Larry Garner | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Larry Garner |
Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | July 8, 1952
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 |
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]
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 (1996), 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]
All eight of Garner's CDs have been released by labels in Europe or Britain: [4]
Larry Garner | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Larry Garner |
Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | July 8, 1952
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 |
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]
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 (1996), 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]
All eight of Garner's CDs have been released by labels in Europe or Britain: [4]