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He first appears in 1967 on Roulette Records as the drummer of THE BOUGALIEU. A snotty Albany N.Y. psych/punk band. Albany. Although it's last name was New York it was as rural in some spots as Alabama. Guys who are now in their early 60's were brought up on AM radio in the early 60's which had a top ten that would play James Brown followed by Patsy Cline.Legal drinking age was 18.There were jazz joints with players up from New York City and "chitlen circut" clubs in the South End. The area was a musical garden.What else can you do but play music growing up in a city with ten months of winter. (People from the guts of Albany didn't ski.)

In the early 70's Larry had the great fortune of one on one drum lessons with Jack DeJohnette at his house 40 miles away in Woodstock. A gift. A blessing. "I could hardy reach the pedal..Jack sat real high up. And the bass drum was big for a jazz drummer. I thought they all played 18's. And he had a giant 22" Pastie flat ride that was a prototype."

Larry moved to Las Vegas, and spent the late 70's in casino lounge bands working old school rooms.Opening for, and learning from, the likes of Willie Nelson at The Golden Nugget and Redd Foxx at The Thunderbird. Meanwhile writing jokes for a few big time comics in town. ( Rodney Dangerfield and Joan Rivers).  He never missed a desert sunrise .The Mob vibe was still alive in Vegas... " A small town with a big street".     It was easy to live on the other side of the clock.

 Larry took to Hollywood in the 80's, found a home at The Comedy Store, and appeared in the cult stand-up film COMEDY'S DIRTIEST DOZEN  with Chris Rock and Bill Hicks. And he opened for Sam Kinison for a year and lived to talk about it. A typical Saturday Night would find him on stage as a comic at 9 and in the studio jamming at midnight.  Living the dreams all at once. 

In LA, Larry helped form and played drums with SAM KINISON'S OUTLAW BAND with it's revolving door of players such as Ted Nugent and Leslie West.When Sam did his Universal Amphitheater shows, Larry moved over to percussion and gave the drum chair up to Tommy Lee.( Sam's encores at his comedy shows were always a surprise all star music jam.)

A lot of people credit Larry with "giving" GUNS AND ROSES, who were regulars at Sam's shows,   the title to their mega hit  "Welcome To The Jungle" which was  Larry's comedy catch phrase in the mid 80's.

  He also played with GOOD COP/BAD COP, an experimental soulnoise duo. A fixture at the legendary Al's Bar in downtown LA. And  the punkjazz band, DRUNK BY NOON .Then was unwittingly recruited as  drummer/vocalist of ......

THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARETET. An inovative ,spontaneous,freeform, punk, jazz, sarcasm band.Which  is LA's new darling of the buzz  band world.    A unique mix of jazz, punk, and comedy.

"If you are going to tell someone the truth,you better make them laugh"

 (George Bernard Shaw)

I drank with Joe Cocker in Buffalo in 1969.

Hung with Alice Cooper in 1970 in Philly.

Smoked with Willie Nelson's band in 1975 in Vegas.

Snorted away the 80's in LA with Sam Kinison.

Pissed off Kaydo Kalin with an OJ joke at Pauly Shore's 21 birthday party gig in 1996 , Hollywood.

Had The Hells Angles dig my jokes at a biker ralleys in Reno four times since 2001.

I am too old to die young.