Laura cox guitar biography
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Say bonjour to French YouTube star-turned-bona fide rock contender Laura Cox
Last summer, Laura Cox opened for Kiss in torrential rain. Lightning flashed through the downpour, leaving the French festival site flooded. For a while it looked as though no one would play, until organisers U-turned, and Cox and her band found themselves hastily unloading their gear in the mud, hoping they weren’t heading into mortal danger.
Happily their set went well. Afterwards they legged it to shelter, leaving the crowd pumped for their headliners. Or at least that was the plan. But Kiss remained in their truck.
“The fans were completely crazy,” Cox recalls. “And then the organisers came on stage saying: ‘Sorry, you can go home now.’”
Moments like this reflect the whirlwind of change that 32-year-old Parisienne Cox has been through. Her third album, Head Above Water, marks the peak of that change, swirling the classic rock, blues and countrified sounds that have long been part of her repertoire. It was written largely in Portugal, where Cox escaped to during lockdown, meeting new people and broadening her outlook in the process, all of which feeds into the lyrics.
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Laura Cox (musician)
Anglo-French musician
Laura Cox (born 24 November 1990) is an Anglo-French guitarist, singer and songwriter. Since 2006, she has achieved international recognition on YouTube as a guitarist. She is also the singer and lead guitarist of the Laura Cox Band, a rock band that she formed in 2013.
Early life
[edit]Laura Cox was born in France on 24 November 1990. Her mother is French and her father is English.[2] She first picked up the guitar at the age of 14, in 2005,[3] as a left-hander who plays right-handed, using a cheap classical guitar that her aunt gave her. Her first electric guitar was a Squier Showmaster.[4] As a student, she initially studied architecture, before deciding upon a sound engineering course.[5]
Career
[edit]Her YouTube channel, started in 2006, was among the first of its kind to build a large audience.[5] She spent the first eight years playing instrumental classic rock cover versions at home.[5] She first started posting her cover versions and guitar solos on YouTube in 2008.[6] She eventually chose to upload her own songs, complete with guitar and vocals.[5] Until she was able to become a professional musician, she worked in a recording stud