[3] He left Chilliwack in 1971[4] after several albums with the band and subsequently produced albums for a number of Canadian artists and groups including Ferron, Susan Jacks, Valdy, Shari Ulrich, Roy Forbes, 1979- (Nancy Nash with Robbie King CBC), UHF and Connie Kaldor.
At the age of thirteen he began performing on the saxophone with his father's jazz band in night clubs in Victoria, British Columbia.
When that group changed its name to Chilliwack, Lawrence continued to perform with them for some time before leaving to concentrate on production work.
[citation needed] In the 1970s he produced The Great Canadian Gold Rush for CBC Radio, hosted by Terry David Mulligan.
Between 1991 and 1994 he wrote the theme and incidental music for the CBC teen drama Northwood, shot in North and West Vancouver, BC.