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English guitarist

Laurence Ivor Juber (born 12 November 1952) is an English musician, fingerstyle guitarist and studio musician. He played guitar in the rock band Wings from 1978 to 1981.

Born in Stepney, East London, Juber was raised and went to school in North London. By his own account, he began playing guitar the week that single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles was released. Beginning on a cheap acoustic guitar, he learned to read music early and the system of music notation. He began to earn money playing the guitar at 13, and began to study classical guitar at the age of 15.

Enraptured by the sounds on records of the mid to late 1960s, he set his sights on becoming a session guitarist in London's music studios. While playing with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, he earned his music degree at London University's Goldsmiths College, where he expanded his horizons by playing the lute. Upon graduation, he immediately began work as a session guitarist, working on his first project with former Beatles producer George Martin on an album for Cleo Laine. In 1977, Juber was booked, along with session drummer Peter Boita, by London based orchestral contractor David Katz to go to Paris for a week to record Je n'ai pas vu le temps passer with Charles Aznavour in Barclay Records' studios. Sung entirely in French, the album went on to become one of Aznavour's biggest selling French language albums. During this time, Juber worked on the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, as well the first Alan Parsons Project album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination.

Juber gave up a lucrative and successful studio career when invited to join the band Paul McCartney and Wings in 1978. Juber later said that he agreed to join immediately "because you don't turn down that kind of job". He played on the band's Back to the Egg album (1979), as well as their subsequent UK tour. In 1980, he garnered his first Grammy Award, when Wings' track "Rockestra Theme" won the award for Best Rock Instrumental. He was miscredited as "Lawrence Tuber" on the sleeve for Ringo Starr's 1981 album, Stop and Smell the Roses. Juber's first solo album, Standard Time, which he began recording during his time in Wings, was not released until 1982. Like Denny Laine's Holly Days LP, the release comprises covers of material to which McCartney owned the publishing. One track, "Maisie", was written by Juber himself. "Maisie" was recorded by the four male members of the final Wings line up. The album has not been reissued since its original vinyl release.

In 1990, Juber released his second solo album, Solo Flight. During the next decade he would begin to explore altered tunings, especially "DADGAD". In 2000, Juber released the solo album LJ plays the Beatles and The Collection and in 2003 the album Guitarist was released to critical acclaim. Juber's credentials as a top tier fingerstyle guitarist continue to grow. Having been voted "Guitarist of the Year" by readers of Fingerstyle Guitar magazine, as well as one of the top acoustic players of all time by Acoustic Guitar magazine, Juber is an ambassador for his instrument as well as his own music. He has released many critically acclaimed solo albums, and has earned a second Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental for his solo guitar arrangement of "The Pink Panther Theme" on the CD Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar. Juber has also released a series of instructional CDs that teach basic music theory and arrangement techniques for guitarists and has three folios of his arrangements of pop songs published by Hal Leonard.

Juber is married to former actress Hope Schwartz, whose father Sherwood was producer of Gilligan’s Island and The Brady Bunch—she was a guest multiple times on the latter show. They have two daughters, Nico Juber and songwriter Ilsey Juber.