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Larry Garner
born on 8/7/1952 in Baton Rouge, LA, United States
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Larry Garner (born July 8, 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana)[1] is an American Louisiana blues musician best known for his 1994 album Too Blues.
Biography
Garner grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with his first inspiration being the guitar-playing preacher Reverend Utah Smith. Garner made acquaintance with local musicians such as Lonesome Sundown, Silas Hogan, Guitar Kelley and Tabby Thomas.[2] His musical influences include Hogan, Clarence Edwards, Jimi Hendrix, and Henry Gray.[1][3] He was taught to play guitar by his uncle and two other elders. Garner completed military service in Korea and returned to Baton Rouge, working part-time in music and full-time at a Dow Chemical plant.[1]
Garner won the International Blues Challenge in 1988,[3] and his first two albums, Double Dues and Too Blues, were released by the British JSP label. The latter album's title was in reply to a label executive who judged Garner's original demo to be "too blues".[1] Thomas' nightclub, Tabby's Blues Box, provided Garner with a playing base in the 1980s and gave him the subject matter for the strongest song on Double Dues, "No Free Rides".[2]
You Need to Live a Little (1996) was followed by Standing Room Only (1998), Baton Rouge (1999) and 2000's Once Upon the Blues.[1] Baton Rouge''s 1999 track, "Go To Baton Rouge," offered a tourist's guide to Louisiana music spots.[2]
In 2008, Garner was treated for a serious illness that was the inspiration for his 2008 album, Here Today Gone Tomorrow.[3][4]
Discography
All eight of Garner's CDs have been released by labels in Europe or Britain:[3]
- Too Blues (1994) - JSP
- Double Dues (1995) - JSP
- You Need to Live a Little (1996) - Polygram
- Standing Room Only (1998) - Ruf
- Baton Rouge (1999) - Evidence
- Once Upon the Blues (2000) - Ruf
- Embarrassment to the Blues? (2002) - live album - Ruf
- Here Today Gone Tomorrow (2008) - Dixiefrog
- Larry Garner, Norman Beaker and Friends - Live at the Tivoli (2010) (recorded at The Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne on 8 October 2009)[5]
- Blues For Sale (2012) - Dixiefrog
See also
- Louisiana blues
References
- 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Dahl, Bill. [Larry Garner at All Music Guide Larry Garner]. Allmusic. Retrieved on December 15, 2009.
- 2.0 2.1 2.2 Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, Dubai: Carlton Books Limited.
- 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Wirt, John, BR's Larry Garner grateful to be Here Today, The Advocate, 2008-08-15, p. 18FUN. URL accessed on 2010-01-11.
- Larry Garner | Here Today Gone Tomorrow. Bluesweb.com. Retrieved on December 2009.
- [Larry Garner at All Music Guide Allmusic ( Larry Garner > Discography > Main Albums)].
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