Tom Lavin is an American Chicago-born musician and record producer and founding member of the 1981 Juno Award-winning Canadian group, Powder Blues. Leader Tom Lavin has written many of the band's best-known songs including "Doin' It Right," a SOCAN Classics Winner, and "Boppin With the Blues". Lavin has won BCMIA awards for Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter and Producer of the Year, a Juno Award for Best New Band, and the American Blues Music Award.