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Like so many other Los Angeles studio musicians, guitarist and composer Larry Carlton was faced with a choice a number of years back: whether to go solo and develop a name for himself under his own name or to continue the less risky, more lucrative existence as a session guitarist, making good money and recording with prominent musicians. Fortunately for fans of this eclectic guitarist, he chose the former, and has recorded under his own name for Warner Bros., MCA Records and GRP Records since 1978.
Carlton's studio credits from the 1970s and early '80s include musicians and groups like...
April 24, 1946 - May 30, 2009
Larry began life in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, son of Rev. & Mrs. E. W. Dalton, the eighth of nine children. At age three he began playing piano by ear, and at seven began his studies with Hallie Litton.
He is a Steinway piano artist, an ASCAP writer and a member of NARAS (the Grammys). He has recorded for Integrity Music, WORD, Inc. and PianoDisc. He is an inactive member of MENSA and studies German and Portuguese. He is a producer-arranger-conductor-piano soloist for his own projects as well as a free-lance writer and...
Larry Larr (birth name Larry Hill) was part of the wave of rappers who came out of Philadelphia from the mid 80s through the early 90s, such as Schooly D, Steady B, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Cool C, Tuff Crew, Three Times Dope and Hansoul. He released one album, "Da Wizzard Of Odds" in 1991, which features appearances by E.S.T. from Three Times Dope and Kwame'. The singles released from that album were "Confused" and "Larry, That's What They Call Me". .
Influenced by the songs of Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Doors and Bob Dylan, Larry Joe Taylor started out in the early 70s as simply a fan. Some 40 years later, he finds himself right in the middle of the biggest dream of his life…to not only be a respected songwriter in his own right, but also having the opportunity to present songwriters and music he respects on one of the biggest stages in the U.S.…the Larry Joe Taylor Texas Music Festival, now in its 22nd year drawing crowds 30,000 plus. In addition to festival building, Larry Joe Taylor's...