Larry Garner
| Larry Garner | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Larry Garner |
| Born | July 8, 1952 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Genres | Louisiana blues, swamp blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | Early 1980s–present |
| Labels | Several including JSP and Ruf |
Larry Garner (born July 8, 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States)[1] is an American Louisiana blues musician best known for his 1994 album Too Blues.
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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 Minster, on 8 October 2009)
- Blues For Sale (2012) - Dixiefrog[5]
See also
References
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- Blues musicians from Louisiana
- American blues guitarists
- American blues singers
- Songwriters from Louisiana
- Blues musicians from New Orleans, Louisiana
- Louisiana blues musicians
- Swamp blues musicians
- Musicians from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Dow Chemical Company employees
