Ricky Laurent

From his early age, the career of Ricky Laurent, a young blues and rock guitarist and singer, takes off quite swiftly. Ricky was born on November 7 th, 1990 in Gatineau Quebec . At age nine, he picks up his first guitar and magic happens: Ricky and guitar are made for one another. Within a year, the young marvel already displays an amazing ability to master the instrument at an unprecedented pace. From then on, Ricky carefully studies the techniques of all his guitar heroes and soon develops his own style that combines his love for the blues with classic rock. Being quite versatile, he also studied classical guitar at the Gatineau Music Conservatory for 3 years. By the time he was thirteen, the Ottawa blues community was endorsing Ricky’s rare talent. The Junkyard Dogs, Trevor Finlay, Fernando Jones(Chicago), Paul Deslauriers, Mud Boys and many more were inviting Ricky to sit in at local blues spots. It is during this period that he started to sing, rounding off his exceptional guitar abilities. Ricky is now an excellent blues rock singer that can carry a song with surprising energy and emotion. Even though he now spent a lot of time refining his technique, Ricky waste anytime to start performing with his band Ricky and the Soulbenders when Quebec blues veterans started to recognize the young artist’s talents. He has since been invited to perform either as a first act or on stage with the likes of Steve Hill, Bob Walsh, Jimmy James, Nanette Workman, Trudy Lynn ( Texas ), Breen Leboeuf (of Offenbach), Éric Lapointe, Jean Millaire, Jim Zeller, Bob Stagg, Paul Deslauriers, Guy Bélanger and other established Montreal and Quebec artists aswell as International bands musicians and artists such as CCR, Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Colin Linden, Simple Plan, Finger Eleven, Crash karma and Frank Marino. In April of 2005 , while only 14 years old, Ricky Laurent started his solo career (as Ricky paquette) and signed a contract with Preservation Music Inc. from Montreal for 2 Albums. Early for the show and “live at le festival International de Jazz de Montreal’’ led him to touring around in Festivals, Concert halls and clubs in the Province of Quebec, Ontario, The USA, and It even brought him as far as Afghanistan, twice, to entertain our canadian Soldiers . Over the past 4 years, Ricky has been on numerous TV shows; Belle et Bum, Bons Baisers de France, Ça manque à ma Culture, Musique Plus... During this time, He has also Been working hard on his own original material, collaborating with different songwriters and has been experimenting with his music a whole lot. Over the last year or so, He decide he was ready to put out a new record! “Inside Out’’ is compiled of great songs, Riffs, Hooks, Psychedelia, Rock, Blues, with Just the right amount of Pop appeal and fun! So Stay tuned to see what 2011 holds for Ricky Laurent. This is just a start...