[1] His background was from a rababi family of musicians and he received his initial training from his father Bhai Ata Muhammad, a disciple of Mian Bannay Khan of the Gwalior gharana.
After his father's death, Bhai Lal Mohammad started learning from Mian Mahboob Ali, a renowned sitar player of the Kapurthala gharana.
Bhai Lal then decided to train his younger son, Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, to continue his musical legacy and the family tradition.
[1] After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Bhai Lal Mohammad's family moved to Lahore, against the wishes and requests of friends and disciples to stay back in Amritsar, India.
Since Pakistan was a newly independent country and had meager economic resources, the next 12 years proved to be extremely difficult for Bhai Lal and his family.