George Laker was born and raised on a farm in southwest Michigan. He started playing guitar at age 15 on an old flattop his grandfather gave him. After purchasing an electric guitar from Montgomery Wards he and 3 friends started a rock 'n roll band called The Scavengers, patterned after the instrumental band The Ventures. While still in school The Scavengers wrote and released one record, and played many area school functions.
After a tour in the Navy George settled in playing country music with his brothers, Mitch and Scott. In about 1975 a friend invited George to a local bluegrass jam and he was hooked. He started playing nothing but bluegrass, and in 1987 he and his wife opened a bluegrass music store near Wayland, Michigan.
George, Mitch, Scott, and Scott's wife Coleen started performing at festivals as The Laker Family. They also recorded eight TV shows and cut two CD's. Around this same time a pickin buddy of George's named Tim Scheerhorn decided to start building resonator guitars in his garage. When Tim brought his first four guitars into the music store George was amazed at how much better they sounded than the original Dobro brand that he carried in the store. George bought one on the spot and started learning the resonator guitar. After Tim became the top builder of resonator guitars in the world George decided the first Scheerhorn sold should be put away, so he purchased another one to play and retired his original.
Since then George has played resonator guitar and cut CD's with Bluegrass Harmony, Mountain Memories, and Jim Evans. He says he feels very blessed to be a part of Out Of The Blue, and is thankful for the gift of music and those he gets to share it with.