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Learning about laz
Laz has been playin' music since he can remember. He comes from a musical family with their roots deeply planted in the hills and hollers of West Virginia.
His Granddaddy was a Baptist preacher and Laz grew signing along to every song in the hymnal, learning to read shaped note music and play the guitar and banjo somewhere along the way.
He took his love of music with him to college where he spent a decade ass- deep in the vibrant music scene of Athens Ohio. From jazz to jam to punk rock, Laz embraced as many forms of music as he could get a hold of. Learning from the likes of John Hutchison, Pat Brown, Scott Winland and Chris Biester.
A good woman found Laz and saved him from himself. They raised two beautiful girls and now, after all these years, Hannah's finally lettin' Laz raise a little Cain.
Laz has been in Texas for nearly a decade now, nearly a fully reformed Yankee, and has had the pleasure to play with many a great artist and musician. And, at some of the most iconic venues in Texas.
new in 2023
Laz and the boys. Otherwise known as the Gringo Pistoleros. Are releasing the feel good country record of the summer... THE TEXAS ALIEN!!!
Until then, you might just find Laz playin' music at the historic Globe Theater or hosting whiskey tastings for the Flanigans at the distillery...
Partners in Crime
libby koch
The deja Vibes
graham weber
Laz had the absolute pleasure to play keys and guitar on the tour to support Libby's amazing country record, Just Move On.
Laz knows where a few of the bodies are buried so, if you ask real nice and the Lone Star's cold enough, he might tell you about a few!
graham weber
The deja Vibes
graham weber
Laz met Graham through their mutual friends and fellow buckeyes, the Speedbumps. Laz played keys for Graham's Buffalo Squeeze.
Better know as the Cincinnati Kid, Graham is a true jewel of the Ohio River Valley and one of Laz's favorite people!
The deja Vibes
The deja Vibes
The deja Vibes
Laz is lucky enough to get to play keys with a group of very talented young musicians. The Vibes are a hard giggin', rock n roll band workin' both sides of the river.
My favorite spot to play with these cats is the White Tiger, ol' Botticelli's on S. Congress.
The Gringo Pistoleros
michael o'connor
michael o'connor
michael o'connor
Laz met Michael a while back and hit it off. Laz sweet talked Michael into joining the Gringo Pistoleros, thus adding his signature sound and soul to the new record.
It's that gulf coast blues, if you can dig it!
Larry Wilson
michael o'connor
michael o'connor
Larry is the first person Laz met when he moved to Texas. You could say that it was love at first sight!
Larry Wilson IS Texas blues guitar and puts the pistol in the Gringo Pistoleros.
Joe faulhaber
michael o'connor
Joe faulhaber
Joe knows Laz from so far back in the day that he was, literally, a different person back then.
Joe and Laz cofounded the Motherlode, Ohio's original alt country band!
oliver steck
oliver steck
Joe faulhaber
Oli... what can I say? If you don't know already then, you should ask somebody. A multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire and a true mensch.
Some say squirrel but I say cat!
jon napier
oliver steck
Cory Grinder
Jon brings his beautifully broken down West Virginian voice to fully groove on the depths of small town blues.
Cory Grinder
oliver steck
Cory Grinder
Cory is the man that makes the Gringo Pistoleros happen. Cory and the Playboy Scouts bring the songs to life with their smooth as shit Texas swing, rhythm and blues.
stephen "tebbs" karney
stephen "tebbs" karney
stephen "tebbs" karney
That's Tebbs playin' those petal steel parts kids.
What else is there to say?
austin stambaugh
stephen "tebbs" karney
stephen "tebbs" karney
Austin is a Nashville based part time Playboy Scout and a full fledged Gringo.
Austin's artistry is far beyond his years.
Bee Roberts
stephen "tebbs" karney
Bee Roberts
Bee Roberts is the first drummer Laz hasn't whooped on and left for dead... on the side of the road... after some gig. First one... true story.