Richard Laviolette

In the fall of 2003, Richard Laviolette began working on the release of his first LP under the name Mary Carl. Although he recorded most of the album himself with
the warm, earthly vocals of Michelle Dyck, Richard released the album with a full band on April 1, 2005 to a packed Jimmy Jazz in Guelph, ON. It was completed over the duration of a year and a half, recorded in the bedroom of good friend, Adam Scott. The album incorporated guitar, cello, harmonica, piano, accordion, and floor tom to produce a rather mellow but intense sounding LP. Adam and Michelle along with David Mallery and Rob Fillo joined Richard to make up the full band. Ironically, the CD release party would be their last full-band show.

He has since been working on new material. Released under his own name in the summer of 2006, is another um-teen tracks of various songs and instrumentation all under the creative license of his own innovative tendencies.