John Lawrie left, never to return — but he will Sept. 27 for Point/Arc Festival, bringing Nashville with him

John Lawrie was hooked. Now, you might even say he is addicted to the place. But we will stick with ‘hooked.’

And he can thank his mom for the addiction – oops – the ‘hook.’

The 2020 graduate of Covington Catholic High School was looking for colleges, he says.

“My mom showed me Belmont. I went down to visit Nashville, and, yes I was hooked,” he said.

“Belmont was an amazing experience. I met so many incredible musicians and people while there. Everyone seemed to lift each other up. Just being in Nashville alone was an eye-opening experience.

“My whole life I had just learned classical piano. But being in Nashville – my commercial piano degree focused in Jazz studies – I learned so many new genres.”

Now, Lawrie wants to share his Nashville experience with his Northern Kentucky friends