STEPHEN LAYCOCK is an independent, full-time artist and songwriter within alternative rock, adult contemporary, R & B and folk genre, drawing heavily from early blues-ballad artists of the 60’s and 70’s with similarities to Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, and Willie Nelson. Based out of Los Angeles, California, Stephen has been writing and performing since the age of fifteen.
As a current and versatile music producer and composer, Stephens vocal style, blended with classic music melody, is founded in Americana and traditional music. His delicious wordsmith lyrics offer to inform us, and evoke images of life from days past.
Album credits: Dropped In – released September 2007.
Back-story: Stephen has enjoyed a career in the military, Real Estate, Interior Design, business and product development, and financial services. As an Interior Designer, he created the interiors of nightclubs, private residence and commercial space, including products for worldwide markets in fabric, wallpaper, lighting, stained glass, canvas, and furniture. As a stained glass apprentice, he participated in restoration of six large windows from a 1920’s theater featured in the Wolfsan Museum, Miami Beach, Florida. He has been featured in South Florida Magazine with fabric collections. His furniture designs and restorations have won awards in the United States and Canada from the mid’ 1990 through 2002.
Stephen is currently working on the production of a new CD set to release in late 2010.