was inspired by Dameron's life long love of jazz. Although James Taylor's "Sweet Baby James" was her first record she owned, the first jazz recording was Pat Metheny Group. "I think he is one of the best guitarists ever, if not the best."
 "Sunlight in a Snowstorm", the third cut off the CD, was inspired by Metheny on May 5, 1978 (Laurie's birthday) when three feet of snow fell on Boulder, Colorado. Being snowbound all day, she composed the music by using two old fashioned tape recorders taping back and forth capturing three guitar tracks and a bass track.
Dameron composed, produced and arranged all songs on Looking Through the Blue. It was engineered by Joe Scott and mastered by Steven McNamara at Sounds True in Louisville, Colorado and again Laurie makes good use of local and national talent:
Credits:
Guitars: Laurie Dameron
Keys: Holly Holverson tracks 1,4
Keys: Taylor Mesple (courtesy of Blue Meteor Records)
Bass: Michael Olson (courtesy of Blue Meteor Records)
Drums: Larry Thompson (courtesy of Blue Meteor Records)
Percussion: Christian Teele
Sax: Laura Newman track 9 (courtesy of Redstone Records)
Sax and Flute: Bob Rebholz track 1, 4
"Based in Colorado, Dameron has an echoey acoustic sound on her guitar that is slightly reminiscent of Pat Metheny at times. Her music is soothing, danceable (but with subtle rhythms) and pleasing." --Scott Yanow, Los Angeles Jazz Scene
“Dameron is personable and enthusiastic, especially with music, much like “Looking Through the Blue” The CD is warm and energetic, offering jazz in the form of her guitar and a few hired guns on flute, sax, drums and bass…”-- Ed Montesano, Boulder Planet
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