Tom Lavin, front man and founding member of Powder Blues Band

Tom Lavin is guitar, vocals, front man and founding member of the Legendary Powder Blues, the 1981 Juno award-winner for best new band. Over the course of his career, he has been a performer, writer, arranger, composer, publisher, manager, and educator. As a record producer, Tom has over a dozen gold, and platinum records for Powder Blues, Prism, April Wine, others.
In this chat with host Dan Hare Tom talks about: why he moved to Canada from the U.S.-and why he was arrested the first time he returned; playing with Prism in the band’s early days; putting together Powder Blues; building Blue Wave Studio; working with B.B. King and Long John Baldry among others; living in Hollywood; the song idea ZZ Top took from Tom; upcoming shows for Powder Blues, and much more. Find out about Tom and Powder Blues @ powderblues.net