Tom Lavin
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Tom Lavin is a Chicago born musician and record producer and founding member of the Juno Award winning (1981) Canadian group Powder Blues Band on Warner Brothers Records. He played guitar on Prism's self-titled album (1977) on GRT Records, and guitar and drums on the Dale Jacobs and Cobra album for CBS Records (1977).
As a record producer Lavin worked with a number of well-known artists including Long John Baldry, Amos Garrett and Susan Jacks of the Poppy Family fame. As a composer Lavin is credited with the soundtrack scores for Cannes-nominated Out of the Blue (1980), a film directed by and featuring Dennis Hopper, and Genie Award winning My American Cousin (1985) directed by Sandy Wilson.
Lavin continues to record and perform with the Powder Blues Band and is also currently director of the Pacific Audio Visual Institute.