About
When you grow up amid the hysteria that was The Beatles, the birthing of a myriad of new music and the advent to write your own songs, little wonder a small child set his dreams on tomorrow and ran away from the pack. Some of us still question why, few of us are lucky enough to be sure and a select few know and feel that their reason for being is what they are doing right now, with passion.
Lawrence Baker is one of those select few; he is the Lone Wolf living the dream that was awakened all those years ago. Lawrence started playing the guitar at age 13, although years prior to that he had an inner knowledge that he would one day be a musical communicator. The Guitar became an attachment to the person and was taken everywhere.
Lawrence penned his first song at age 16 and was jamming in the afternoons with a friend writing new songs and practicing songs of the moment from other artists. The song ‘Nowhere Sate of Mind’ was written in the back of a car at the drive- in waiting for a movie to begin at age 17.
His first live appearance was a hospital fund raiser when he was 20. He was tricked into doing a solo gig by a close friend who saw the potential and the need for a nudge. Lawrence survived the show and was a huge success. At 23 Lawrence was touring this great nation of ours with a band known as the Glass Cannons. In those 5 years of touring the band was support for headline artists such as Suzi Q, Wendy Mathews, The Party Boys, the Chantoozies, Big Pig and many more. The band was often not required a second night as they were blowing the crowds away and stealing some of the limelight from the headline artists.
The calling of the original works had The Lone Wolf leave the Cannons to pursue the solo trail. Using a nightclub he purchased on the popular Central Coast of NSW, Lone Wolf had a platform to showcase his talent. He introduced the Sunday Night Unplugged sessions to the club (a first for The Central Coast) and had a host of local musicians, singers and performers to share a music base and a passion. It was a great success. A band nucleus was formed from some of the regular unplugged artists who believed in the potential the Lone Wolf’s works had. A solo acoustic 5 track ep was recorded at a local studio and over 1,000 copies were sold on the Coast alone. 2001 saw the birth of Lone Wolf and the Bad Boys. The band comprised members from the unplugged sessions and also a group of musicians from Sydney. Bar records set by some well known artists in some pretty impressive venues were broken. It was time.
Destiny gave Lawrence the name of the Skylab Studio’s in Sydney with engineer (and owner) David Russell. The rest is now history and the future has begun. ‘Force Of Nature’; two years in the making and 14 tracks of the heart, soul and spirit of the Lone Wolf is here. With a few web radios, Jay Leno and David Letterman having copies of the CD an international tour is on the horizon. The music is likened to that of Springsteen, Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams making it appreciated by a large audience, especially in the States. The Lone Wolf says ” Now with the 1st album done it is time to venture out into the world and become what I have always, in my heart, believed myself to be…A singer…A songwriter…A musician, A communicator, An artist….it’s time to Rock and Roll!!!
Phoenix Musical Enterprises, 2005