Liam Lawton grew up in a household filled with music! On his father’s side his grandmother was a traditional Irish singer and his grandfather was a concertina player Their house was a centre for Irish and traditional music with people coming from miles around to take part in the sessions which were an integral part of their lives. Liam’s father met his mother at work in the midlands and this ensured the introduction of showband music into their lives, Liam’s mother having several brothers who played in The Cunningham Brothers showband travelling around Ireland at the height of this era in the fifties and sixties. Also members of Comhaltas Ceoltóiri Éireann, it was into this musical family setting Liam Lawton was born.