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Clint & Laila - The Facts
"Clint & Laila" is an acoustic blues/rock styled duo, featuring intense, melodic guitar and soulful girl powered blues harmonica! Clint & Laila have been performing in the Central Florida area over the past 10 years. Although they have performed in many different styles over the years they always seem to find themselves right back at the blues! In addition to performing locally in Central Florida, Clint & Laila have performed internationally as well, having completed a successful tour of Norway in July of 2010 where they have plans to return for another tour in 2011.
Clint Stewart - Guitar & Vocals 
| Laila Johnson - Vocals & Blues Harp 
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Clint, a native of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and a lifetime student and teacher of the guitar has earned his living playing and teaching the guitar since the age of 14 (teaching came a little later). One to rarely be satisfied with his own playing, Clint is constantly working to improve his ability to express himself on the guitar. "After all, that's what it's all about isn't it?", Clint relates. "Even when I'm not playing straight up blues, the blues always manages to find it's way into the mix, but ultimately it's the sound of the guitar that really resonates with me!"
Laila, a native of Ornes, Norway, was always interested in music and the arts in general, but started to become serious about pursuing them while attending the College of Engineering in Narvik, Norway. Clint and Laila met while Laila was in Florida doing her thesis for her Master's Degree. Laila's earliest and deepest influences are R&B greats such as Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin and Etta James. In addition to belonging to a small group of female blues harp players she is also a very sincere lyricist, who draws from her personal life experiences when composing lyrics for original material. Every song she writes tells a real life story!
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