma Dome before a crowd of 20,000. Loren has played in many bands in the past, most noteably The Great Divide, an all-islander band that was formed in the early '80s and played locally for many years before hitting the "big time", touring with blues guitar great Elvin Bishop. Besides raising three amazing sons who are his biggest fans and supporters, Loren plays music around this Island quite often. Cedar, will tell you that he's a lifetime musician. Loren Sinner, when he's not running his Island-based lumber yard at L.S.
