08/25/16 Styx Keyboards & Lead Vocalist Lawrence Gowan
Lawrence Gowan is a Scottish-born Canadian musician. Gowan has been both a solo artist and the current lead vocalist and keyboardist of the band Styx since May 1999.
James JY Young : "The next necessary component of the collective excellence came to light when a Canadian by the name of Lawrence Gowan opened for Styx in Quebec City in 1997 \u2014 just a man and his piano, buttressed by a large crowd whose rabidly enthusiastic response to a purely solo one-man set laid the groundwork for the next recruit. \u201cHere was this conservatory-trained guy who opened for us in a sold-out arena \u2014 a single guy at a piano who got 10,000 people on their feet,\u201d marvels JY. Concurs Tommy, \u201cWe knew right then and there he was one of us. I couldn\u2019t wait to play with him.\u201d Adds Todd, \u201cWe found another guy who shares all the same passions and work ethic. And Lawrence is an iron man. He\u2019s such a marvelous, gifted, clearly classically trained player.\u201d