Background
He was born and raised in Cape Breton.
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Fred Lavery
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In 1978 he released "Song Foreign Noel". In 1981 the artist"s full length album “First Impressions” was released on Glencoe Records, produced by Paul Mills and engineered by Daniel Lanois. Singles “Little Children”, and “Forty Five Years” charted on national radio.
In the mid 80’s, Lavery enrolled in the music programme at Saint Francis Xavier University to focus more on musicianship, composition and production.
He has written more than 100 songs, some 40 of which have been recorded by various artists. He has produced over 30 albums and has performed with artists such as John Allan Cameron, The Cape Breton Summertime Revue, Natalie MacMaster, Bruce Guthro, Gordie Sampson, Stephanie Hardy and Aselin Debison.
In 1996 Fred Lavery and Gordie Sampson founded Lakewind Sound Studios. In the Spring of 2007 Alison Krauss included this song on her Rounder Records United States release "A Hundred Miles or More".
In February 2007 Lavery was given the Industry Professional of the Year Award at the East Coast Music Awards.
Achievements
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The studio quickly has won 7 consecutive ECMA’s and 5 MIANS Studio of the Year Awards. In 2001 Lavery won ECMA SOCAN “Songwriter of the Year” for “Get Maine Through December” a song co written with Gordie Sampson recorded by Natalie MacMaster and sung by Alison Krauss. In 2005 Lavery won the Music Industry of Nova Scotia’s “Producer of the Year”. In November 2007 he was awarded Producer of the Year and Industry Professional of the Year at the Music Nova Scotia.
