Laurie Sargent

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Laurie Sargent is best known as a songwriter and vocalist in the 1980s and 1990s. [1] She was active in the city of Boston. Around 2008, she and her long-term partner, drummer Billy Conway, moved to Montana, where they began raising food on an organic farm. [2] Sargent occasionally visits various cities to perform.

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References

  1. suze72 (January 24, 2016). "An Evening Of Singer-Songwriter Bliss". Suze Reviews The Blues. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  2. Witthaus, Michael (August 2, 2012). "Laurie Sargent comes home". The Hippo (Manchester, New Hampshire).