The Story
LB Junior is the musical artist name of Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., longtime bass player for Kelakos and, prior to 1975, for Emergency Exit and The Criminals. His songwriting, vocals, bass playing, and guitar and keyboard work appear on each of the two Kelakos albums, Gone Are the Days (1978) - re-mixed and released in 2015 as Kelakos Uncorked: Rare Tracks from a Vintage Seventies Band - and Hurtling Towards Extinction (2023). Beginning in 2004 he has performed approximately 15 times in Washington DC, New York, and Cleveland with the Coalition of the Willing, formed by then-Hungarian Ambassador to the US AndrĂ s Simonyi along with several senior US officials and missile defense advisor Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers renown. The Coalition's concerts have supported wounded soldiers, New Orleans musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina, UN Refugee Programs, and preservation of the Maine coastline among other causes. They have been shown on Russian television and Armed Forces Network, and the band was featured in a documentary film, "Rockin' the Beltway". Notables including President George H.W. Bush and President Bill Clinton, Ambassadors from several countries, US Cabinet members and Supreme Court Justices, and actors including Kate Blanchett and Ben Stiller, have seen them perform. While he has previously released a number of single tunes, Echoes of Dreamworld is his first solo album.
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LB Junior is the musical artist name of Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., longtime bass player for Kelakos and, prior to 1975, for Emergency Exit and The Criminals. His songwriting, vocals, bass playing, and guitar and keyboard work appear on each of the two Kelakos albums, Gone Are the Days (1978) - re-mixed and released in 2015 as Kelakos Uncorked: Rare Tracks from a Vintage Seventies Band - and Hurtling Towards Extinction (2023). Beginning in 2004 he has performed approximately 15 times in Washington DC, New York, and Cleveland with the Coalition of the Willing, formed by then-Hungarian Ambassador to the US AndrĂ s Simonyi along with several senior US officials and missile defense advisor Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers renown. The Coalition's concerts have supported wounded soldiers, New Orleans musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina, UN Refugee Programs, and preservation of the Maine coastline among other causes. They have been shown on Russian television and Armed Forces Network, and the band was featured in a documentary film, "Rockin' the Beltway". Notables including President George H.W. Bush and President Bill Clinton, Ambassadors from several countries, US Cabinet members and Supreme Court Justices, and actors including Kate Blanchett and Ben Stiller, have seen them perform. While he has previously released a number of single tunes, Echoes of Dreamworld is his first solo album.
