Lawrence "Lipbone" Redding is an American songwriter, guitarist, singer, composer, performance artist, and voicestrumentalist. He is most noted for his ability to vocally imitate trombones, bass and percussion and incorporate them into live musical performances. The name Lipbone is a contraction of "Lip Trombone". In addition, Redding also uses throat singing, which is one of the oldest forms of music found in a variety of cultures. Redding covered Joe Tex and William Devaughn's soul song.