This is the Official Website for Lorence Hud, the composer and author of the rock classic, "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen", who has become better-known for the work in his landmark Charter Rights Case, which is a result of the Canadian Crown illegally and violently seizing his home and Tax Records on July 18, 2017, after which the FALSE CHARGES were withdrawn by the Crown in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on July 15, 2019, after which, on September 26, 2019, the Crown/OPP returned his firearms and firearms licence but did not return his home or Tax Records, after which the Crown charged him again and again with the SAME FALSE CHARGES, after which the Crown DROPPED the SAME FALSE CHARGES for the third time in the Ontario Court of Justice where, on May 26, 2020, The Honourable Mr. Justice P. Bradley Ordered that Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Case be adjourned to set a Date for the Hearing, after which it was adjourned ten times until the Date was finally FIXED BY THE COURT to be November 22, 2021, for the Hearing of Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Case, which Crown Counsel began by fraudulently telling the Court, "So Your Honour, what we're here on is a reference hearing.", after which Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Hearing was aborted without his knowledge, and replaced with the illegally convened "reference hearing", after which his Charter Rights Case in the Supreme Court of Canada was dismissed without a Hearing, after which a Hearing was held in the Tax Court of Canada on October 24, 2023, where he cogently questioned the Constitutional validity of the Income Tax Act that purportedly authorized the Crown to seize his funds for not filing a tax return while refusing to return his home and necessary tax records that are required to lawfully file a tax return - but the Tax Court of Canada rejected Lorence Hud's request to be returned to his home pursuant to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and, therefore:

 Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Case, which has turned into the biggest Charter Rights Case in Canadian history, is now in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, CV-20-00000224-0000, the Law Society of Ontario, CAS-137784-R2B8Y1 and proceeding to the Supreme Court of Canada from the Federal Court of Appeal, A-313-23.

Jesus Did That.

We are publishing the Court Record Facts right here on the World Wide Web for the whole world to see. If you would like to know the FACTS, as they are happening, in Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Case, read on and stay tuned.

This site opened in response to requests for factual information about his music and life. It is a companion account to his social media accounts on  twitter.com/LorenceHud , www.facebook.com/LorenceHud/ and Creator's Glory (@HudLorence) / Twitter which are primarily to the Glory of God, the Father, Word and Holy Spirit. 

Lorence Hud .com is the sole publisher of current, accurate information about his life, verified by Lorence Hud. 

It is the only go-to source for anyone wishing to know the facts about the man who has been working to adduce Evidence that will protect ALL Canadians, which has been BLOCKED for over ten years and will be adduced in his Charter Rights Case that has come full circle back to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice where the FALSE charges were withdrawn by the Crown on July 15, 2019. 

We begin with recent updates of his Charter Rights Case and a very brief summary of his music. Scrolling further will take you to the MAIN SITE where you will be greeted by our onsite ambassador who will welcome you to the LORENCE HUD OFFICIAL WEBSITE, where you wil find a great deal of information, including entries from his Charter Rights Case and details about his music and spiritual life ✝️.

The Law Society of Ontario is now conducting a Regulatory Review of the illegally convened "reference hearing" that aborted Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Case, which is now proceeding to the Supreme Court of Canada from the Federal Court of Appeal.

Lorence Hud has had amazing things happen in his life and, as you will see by scrolling through this site, the most amazing thing of all happened in the mid-eighties, when he decided to heed the call to move to what was then an undiscovered and very remote Caribbean island where, over twenty-nine years ago, Jesus Blessed him with his Damascus Road Experience that changed his life forever. 

This original vintage 1957 Fender Stratocaster is the guitar Lorence Hud wrote the rock classic "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" on, in 1971.

Lorence Hud's recording of  "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" became one of 1973's Biggest Canadian Hits.

musiccanada.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/1973s-biggest-canadian-hits/ 

Lorence Hud Discography

On A&M Records

https://www.onamrecords.com › artists › discography

There are 17 recordings for Lorence Hud. Click the links for the worldwide releases by recording title then click the stock number for the detailed discography ...

How to pronounce Lorence Hud | HowToPronounce.com 

Information/Write-up 

One of the more listenable pop/rock albums of the year has been put out by a young Canadian lad from Saskatchewan. Lorence Hud is the man responsible, and Mr. Hud is a man of many talents. Not only has he written all the songs and sings them, but he plays all the instruments, too - guitars, piano, drums, harmonica, saxophone, organ, piano, even a glockenspiel.  It's an unusual - and very good album by a very talented young Canadian.

-Calgary Herald, Dec 8, 1972.     

Engineered by Chuck Britz & Ken (Midnite) Friesen
Recorded in Toronto, Ontario
Final mix mastering at A&M, Hollywood, California, USA
Cover art & design by Christianne

All instruments and vocals by Lorence Hud including grand piano, glockenspiel, organ, vibes, mellotron, tenor saxophone, clavinet, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums, harmonica

Hud, Lorence - ST (citizenfreak.com)  

 There’s something mystical, magical and poetic in Lorence Hud’s approach to writing music. And flair in the production end has indicated enough talent to fill 10 pairs of shoes. And yet as a budding recording star on the A&M label, he has the knowledge to stay on level ground even though others in his shoes haven’t. 

 Hud, Lorence (citizenfreak.com) 

| MOCM | © Museum of Canadian Music. 

The first time "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen" was performed live was at Massey Hall, in 1972. 

The above picture was taken backstage at Massey Hall, at the reception following the sold-out show.

You are now entering the

MAIN SITE

This site chronicles the life of a spiritual man, living in a secular world.

PSALM  I

"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, 

nor standeth in the way of sinners, 

nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; 

and in His law doth he meditate day and night.".  

UPDATE: October 25, 2023

Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Case is now in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice - CV-20-00000224-0000.

UPDATE: July 12, 2023

Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Case is now a Federal Case in the Tax Court of Canada and will be heard on October 24, 2023, with Evidence from the Court Record filed by the Supreme Court of Canada, which was BLOCKED in all of the previous courts by His Majesty the King.

The government funded press and their like-minded friends are misleading the Public and helping their government masters, by misrepresenting the facts in Lorence Hud's Charter rights Case, which will impact EVERYONE living in Canada.

We are publishing the FACTS, right here on the World Wide Web, for all the world to see in the Court Record EVIDENCE, as you can read for yourself below.

UPDATE: September 4,2023

LABOUR DAY PRESS RELEASE

Homeowners Against Secret Tax Sales has posted a Press Release available at the following link:

www.givesendgo.com/lorencehudcom

UPDATE: August 28, 2023. 

Tax Court of Canada confirmed receipt of electronic filing of Notice of Constitutional  Question,  Ref# WEB855945  (Backpage Ref# WEB855731),  which  questions  the  validity  of  the  Income  Tax  Act  and  is  now  Public  Record,  the first eight (8) pages of which we have published below for your convenience.

What the government funded press and their like-minded friends misrepresent as the "court record " is nonsense that was all debunked and THROWN OUT on July 15, 2019, when the FALSE charges were withdrawn by the Crown after two (2) years of proceedings in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. 

We will continue to publish the Court Record right here on the World Wide Web, for the whole world to see.

After reviewing the July 7, 2023, Judgment of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, it is abundantly clear that Judgment is based on FALSE allegations and an illegally convened Reference Hearing, which was used to BLOCK the EVIDENCE.

The Court Record filed by the Supreme Court of Canada proves, among other things, that Lorence Hud's firearms and Firearms Licence were returned to Lorence Hud by the Ontario Provincial Police in Noelville almost four years ago, and were picked up on his behalf by Ms. Sharon Mayotte from the Ontario Provincial Police in Noelville, on September 26, 2019.

The fact that Lorence Hud's firearms were returned to him by the OPP almost 4 years ago was overlooked by the Judge and because of that error in Law and many other errors in Law, including the fact that the so-called "reference hearing" was illegally convened, the above Judgment is presently under Appeal, since the illegally convened "reference hearing" is the Law dictionary definition of a: 

KANGAROO COURT Definition & Meaning - Black's Law Dictionary (thelawdictionary.org) 

KANGAROO COURT Definition & Legal

Meaning

Definition & Citations:

the name that is given to an unauthorised court that is set up without legal power and

authority that takes the law into its own hands.

His Majesty the King has been BLOCKING the Evidence for over ten (10) years and the purpose of the illegally convened "reference hearing" was to keep the Evidence BLOCKED.

Therefore, the LORENCE HUD OFFICIAL WEBSITE is now publishing the EVIDENCE right here, on the World Wide Web, for EVERYONE in the world to see.

The first EVIDENCE we are publishing here is Sworn eyewitness Testimony, which indisputably proves that the wild and preposterous Crown/Police  allegation that Lorence Hud, who is a 

CELEBRATED  CANADIAN  CITIZEN , 

while peacefully living in his country home, far away from the public, caused a "29 hour standoff", is pure fabrication, which is proven by the Court Record to be

TOTALLY  AND  UTTERLY FALSE.

You can read the Sworn eyewitness Testimony for yourself below. She heard it all and Testified to it all in her Affidavit. 

Read on if you would like to know the FACTS.

The next part of the Court Record filed by the Supreme Court of Canada is a letter confirming that Lorence Hud was in lawful possession of his home when it was illegally and violently seized by the Crown.

 Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Case is now in the Federal Court of Appeal : A-313-23,  the Ontario Superior Court of Justice : CV-20-00000224-0000, and under Regulatory Review in the Law Society of Ontario : CAS-137784-R2B8Y1. Jesus Did That. 

We are publishing Evidence that was BLOCKED by His Majesty the King in previous courts, including the illegally convened so-called "reference hearing", which was a last-minute switch without Lorence Hud's knowledge that replaced his Charter/Costs Application with the illegally convened "reference hearing" in Direct violation of his Charter rights, which is a Direct violation of  YOUR Charter rights if you are living in Canada.

The Crown has been BLOCKING  the EVIDENCE in this Charter rights Case for over ten (10) years and the purpose of the illegally convened "reference hearing" was to KEEP THE EVIDENCE BLOCKED, which means the illegally convened "reference hearing" will be quashed by the Federal Court of Appeal, under section 24(1) and/or section 52 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms/Constitution Act 1982, or Canada is FINISHED;

because to let the illegally convened "reference hearing" remain standing would blatantly prove that there is  

***NO  CHARTER***     AND     ***NO  LAW***     IN  CANADA.

Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Case is  ABSOLUTELY  TRUE  and most of what has been written about him by the Government Funded Press and their like-minded friends is totally and utterly false, as the whole world will see when Lorence Hud's Appeal is heard in the Federal Court of Appeal as a direct result of proceedings in the Tax Court of Canada. 

It is now just a matter of time before the illegal and violent seizure of Lorence Hud's home and contents, including his tax records, becomes common knowledge.

TAX  COURT  OF  CANADA 

Lorence W. Hud v. His Majesty the King 

2023-745(1T)I (Now CV-20-00000224-0000 - Ontario Superior Court of Justice)

Appeal details for :  2023-745(IT)I

Act :  Income Tax

Language :  English

Date :  2023-04-06

Hearing Location :  North Bay

Procedure :  Informal

Nature :  Income tax avoidance, Penalty for late filing

Status : Scheduled - Hearing Date: October 24, 2023

Party Information:

Party                                                      Name                    Representative Type              Representative Information

Appellant                                         Lorence Hud                Self Represented                            Self Represented

Respondent                              His Majesty the King                  Lawyer                                              Ottawa

Tax Court of Canada - Home (tcc-cci.gc.ca)  Tax Court of Canada - Find a Court File (tcc-cci.gc.ca) 

APPEAL  HEARING: October 24, 2023 Now in CV-20-00000224-0000 ONSC

The Tax Court of Canada has informed Lorence Hud that they will hear his Appeal on October 24, 2023, which means that his Charter Rights Case is now a Federal Case, virtually guaranteeing that the whole world will soon learn about the illegal and violent seizure of Lorence Hud's property, being his home and contents, including his tax records, on July 18, 2017. 

The Tax Court of Canada agreed to hear Lorence Hud's Appeal because the Court Record filed by the Supreme Court of Canada proves that Lorence Hud does not now, nor did he ever, owe any tax of any kind whatsoever.

Lorence Hud's Notice of Appeal, filed by the Tax Court of Canada, now in the Federal Court of Appeal, is a simple, straightforward, easy to understand one page statement of the facts, in letter form. We have  published a copy of the text below for your convenience.

The CRA sent Lorence Hud the  ultimatum referred to in the first line of the above Notice of Appeal to the Tax Court of Canada, (now in the Federal Court of Appeal ) shortly after the Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Canada on behalf of Lorence Hud, which is Public Record in the Court Record filed by the Supreme Court of Canada, a copy of which is published below for your  convenience.

The above Notice of Appeal to the Tax Court of Canada makes it abundantly clear; that before Lorence Hud can file a tax return, His Majesty the King must return Lorence Hud's property, being his home and contents, to Lorence Hud, since the Court Record filed by the Supreme Court of Canada indisputably proves that Lorence Hud's home and contents were illegally and violently seized by the Crown on July 18, 2017.

Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Case is now in the Federal Court of Appeal and will protect EVERYONE living in Canada from illegal home seizure by the Government. 

In order to protect the citizenry and raise public awareness, we are pleased to announce the upload of

HOMEOWNERS  AGAINST  SECRET  TAX  SALES

to

GiveSendGo.

Lorence Hud is in a legal battle to require the Government to Serve you with Notice BEFORE they sell your home in a Tax Sale. And the costs of that legal battle are mind-boggling. So for some time we have been trying to convince Lorence, that in order to reach his goal of requiring the Government to Serve you with Notice BEFORE selling your home in a Tax Sale, he must give up his privacy and share his story with the world, on a global funding platform. We are now very pleased to announce that Lorence has agreed to sacrifice his privacy for the good of the people, and has opened an account on GiveSendGo, where anyone in the world can read the facts, send a Prayer and/or Donation, and help in the cause of requiring the Government to Serve you with Notice BEFORE selling your home in a Tax Sale, especially when you do NOT owe any tax. 

We cannot think of a more worthy cause than Security for you and your loved ones in your own home and we thank you in advance for all your  help. 

You can read the facts and help HOMEOWNERS  AGAINST  SECRET  TAX  SALES at GiveSendGo, after clicking on the following link: 

www.givesendgo.com/lorencehudcom 

The Court Record filed by the Supreme Court of Canada proves that Lorence Hud does not now, nor did he ever, owe any tax of any kind whatsoever, which is why the Tax Court of Canada agreed to hear his Appeal.

Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Case is now a Federal Case in the Federal Court of Appeal after the Hearing in the Tax Court of Canada.

You can access Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Case in the Tax Court of Canada, by entering Court File No. 2023-745 in the following Tax Court of Canada link:

Tax Court of Canada - Find a Court File (tcc-cci.gc.ca) 

Lorence Hud's Charter Rights Case is now heading for the Federal Court of Appeal and continuing in ONSC CV-20-00000224-0000

The sequence of text and images entered on lorencehud.com has evolved a great deal since the day that this website was opened, which was May 9, 2022,  https://t.co/HfgHGY9ft8" / Twitter , when we published the first post on this site as follows:

When other musicians went to do drugs, Lorence Hud went target shooting and we should not have to tell you that was a smart decision, so we asked Lorence how he managed to ignore his peers and make that very intelligent choice. It turns out that clever choice was made for him before he became a professional musician, by an authority far higher than his peers, as Lorence explains: 

"When I was eight years old jazz legend Gordie Brandt told me, 'You will be going out there Lorence. Just remember one thing; ALL DRUGS ARE GARBAGE!' and Gordie was my idol. Gordie Brandt was the greatest guitar player that I have ever seen, so what my peers said meant nothing to me.".

The picture is the main gate at A&M Records in Hollywood, where Lorence entered in amazement just to be on the Lot, and almost fell over when Chuck Kaye, who started both Rondor Music and Almo/Irving Music, stepped out of his office, walked over to Lorence and said, "I wanted to shake your hand. I always enjoy meeting very talented people.".

One day when Lorence walked out of the studio he saw two gentlemen down the hallway having a discussion, one of whom was wearing a beautiful purple suit that would make Gucci green with envy, and Lorence tells us that was a day at A&M's Hollywood studios that he will never forget, as Lorence explains, "Their backs were turned toward me and as I approached they heard my footsteps. The gentleman in the impeccable purple suit very graciously and kindly turned to let me pass by and when he turned around I realized that the gentleman standing RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME was none other than Herb Alpert. I wanted to tell him, 'You play the sweetest horn that I have ever heard' but I was too star-struck to speak. And it wasn't just the celebrity of the international star Herb Alpert that left me tongue-tied, it was his musicianship; because when I was standing there with Herb Alpert I knew that I was standing in the presence of a jazz genius and I was just a poor prairie boy who was blessed to be recording in Herb Alpert's spectacular Hollywood studios by the grace of Christ, so I meekly smiled and went my way, without saying a word".

It is Public Record that Lorence Hud's recording of "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen" on A&M Records was a hit in Canada. Top 40 radio stations began playing it from the album before it was even released as a single. With a solid rock beat, the 1972 release of "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" got a lot of airplay all across the country, from coast to coast. It was in the top 40 on the west coast for nine weeks on Vancouver's CKLG, peak position #9, reaching #3 on the east coast on CJRW in Summerside Prince Edward Island, #8 in the Canadian heartland on CFRN in Edmonton, #9 on CKCK in Regina and #16 nationally on the Canadian Hot 100. "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen" went on to become one of 1973's Biggest Canadian Hits.  musiccanada.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/1973s-biggest-canadian-hits/ 

Even without all of his other recordings and touring, that fact alone makes the recording artist Lorence Hud an integral part of Canadian Musical History and Canada's cultural music heritage, which has without doubt played no small part in requests for factual information about his music and life. 

In 2020, Lorence was approached by Canadian Bands Website Creator Dan Brisebois, a true journalist and Canadian Music Patriot, who saw the glaring omissions, misinformation and outright disinformation in negatively biased articles written by media hacks gleefully masquerading as "journalists", who do a disservice to their readers and futilely labour under a blatant, irrational and pathetically puerile aversion to publishing complete, professional and unbiased, factual information about the music and life of Lorence Hud.

No self-respecting journalist would omit the salient facts that Her Majesty the Queen, now His Majesty the King/Crown withdrew the false charges against the artist, Lorence Hud, who does not and never did owe any tax, and the matter, still before the courts, is of obvious public importance to everyone living in Canada, especially anyone who has a home in Ontario. 

Right now, with no taxes owing, the government can sell anyone's home without personal service, even when State Agents KNOW that the owner did NOT receive Notice. 

To set the record straight, Dan contacted Lorence directly through his Facebook account and told Lorence that he wanted to publish the facts, which led to an excellent article in Canadian Bands.com. Unfortunately, Dan passed away in 2020 and that excellent article that he wrote about Lorence Hud has since vanished, along with the journalistic integrity of the late great Dan Brisebois, who was valiantly trying to save Canadian Musical History from being deleted and thereby erased from Canada's cultural legacy and musical heritage. 

To say Dan will be missed is an understatement. Without Dan Brisebois, Canadian news outlets may never recover from their amateurish descent into gossip driven maladroit journalism. 

As a tribute to Canadian Bands Website Creator Dan Brisebois, we have saved a few screen shots of the excellent article that he wrote about Lorence Hud, in order to preserve the important work that Dan did as an investigative journalist, before his untimely passing in 2020.  

In that 2020 article Dan reported on Lorence Hud's Case, which the Supreme Court of Canada accepted for filing on June 23, 2022. Dan was a journalist of the highest integrity who reported the FACTS and was WAY ahead of  his time.

The deletion of Canadian Musical History has not gone unnoticed by the good folks at Deletionpedia.org, who developed a music history preservation methodology that seeks out, restores and brings to light the factual evolution of Canada's Music and Cultural Heritage, for posterity and the interested readers who deserve nothing less. 

UPDATE:

Now they are censoring Deletionpedia - too late - we took a screenshot before they blocked the article.

As a result of the obvious bias of Wikipedia editors and their gossip driven censorship, Wikipedia's deletion of Canadian Musical Heritage/Lorence Hud is now being published by EverybodyWiki at

   Lorence Hud - EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki  . 

The gossip driven "editors" and "journalists" just don't get it. Every time they delete Canadian Musical Heritage/Lorence Hud, that Canadian Musical Heritage will simply be published on new sites, which will grow and eventually replace Wikipedia and any other site that is foolish enough to tolerate gossip driven hacks who humoroursly call themselves "journalists" and "editors".

www.virtualsheetmusic.com/score/HL-1605.html   Sign Of The Gypsy Queen Sheet Music by April Wine for Piano/Keyboard and Voice - Noteflight Marketplace   SIGN OF THE GYPSY QUEEN CHORDS by Lorence Hud @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com 

Any songwriter will tell you that the greatest compliment you can give them is to record one of their songs and Lorence Hud has humbly received that compliment from many up and coming, still unknown artists, as well as from established professionals, including Glenn Yarbrough (one of the founding members of the Limelighters) who, as a solo artist, recorded "Fools Make Dreams Come True", country star Wayne Rostad,  who recorded "Summer Rose", as well as the many rock bands who have recorded "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen", such as Frost/Jack Frost (2005), Burning Sunday (2018), April Wine (1981) and Kobra and the Lotus (2015).  Song: Sign of the Gypsy Queen written by Lorence Hud | SecondHandSongs   And as much as Lorence Hud likes to see the professional covers, he tells us that when he sees some kid with a guitar by him or herself, or with a group of their friends, upload their own unique version... that's magic. 

So we showed Lorence "Three Brothers Cover For Dad", a video of three brothers covering "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen" as a birthday gift for their dad, which literally brought tears to Lorence's eyes and he said, "Forgive me for becoming emotional. When I wrote that song in 1971, I never imagined that, over fifty years later, I would see it played with such amazing brotherly love in a video for their dad, who must be one VERY Proud Papa.  And WOW! Those boys play!".              www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdDE4nsF_8Q 

After his first album, on which he sang all the vocals and played all of the instruments, Lorence wanted to assemble a group for the next album and, after discussions with the good folks at  A&M Records, they made arrangements that led to an assembly so talented that they exceeded his wildest dreams, since that assembly was made up of the A-String session players and singers on Music Row in Nashville, who were quite literally the best in the world. So how did A&M Records manage to bring together an assembly like that for a poor Canadian prairie boy? First of all, they succeeded to reach the agent for one of the original founding members of the legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, a musical genius who many would argue is the best session bass player of all time and had become a groundbreaking record producer, with his offices and studio situated right in the heart of Music Row. Then came the hard part. How do you convince an internationally successful guy like that to produce a Canadian prairie kid like Lorence Hud? As it turns out, all they had to do was let him hear the first album, after which he agreed to produce the project. The name of that producer, who has appeared on more than 6,000 recordings, is Norbert Putnam. Elvis called him "Putt". Norbert Putnam was used to working with the best and he called on the best for the Lorence Hud album, including The Holladay Sisters (Ginger and Mary with Jeannie Greene), The Jordanaires, The Memphis Horns, Weldon Myrick, Farrell Morris, Bobby Wood, Larry London, Kenny Malone and the legendary session musicians seen pictured with Lorence Hud in the photo below, which was taken in front of Quadraphonic Studios on Music Row in Nashville.

The most amazing part of it all to Lorence, is that he was treated as an equal by all of those incredibly talented people, each of whom was so warm and friendly that their gracious southern hospitality made him feel as though he was working with dear old friends, and that is how he will always remember them.

We would be remiss if we neglected to give you a bit of background on the musical prowess of the Nashville Cats in the photograph taken in front of Quadraphonic Studios on Music Row. (The album was recorded in Memphis and Nashville.) Norbert told Lorence that he became a producer when Kris Kristofferson asked him to produce Joan Baez, who had asked Kris to produce her next album. That pairing of Norbert Putnam with Joan Baez resulted in the hugely successful recording of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". It was so successful that Clive Davis flew Norbert up to New York to congratulate him on producing a record that sold so many copies of a folk artist. Norbert told Lorence that when he said to Clive, "Maybe I just got lucky. It was my first production", Clive moved in close and said, "No, you KNOW something", which made Lorence laugh and thank God that he had been blessed with a record producer who had a great sense of humour. And it was always like that, so for Lorence, it was as if he was being produced by a very funny high school friend, rather than a global hit maker when he was working with Norbert Putnam, who has produced a long list of hits including Margaritaville for Jimmy Buffet. 

Mike Leech, who is seated in the center of the picture, with his bass in its soft case, played on hundreds of hit records, including Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds", Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline", Willie Nelson's, "Always On My Mind", and Dobie Gray's "Drift Away". On a side note, Dobie Gray taught Lorence to stay away from hot and we mean HOT food one night in Los Angeles, when Dobie invited Tom Jans, Will Jennings and his wife Carol to try out some HOT Mexican food. Will called Lorence and told him what Dobie was up to and asked Lorence if he would like to join them and, like a fool, Lorence said yes. Suffice it to say, Lorence made it clear to one and all that he would NEVER do that again! Back to Mike Leech, who rose to fame as the bass player in "The Memphis Boys", a collection of studio professionals who were the "house band" in American Sound Studio in 1967-72, where Leech played on 122 top-10 hit pop records, from Presley to B.J. Thomas, from Dionne Warwick to the Box Tops, as well as on the renowned Dusty Springfield LP Dusty in Memphis. He then moved to Nashville where he became an "A-Team" session musician on Music Row.  His work can be heard on the records of more than a dozen members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was in demand for jazz records by Herbie Mann and Al Hirt, among others. His rock and roll credits  include sessions with Eric Clapton, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison.

Shane Keister, who is seated right behind Mike Leech in the picture, began playing piano when he was three years old and went on to become an accomplished classical pianist. From there he branched out into many other musical styles and genres. He has worked hand in hand with legends of the recording industry, ranging from Elvis Presley and Paul McCartney to Arif Mardin and Ahmet Ertegen. In 1972, Shane was in such demand as a pianist/session keyboardist from his work in Dallas and Memphis that he moved to Nashville and was called by Norbert Putnam to play on the Lorence Hud album. He is an extremely versatile studio musician and has produced and played on countless albums with the finest performers, including Celine Dion, Paul McCartney, Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Olivia Newton John, Roberta Flack, Dianne Schuur, Lionel Ritchie, Billy Joel, Tom Jones and many more.

Johnny Christopher, who co-wrote "Always On My Mind" with Mark James and Wayne Carson, is pictured standing on the right side of the photo. His recording credits on guitar include sessions with Elvis Presley, B.J. Thomas, Waylon Jennings, Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Ronnie Milsap, John Prine, Jackie DeShannon and Petula Clark. On a side note, during a break while recording with Lorence Hud, Johnny asked Lorence, "How did you come up with that lick for Madame La Rue?". Lorence was not quite sure but he knew he had been listening to old rhythm and blues records and probably got it from there, so he told Johnny, "Its just an old rhythm and blues lick" and Reggie Young, who had recorded many R&B hits, seemed to agree. The song Madame La Rue actually came from a book. How it happened is that Lorence had a subscription, which each month sent him a book about different Great Museums of the World, and one of those books detailed the life and work of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. After he  saw the "At the Moulin Rouge" paintings, Madame La Rue suddenly appeared, like a photograph. Lorence ran to his guitar, turned on his tape recorder and started playing. That R&B lick came out and Lorence just followed the photograph. When Lorence played it back, he couldn't believe it. There was this song, from out of nowhere that was basically written by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and the rhythm and blues artists Lorence loved listening to, about Toulouse-Lautrec's Paris and a life-style Lorence knew nothing about. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS-EPPliDpQ    It reminds us of "I Shot the Sheriff", which was written by Bob Marley and was a big hit when Eric Clapton sang it, but neither one of them shot the sheriff.

Kenny Buttrey, seated next to Lorence who is seated on the right side of the picture, became a professional musician at age 11, went on his first world tour with Chet Atkins at the age of 14 and was one of the most influential session musicians in Nashville history. He was also a super great guy and went out of his way to make Lorence feel at home in Nashville. After one of the sessions, Kenny asked Lorence if he wanted to go out for a drink, and it turned into a fantastic night that Lorence will never forget. Kenny had a heart of gold. It is the kick and snare lick of Kenny Buttrey that made Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" a hit. Lorence could not believe that he was out on the town in Nashville with the guy who laid down the perfect drum track for Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay". Kenny's drum track on "Madame LaRue" was sheer genius. Lorence tried to find other drummers who could do the same but none of them could play it. One of those drummers told Lorence, "You will not find anybody who can do what Kenny Buttrey did on Madame LaRue, so forget it.". And for Kenny it all just came naturally; no warmup, no rehearsal, no questions, just play him the song and he played the perfect drum track, with technical brilliance and taste second to none. Kenny opened up his heart of gold on that amazing Nashville night. Lorence learned how Kenny's appearance on Elvis Presley's "He Touched Me"... touched Kenny Buttrey. It was a spiritually uplifting night in the heart of Nashville, to the glory of God in the name of Jesus Christ, who Lorence testifies is the Word is God; The Father, The Word and The Holy Spirit, These Three Are ONE. And musically, for Lorence it was the thrill of a lifetime to hear the inside story, right from the man himself, on his drumming, touring and legendary session work, which includes Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, Nashville Skyline, John Wesley Harding and Self Portrait, Neil Young's Harvest, Tonight's the Night, Harvest Moon and Tuscaloosa, as well as countless other sessions Kenny Buttrey made great for a wide array of artists, including Bob Seger, Joan Baez, Jimmy Buffet, J.J. Cale, Donovan, Mickey Newbury and more.

Reggie Young, seated second from the left, next to Norbert Putnam in the photo, was at the top of the list of guitar players' guitar players. Eric Clapton said Reggie Young was the greatest guitar player that he had ever heard and Eric was right. To hit the harmonic just right and make it sing usually takes a guitar player a couple or more attempts before it is correctly picked and muted at the same time, which is necessary to create the harmonic. Lorence never saw a guitar player do it on the first try, on any note, with absolute perfection, until he saw Reggie Young do it at Quadraphonic. So, when it came time for Reggie to add the guitar solo in the middle of "Sweet Janie Malone", Lorence said a silent prayer. And when Reggie raised his arm signaling the engineer to roll the tape, it was as if Reggie said, "Here you are Lorence" because Reggie made that Telecaster sing so sweetly that it took the breath away from everyone in the control room. Reggie then tied it all together with his solo and left the end open for Lorence to add the closing guitar licks.    www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlv54omDMak  Needless to say, a poor Canadian prairie boy like Lorence, who was trying to learn how to make a record, hung on every word that Reggie Young spoke. So Lorence was absolutely stunned one day when he was sitting in the back seat, as Reggie was behind the wheel and taking some of the guys out for lunch. Lorence told them that he felt strange singing "Cortelia Clark" www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTByw77xxXY   because Mickey Newbury did such a great job. Reggie then said, "Yea but you did a great job too.".  WOW!  Lorence was too stunned to speak. Reggie Young played guitar on hundreds of hit recordings spanning a career of more than six decades. He can be heard on an estimated 150 top 40 hits, including Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man", Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" and Dobie Gray's "Drift Away", which was recorded at Quadraphonic.          

David Briggs is standing at the far left in the photo in front of Quadraphonic. Leon Russell greatly admired the keyboard genius of David Briggs, who did not like the attention, as David explained to Lorence, "You work for 30 years to develop a style that is uniquely David Briggs and then Leon Russell watches you play for 15 minutes and he's got you, he plays David Briggs better than David Briggs."  But Lorence knew that Leon was just showing his love for David's playing and there will never be another David Briggs. Because of David's phenomenal keyboard playing, Lorence was nervous when Norbert asked Lorence to play "Honesty Is My Trouble" for David, so he could write the piano part. Lorence played it and was amazed when David said, "I think Lorence should play the piano because he has an unorthodox style". Then Norbert said, "His left hand will interfere with the bass". Lorence then changed the left hand part to straight octaves to stay out of the way of the bass. And that is how Lorence ended up playing the Steinway grand piano on "Honesty Is My Trouble" with the foremost session piano player in the world, David Briggs, sitting across from Lorence playing ingenious counterpoint on the Wurlitzer, as only David Briggs could do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM4g4fNT2r0   Lorence tells us that sharing keyboard licks with David Briggs was one of the highlights of his musical career. David Briggs, along with Norbert Putnam, was one of the founding members of the legendary Muscle Shoals rhythm section. They moved to Nashville, continuing to play sessions on a very long list of hit records and opened Quadraphonic Sound Studio on Music Row along with their publishing house, Danor Music, which is where Lorence Hud met a then unknown Texas songwriter by the name of Will Jennings. Much of the time Lorence spent with Will was more like hanging out than writing. Nashville has a vibrant nightlife, and they went to a restaurant one evening that had fabulous chocolate cake, so Lorence told Norbert and they went back the next night. Unfortunately, the cake was no longer fresh, so it was a disappointment, but they made up for it with an extra helping of their marvelous black-eyed peas. Lorence never heard of black-eyed peas before he met Will Jennings who taught Lorence to love southern cuisine. One day Will walked into Danor with what Lorence thought was a great idea and they started to work on it. While they were writing, Will started singing the chorus and the sound of Will's voice singing those words made Lorence feel like he really wanted to record that song. When they finished writing it Lorence said, "Do you think Norbert will let us put it on the album?". Will just smiled and said, "He better!" The song, which was really Will's idea, made it onto the album. The title is "The Song that Annie Sings". www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT84VPzsPlo Will Jennings has written many great songs, including, "Tears In Heaven", with Eric Clapton and "Higher Love", with Steve Winwood, which is Lorence's  favourite Will Jennings song because it reminds Lorence of the great times he had with Will and his wife Carol, a couple of real sweethearts, who Lorence always felt had a higher love. Will also co-wrote the theme for the Titanic, "My Heart Will Go On", with James Horner. The songs remind Lorence of what Will told him many years ago.

Lorence still remembers, like it was yesterday, when they were writing in Danor's publishing house on Music Row in Nashville and Will said,  "If we can write just one that they remember Lorence, we've done our job.".

The new material that Gerry asked Lorence to submit to A&M Records, led to the Lorence Hud 4 Song Mini-Album -  rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/lorence_hud/lorence_hud/  -  and two of the tracks from that album were chosen to be included in the soundtrack for the Foster Brooks movie. It's a Meatballs style comedy with a PG rating and, as the title suggests, "Oddballs" was a perfect vehicle for Foster Brooks, as "Meatballs" was for Bill Murray. Quality Records told Lorence, "We sent them a ton of stuff for the Roger Corman produced film "Oddballs", most of which they did not use, but they chose two of your songs and they want to use your songs in their soundtrack!". Lorence of course agreed, since it was starring Foster Brooks.

m.imdb.com/title/tt0087830/soundtrack/?ref_=tt_trv_snd m4uhd.tv/watch-movie-oddballs-1984-247916.html   www.mymovierack.com/show/oddballs     Lorence Hud Best Songs List: Top, New, & Old | AllMusic 

The supreme irony of it all, is that what started out with Gerry Lacoursiere asking Lorence to submit new material to A&M Records, led to that material being included in a soundtrack for a Foster Brooks movie, which led to Lorence being invited, by overseas Government Authorities, to apply for highly sought and rarely granted Permanent Residence, in a British Overseas Territory where that movie and Lorence's songs were extremely popular with the indigenous population and expatriates as well. And so it was that Lorence Hud was granted Permanent Resident Status in the Cayman Islands, among the beautiful islanders and ubiquitous palm trees, where he built his island recording studio, with a combination of  sequencers, signal processors, digital recorders, synthesizers, analog tape machines and a wide array of acoustic and electric instruments, including, of course, guitars; all of which arrived by sea during hurricane season in perfect condition at the George Town port on Grand Cayman, after crossing the ocean from Miami with his flagship, 1957 Original Vintage Fender Stratocaster, leading the way. The dockworkers did not have a key to the container, so Lorence went down to the Container Yard at the Dock to open up the container. Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control then went through the lengthy process of examining the contents to clear the container for entry into the Cayman Islands. Everyone at the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands was super friendly. At a distance there was a forklift operator who began waving his arms and, with a big grin on his face, yelled at Lorence, "Beatle? - Beatle?". Lorence just smiled and waved back. The Cayman Islands Customs Agent who was in charge of filing the Customs Documents started laughing and told Lorence that a few of the Beatles were regular visitors.

They say that moving overseas "frees the artist" and moving overseas to make his home and build his recording studio in the Cayman Islands, where he joyfully lived his West Indies Island life for almost twenty years, was definitely a HUGE success for the artist, Lorence Hud, to put it mildly. People were always coming to see Lorence at his studio. If he was not there, they would leave notes asking him to call them. And Lorence was always happy when he returned from his daily walk on Seven Mile Beach to find someone waiting at the studio door for his return, which was not uncommon. The Foster Brooks movie and Lorence's songs were hot on the island and the two Lorence Hud songs that were included in the soundtrack for the movie are, "Don't Touch that Dial" and "Here's To You". Lorence tells us that he is extremely grateful to Foster Brooks because Foster's movie facilitated moving abroad and Lorence met so many wonderful people overseas, while living in the sun-drenched Cayman Islands, when "Beloved Isles Cayman" were still "The Islands Time Forgot".    So Foster, "Here's To You"!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnorIZKnfEU 

When he returned to Grand Cayman to make his home on the island, Lorence was elated to be back on what was then an unspoiled and sparsely populated island paradise: as Lorence recounts, "I was very happy with the fact that the Cayman Islands were 'The Islands Time Forgot'. In those days I used to walk on Seven Mile Beach every day and on almost all of those walks I was amazed to see the Creator's Glory in all of its unspoiled splendour, with no one on the beach except for me and the sand crabs, who generously shared the beach with me and had the beach all to themselves before I arrived and after I left. The hospitality of the sand crabs on the beach was matched by the sea urchins in the ocean. Even the jellyfish kept their distance. Over the years I heard many reports of swimmers being stung by jellyfish and often heard the sirens of speeding ambulances on West Bay Road, as divers suffering from potentially lethal DCS were being rushed to the Decompression Chamber in George Town; so I am extremely grateful that during all my time living in the Cayman Islands, I never experienced the sting of a jellyfish or the need for hyperbaric oxygen therapy while I was swimming and diving in the gorgeous, crystal-clear turquoise, aquamarine and deep blue waters that surround the beautiful Cayman Islands. Seven Mile Beach has been ranked as the most beautiful beach in the world and I was greatly blessed to have lived there when 'Beloved Isles Cayman' were still the 'Islands Time Forgot', at the absolute peak of the pristine, unspoiled natural beauty of Seven Mile Beach. It was a unique moment in time that defies replication, with an unobstructed view of the Creator's Glory on Grand Cayman, which will never be repeated.".  Sadly, much of the once beautiful seven mile beach is gone.  Erosion stripping Seven Mile Beach - Cayman Compass 

And when he returned to settle in on Grand Cayman he was pleasantly surprised to see, that even with all the unspoiled, natural beauty on Seven Mile Beach (now gone), the brand-new state of the art Owen Roberts International Airport Terminal, complete with a finely crafted A-frame and thatch-roof outdoor waving gallery (long since closed), was fully operational. Many warm welcomes and bittersweet goodbyes were shared by one and all on the outdoor waving gallery. And with Cayman Airways' Sir Turtle Club and famous Rum Punch, Sir Turtle Club members like Lorence had many happy times, with friends and strangers alike, flying from Owen Roberts International Airport to Miami and connecting onward to wherever they wished, which made the Greater Antilles Island even more attractive, with easier access and without losing its unique, unspoiled West Indies charm. 

But even with all the unique, unspoiled natural beauty (at that time), Lorence admits, "When I lived on Grand Cayman, I also witnessed the unbelievably destructive power of nature in all its unstoppable fury. I will never forget Hurricane Gilbert which, after it crossed Jamaica went through a remarkable intensification period, with the pressure falling in 24 hours from 960 mb (28.35 inches) to 888 mb (26.22 inches), which is the lowest sea level pressure ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere. I had a prior commitment to fly off the island and meet with a publisher on the mainland. As I was waiting for my flight to board, a voice came on the airport's loudspeakers and announced that the winds had picked up and it was too dangerous to land, so the plane that I was supposed to be on was forced to turn back to Miami. I was loaded onto a bus with a group of tourists, and I recognized the driver who said, 'Where do you want to go?'. I knew that they had just finished construction of the new fire hall and it was supposed to be hurricane-proof, so I told him, 'To the fire hall.'. At that point the tourists on the bus, who had become quite anxious, heard what I said to the bus driver, and I guess they thought, 'This guy KNOWS something.', so they all started yelling, 'TO THE FIRE HALL !!! - TO THE FIRE HALL !!!' The bus driver put the proverbial pedal to the metal but when we arrived at the fire hall it was already packed with islanders and tourists who were seeking shelter from the hurricane. Nevertheless, just in the nick of time we got into the fire hall, only moments before they started turning people away and locked the doors. Walking through the fire hall, I could see that the tourists were not as well prepared as the islanders, who offered me fine Caymanian cuisine, which was delicious. Some people were playing their favourite songs to calm their nerves. Ironically, someone was playing 'Sign of the Gypsy Queen' off in the distance, somewhere on the leeward side of the building at the other end of the fire hall, but I did not try to find them and introduce myself because I had been up since before dawn and was exhausted. During the night I guess I looked very tired because a couple of very young Caymanian girls, about 5 or 6 years old, who were going to sleep on a blanket on the fire hall floor, looked up at me and said, 'Would you like part of our blanket?' and I knew Jesus Did That, so I got some sleep in the middle of that packed fire hall, on that little blanket with those little angels. During the hurricane the gorgeous blue skies and blazing Caribbean sun were totally blotted out and, as I looked out from the garage of the George Town fire hall, at the grey foreboding darkness, the shrieking sound of Gilbert's Category 5 hurricane winds made me wonder, 'What am I doing here?'. It wasn't until years later, long after the wild ride with Hurricane Gilbert, that I learned why God called me to move to the Cayman Islands.".

The Canadian High Commission to the Cayman Islands was very helpful in providing Lorence with an understanding of the unique Caymanian culture and customs and, given the strict immigration laws, registration with the Canadian High Commission was a necessity for maintaining Permanent Resident Status in the Cayman Islands, since living in the islands is totally different than taking a vacation there. On his very first visit to Grand Cayman almost 40 years ago, Lorence knew that living in the Cayman Islands would be unlike anything that he had ever experienced while living in North America; and that was something that he had to seriously consider before he ultimately decided to move overseas, and begin a whole new life on the distant shores of what was then an undiscovered, and very remote Caribbean island, thousands of miles away from the land of his birth. As it turns out, Lorence had irresistible help in making that decision, as he explains, "I had a very strong feeling that I was destined to move to the Cayman Islands and I knew from previous experience, that just like Jonah, I could never ignore the prodding of the Holy Spirit. What I did not know was the enormity of the blessings and spiritual discernment I would receive by heeding the call. I always believed in God and, from Sunday school on up, I searched for someone to explain the Bible to me, but no one could. On the island I learned first-hand that The Holy Spirit is the only one who can generate spiritual discernment and living on a tiny, very remote Christ-Centered Island, was the perfect place for me to receive that spiritual discernment. At that time Grand Cayman could have been described as the Caribbean's answer to Patmos, with the Revelation of Jesus Christ prevailing everywhere".

     And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.  John 1:32 KJV

When we asked Lorence to explain why he believes that the Holy Spirit is the only one who can generate spiritual discernment, the limitless bounds of his unshakeable Faith in The Holy Trinity and Resurrection were revealed to us and, with one sentence, he proved to us the indisputable factual basis of his belief, when Lorence testified:

 "Man's finite mind will never understand God's Infinite Power because it is impossible for the finite to understand the Infinite.".

And so it was, that well over two decades ago, long before he moved back to North America from the Cayman Islands to care for his Dearly Beloved Mother in Canada, The Word of God became the center of the life of Lorence Hud and remains the center of his life as it is this day, with the heaven-sent spiritual discernment generated by the Seven Fold Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, continuously opening the Scriptures to him and further unfolding the everlasting, unchanging Truth that Jesus Christ is the Word is God, guiding Lorence with every breath he takes, in every move he makes, to the Glory of God - The Father, The Word and The Holy Spirit - These Three Are ONE.

After reading the facts proven by Court Documents filed by the Supreme Court of Canada, which detail the horrific, surreal ordeal Lorence has been through, we asked him what Jesus Christ means to Lorence Hud; and he succinctly summed it up when he Testified:

 "Jesus is God means everything to me. I can't even walk without Him holding my hand.".

When a true follower of Christ decides to "put out into the deep", it means putting everything and everyone behind, and putting God and only God before, with eyes fixed on Jesus, faithfully sailing into uncharted waters, not after the flesh but after the Spirit, empowered by the living and powerful Word, being led by the command, "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ." - to fulfill in it's season in God's time, His every purpose under the heaven.