Lorenzo "Logie" Meachum has been performing literature, stories, and music nationally for more than 30 years. In many stories, he talks about the influence of his family and the way most of his relatives used words as a form of entertainment.
Born and raised in the Guilford College area of Greensboro, North Carolina, Logie continues the oral tradition that was so much a part of his youth and development.
Educated in North Carolina and Virginia, Logie holds the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Technical Theater from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and a Master of Arts in Education Degree from Virginia Polytechnic and State University.
Logie has presented lectures and workshops in various settings from Harvard University to Church Fellowship Halls. He has taught African American Studies at Virginia Polytechnic and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, Theater History at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Public Speaking at North Carolina A& T State University. One of his works, Butter's Place, appears in the collection, A Turn In Time: Piedmont Writers At The Millennium. Honored for his contributions to education, Logie is listed in the 2004 Edition of Who's Who Among American Teachers. In addition to his commitment to the educational arena, Logie is also a talented blues musician and ethnomusicologist. He is one of the original founders of the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society and in 1995 received the Keeping The Blues Alive Award. Logie participated in the American College Theater Festival Finals of 1999 as composer of the musical score to North Carolina A&T State's winning performance of David Richmond by Samuel Hay. In 2004, Logie was honored as a cast member in the Academy award winning North Carolina production of Two Soldiers where he portrays a blues singer in a bus station. Written by William Faulkner and arranged for film by Aaron Schneider; Two Soldiers won an Oscar in 2004 for Best Short Film.
Education and Entertainment have been life long passions. Logie uses his gifts and talents to inspire audiences all over the country. Recently, he was a visiting lecturer in the Music Department of Guilford College where he taught Music and Contemporary Culture. He is full time faculty in the English and Foreign Languages Department at Winston Salem State University. There, over a 12 year period, he has taught courses in African American Culture, World Literature, Theater, Phonetics, speech and composition. He resides in Greensboro, NC with his wife Tomi and his two sons Ishmael and Isa.