Founding member of Blitzen Trapper, synthesizer casualty, native Cascadian.

The new album 'Survival Songs', streaming everywhere.

LAURIS VIDAL plays music that was born in the humidity and beauty of North Central Florida. Playing handmade instruments made out of ancient Florida cypress barnwood, an abandoned 1800's desk, handmade amplifiers & banjo's- his unique sound has been called "Kitchen-sink beat-blues" There's a bit of Dub reggae mixed with old Delta Blues & the early foundations of Rock n Roll and Southern soul. He is currently working on his 1st full length album. He self released the 7 song L-EP or long EP SKELETONS in 2006 & crowd funded a second EP titled BETTER PART released on Hopeless Records' imprint P IS FOR PANDA  in 2010. He is constantly touring the Eastern half of the US. With the bulk of his shows being all over the state of Florida.

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