Album Notes

Testimonials:

"Dawson & Lazo have diverse influences that make their music a refreshing change"
Chris Bell – Engineer/Producer, The Recording Academy

"In an era of synthetic disposable musical artists, Dawson & Lazo are the real thing!
Ritch Esra - Music Business Registry

About Dawson & Lazo:

Texas is the home and inspiration for great songs and songwriters. Continuing this legendary tradition is the singer/songwriter duet Mike Dawson & Lisa Lazo. Destiny brought Dawson & Lazo together and they forged a musical friendship to create music influenced by their favorite artists like Tori Amos, Bjork, and Peter Gabriel. Dawson & Lazo perform their music in concert with their band Still Flame. The band is the fulfillment of their shared dream performing music together.

Lisa Lazo
Fort Worth native Lisa Lazo was first inspired by the moments listening to her Dad play country music on his guitar and taking her to the local record store to buy 45s. Lazo soon began to write her own songs, play the clarinet, and was given her first midi synthesizer from her step dad. She knew music would be a lifelong passion and enrolled at the prestigious College of Music at the University of North Texas. She received her B.M. in music composition studying with world-renowned composers, Cindy McTee, Martin Mailman, and Joseph Klein. After graduating from UNT, Lazo was lead singer in various Denton groups releasing an album on Dallas label, Idol Records, and continued to write original songs collaborating with composers, film producers, and djs from Dallas, LA, and Miami. Lisa also founded music industry mixer event LiveMix.
Her guests included international recording artists, publishers, and producers.

Mike Dawson
Mike Dawson heard Ray Charles in Detroit's Fisher Theatre when he was seven years old and his piano lessons were fueled by 1960's Motown and Vietnam era rock. In 1974 Dawson's family relocated to New Mexico where he picked up the electric guitar, and starting writing his own tunes. He played his first gigs with Tejano bands, Navajo musicians, and sheriff deputies. In 1985 Dawson earned his classical piano performance degree, studying with Julliard graduate Thomas Uchtmann, award winning composer, Robert Kehrberg, UNT jazz piano legend Dan Haerle, and guitarist/composer Steve Erquiaga. He also played synthesizer and piano for the award winning jazz group Sidestep which won Third place in the 1985 American Collegiate College Showcase (college version of the Star Search TV show). After briefly living in Malaysia and Singapore working as an electronics engineer, Dawson moved back to Dallas and formed his 12-piece rock n’ roll big band Dawson's New Rage. He ultimately produced five original music CD's between 1999 and 2006. A hard driving music community organizer, he produces Texas World Music Concerts that features new original music.

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