Seoul, Korea (Top40 Charts/ Lance Reegan Diehl Band Official Website) Guitar expert and world-renowned performer Lance Reegan-Diehl will be
hitting the road again, with his band, to perform in Japan with JTR Guitars, Olympia Strings, SD amps, Loop X Systems,
with Graphtech and DEELEEBOB Music.
Lance will be performing with his Band L.R.D. from July 20th until July 24th in Japan, all in his unique Blues/Rock style.
David Dauberman on Bass, Megan Kim on Vocals, and Karl Auger on Drums. Live dates are to include July 21st in Namioka, July 22nd and 23rd in Aomori. Special guests include Kenji Onizuka on guitar July 23rd with L.R.D. Band. The group will have a send off show will be in Seoul, Korea July 17th at 7pm at The Bungalow sponsored by RocKorea.
The band themselves have been playing together all over Korea and Asia for the past 10 years. While a majority of their shows and efforts have been within the confines of Seoul. They have also held gigs in Daejon, Daegu, Osan, Uijeongbu, Kunsan and as far south as Gwangju and Busan. With noteable performances by Lance and his band mates as the backup band for some of Korea's No 1 hit makers. LRD has performed on 5 number one hits in Korea, for BOA, RICH, People Crew, Tony Ahn among others. In 2009 the artist sold 36,000 units of an acoustic record that he (Lance) co-wrote with John Valentine for KBS records. The band is also quite familiar among the members of the U.S. Armed Forces in Asia for their numerous and frequent performances for U.S. Troops, U.S.O., Navy, Air Force, and Allies.
The L.R.D. Band's latest two album's and one solo album are, The Monday Night Blues - All blues recordings, from live stage shows over a two year period 14 tracks and, Internal Construction made of 12 tracks, all original material, is a mix of hard rock, blues, soulful lyrics and L.R.D.'s own distinctive sound which has echoed around Korea. The highlights of the Album, of which there are many, must include Moment in motion, Living Dream and New Sworn Enemy all blending the four members together perfectly. Lonely and Little Girl also stand out sufficiently for mention! Along with the all instrumental releases Chasing My Reflection 2007 and Uploaded 2010.
This band is always busy playing all over Korea, and other parts of the world. The last big gig they had was in Europe playing for audiences in Germany and France, and notable mention at the Taiwan and Japan Blues Festivals where they played with some of the best blues acts performing and living in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and from the States. In between all this L.R.D. is expanding from Korea into more countries around the world.
Upcoming performance's : L.R.D. "Rock the Stage" in Shanghai Music Messe October 2011 for Olympia Strings and J.T.R. Guitars, Taiwan Blues Bash set for November 2011.
Noteable past Performances at the Shanghai music trade show2010, Music Korea Trade show 2009, Musik Messe - Frankfurt 2008 - 11, NAMM music trade show 2008, 2011 Anaheim California, along with guitar clinics that Lance has performed in Stuttgart, Naples - Italy, and the Guitar Academy in Sicilly - Itay with Andrea Quartarone.
Sponsors include J.T.R. Guitars, Olympia Strings, SD amps, Graphtech, with Loop X Sytems, and The Effect Rack.
Lance Reegan-Diehl (L.R.D.) is a Guitarist / Composer / Producer / Clinician with eleven studio albums to his credit. L.R.D. travels the world performing and running guitar clinics and is one of the most active indie artists / bands supporting U.S. troops overseas with ongoing live dates throughout Asia and Europe.