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Tom Lavin is an American, Chicago-born musician and record producer and founding member of the 1981 Juno Award winning Canadian group, Powder Blues. Leader, Tom Lavin has written many of the band's best-known songs including "Doin' It Right", a SOCAN Classics Winner [1] and "Boppin With the Blues". Lavin has won BCMIA awards for 'Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter and Producer of the Year', a Juno Award for 'Best New Band' and the American Blues Music Award.[ citation needed ]
As a record producer, Lavin has over a dozen gold, and platinum records for Powder Blues, Prism, April Wine, Long John Baldry, Amos Garrett, and many others. Lavin played guitar on Prism's album, Prism (1977) on GRT Records; and guitar and drums on the Dale Jacobs and Cobra album for CBS Records (1977). [2] As a composer, Lavin is credited with the soundtrack scores for Out of the Blue (1980), and Genie Award winning My American Cousin (1985).[ citation needed ]
Other CDs produced by Lavin include James Buddy Rogers My Guitar's My Only Friend and Rollin' With the Blues Boss by Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne Stony Plain Records. [3] Lavin continues to record and perform as Tom Lavin & the Legendary Powder Blues Band and is also director of the Pacific Audio Visual Institute.[ citation needed ]
