Reginald La.-

Reginald La. (Reggie) was born 1957 in Munich, Germany. As a child he was never really interested in music but that changed in 1968 when he watched Elvis Presley's comeback special on television. "American" music, country and blue grass but especially blues, black gospel and blues influenced music such as Rockabilly and 50's Rock and Roll fascinated him.

Soon, Reggie started playing guitar and taking lessons (strictly classical guitar) while his interest in music from classical to blues, jazz and rock developed into a passion. He decided to intensify his "music education" and spent his teen age years (and all his money) buying and listening to hundreds of records, everything from Bach to Jethro Tull, Jerry Lee Lewis to B.B.King, Andres Segovia to Howling Wolf and Jimi Hendrix.

In High School Reggie started playing in bands and found another interest: recording music. He started recording with reel to reel tape machines in his bed room which functioned as a "studio" and produced recordings with his band and also his playing of classical pieces.

After school, Reggie studied music & classical guitar at the "Richard Strauss Konservatorium" in Munich and also was trained as audio engineer. He spent many years teaching guitar and bass and operating his recording studio in Munich. Live performances with several bands but also recordings for movie soundtracks with his main band "Schefczyk" filled his schedule.

But the sound of America called to him, and in 1981, after his mother married an American and moved to Visalia, California he visited the US for the first time, spent a few months bumming around the country and logging some 20,000 miles.

Finally, in 1989, Reggie decided to pack up his guitars, furniture and recording equipment and leave Germany - not to mention his well established music school & recording studio - and moved to Bakersfield, California.