Laurence Juber

“One of the world's most remarkable acoustic guitarists.” - The South China Post

GRAMMY® winning guitarist Laurence Juber is a solo performer, recording artist, composer and arranger. His playing fuses folk, jazz, blues, pop and classical styles, creating a multi-faceted performance that belies the use of only one instrument.

First internationally recognized as lead guitarist in Beatle Paul McCartney's Wings, with whom he won a Grammy, Juber has since established himself as world-renowned guitar virtuoso and entertainer and was recently named by Guitar Player magazine as one of the top 50 all-time acoustic guitarists.

Juber, known to his fans as LJ, has recorded more than two dozen albums which spotlight his unique touch and tone on acoustic guitar. His latest release Touchstones is an historical journey drawing on music from the Renaissance through to the early 20th century.

LJ Can’t Stop Playing The Beatles, his third album of solo guitar arrangements of iconic songs by the Fab Four was described by The LA Times as "Uniformly exquisite and dazzingly executed.”

LJ Plays The Beatles was voted one of Acoustic Guitar magazine's all-time Top Ten albums, as well as being named one of the 21st century’s most important acoustic guitar recordings.

His solo arrangement of The Pink Panther Theme earned him a second Grammy, while his arrangement of Stand By Me was heard nationally in a Diamonds Are Forever commercial. Juber’s DVD-Audio project Guitar Noir (AIX Records) won a CES Demmy award for best surround audio and was ranked #1 in DVD Etc magazine - “The definitive recording of an acoustic guitar performance – stunning!”

His 'photo memoir' Guitar With Wings was recently published by Dalton Watson Fine Books.

As a studio musician, he can be heard on recordings from artists as diverse as Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks, Seal and the French chanteuse Sylvie Vartin, plus he is featured on the soundtracks to hundreds of TV shows such as Home Improvement and movies including the academy award-winning Dirty Dancing, Good Will Hunting and Pocahontas.

He co-composed the soundtrack of the award-winning video game Diablo III and scored the NBC Dateline documentary Children Of The Harvest. His music is also featured in the Ken Burns’ documentary The Tenth Inning.

In theatre, Laurence was the co-arranger for the Dan Fogelberg musical Part Of The Plan, which debuted at Nashville’s TPAC in September of 2017. With his wife Hope, he composed, the score to Gilligan’s Island: The Musical, which had its Australian premiere in February 2018.

Juber also co-composed the soundtrack of the award-winning video game "Diablo III" and crafted the score to the NBC Dateline documentary "Children Of The Harvest". His music is also featured in the Ken Burns’ documentary "The Tenth Inning".

With his wife Hope Juber, he has composed the scores to the musical comedies "Gilligan's Island: The Musical", "A Very Brady Musical" and "It's The Housewives!".