Jim Lawrence has been playing for over 30 years in the Ithaca and upstate New York music scene, playing styles from Jazz, Folk, Motown, Fusion, and Pop to New Wave, Bluegrass and Rock n' Roll. Email Jim:   JSL10@cornell.edu Jim's band "The Backtalk Band" currently plays for weddings and private parties, as well as Tom Knight's Blue Moon swing band. In 1984 his band "The Choice" won the BBC Great American Rock n' Roll Talent Search. From 1985 to 1991 Jim was the lead singer in "The Kinetics", and has recorded at Electric Wilburland Studios, MasterView Soundcrafts Studios, and Pyramid Sound Studios. Jim has been in opening acts for Graham Parker, The Del Fuegos and The Gang of Four. Jim's bands: The Backtalk Band Bob Keefe Jazz The Bob Keefe Trio Tom Knight and the Blue Moon