Larry Garner
American songwriter (born 1952) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Larry Garner (born July 8, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States)[1] is a Louisiana blues musician best known for his 1994 album Too Blues.[2]
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Larry Garner |
| Born | July 8, 1952 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Genres | Louisiana blues, swamp blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | Early 1980s–present |
| Labels | Several including JSP and Ruf |
Biography
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Garner grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first inspiration was the guitar-playing preacher Reverend Utah Smith. Garner made acquaintance with local musicians such as Lonesome Sundown, Silas Hogan, Guitar Kelley and Tabby Thomas.[3] His musical influences include Hogan, Clarence Edwards, Jimi Hendrix, and Henry Gray.[1][4] 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.[4] 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's nightclub, Tabby's Blues Box, provided Garner with a playing base in the 1980s and gave him the subject matter for the song "No Free Rides" on Double Dues.[3]
He recorded the albums You Need to Live a Little (1995), Standing Room Only (1998), Baton Rouge (1995) and Once Upon the Blues (2000).[1] The song "Go to Baton Rouge", from the album Baton Rouge, offered a tourist's guide to Louisiana music spots.[3]
In 2008, Garner was treated for a serious illness that was the inspiration for his 2008 album, Here Today Gone Tomorrow.[4][5]
Discography
All eight of Garner's CDs have been released by labels in Europe or Britain:[4]
- Too Blues (1994), JSP
- Double Dues (1995), JSP
- You Need to Live a Little (1995), Polygram
- Standing Room Only (1998), Ruf
- Baton Rouge (1995), Evidence
- Once Upon the Blues (2000), Ruf
- Embarrassment to the Blues?, live album (2002), Ruf
- Here Today Gone Tomorrow (2008), Dixiefrog
- Larry Garner, Norman Beaker and Friends: Live at the Tivoli, recorded at the Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne Minster, 8 October 2009 (2010)
- Blues for Sale (2012), Dixiefrog[6]
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