John Lawton (musician)
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John Lawton (born July 11, 1946 in Halifax, England) is a rock and roll vocalist best known for his work with Lucifer's Friend (1970–1976; 1981), Uriah Heep (1976–1979), and the Les Humphries Singers (1970s). Most recently he has performed with Gunhill and the John Lawton Band.
He is known for a vocal style somewhat reminiscent of Ronnie James Dio and David Byron.
He has remained on good terms with Mick Box. In 1995 he temporarily deputised for Bernie Shaw in Uriah Heep, for tours of South Africa and Austria, due to Shaw's throat problems. On December 7, 2001, both John Lawton and Ken Hensley appeared on stage with today's Uriah Heep line-up during the annual Magicians Birthday Party in London.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] With Asterix
(pre-Lucifer´s Friend)
- Asterix - 1970
[edit] With Lucifer's Friend
- Lucifer's Friend - 1970
- Where the Groupies Killed the Blues - 1972
- I'm Just a Rock & Roll Singer - 1973
- Banquet - 1974
- Mind Exploding - 1975
- Mean Machine - 1981
- Sumo Grip - 1994
[edit] With the Les Humphries Singers
- We Are Goin' Down Jordan - 1971
- Singing Detonation - 1971
- Old Man Moses - 1971
- Mexico - 1972
- Sound '73 - 1973
- Mama Loo (= La Onu Cantante) - 1973
- Live in Europe - 1973
- Carnival - 1973
- Sound '73/II - 1973
- The World Of - 1973
- Kansas City - 1974
- Sound '74 - 1974
- One of These Days - 1974
- Rock 'n Roll Party - 1974
- Amazing Grace & Gospeltrain - 1975
- Party on the Rocks - 1975
[edit] With Uriah Heep
- Firefly - 1977
- Innocent Victim - 1977
- Fallen Angel - 1978
- Live in Europe 79 - (Recorded 1979, released 1986)
[edit] With the Hensley Lawton Band
- The Return (Live at Heepvention 2000) - 2000
[edit] With Zar
- Live Your Life Forever - 1990
[edit] With Rebel
- Stargazer - 1982
[edit] Solo albums
- Heartbeat (also released as "HardBeat") - 1980
- Still Paying My Dues to the Blues - 2000
[edit] With Gunhill
- One Over the Eight - 1995
- Night Heat - 1997
[edit] With the Lawton Dunning Project
- Steppin' It Up - 2002
- One More Night (Live) - 2002
[edit] With the John Lawton Band
- Sting in the Tale - 2003
- Shakin' the Tale - 2004
