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Larry Lyons

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About Me

To download all 18 songs from my demo cd for free, visit my site below at "digitalrodeo.com". You must become a neighbor (member) to download, but it's all free. To find sign up, go to "digitalrodeo.com". ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- I would first like to thank all of those who have added one of my songs to their Profile Sites. I consider this an ultimate compliment to my music, and I assure you that I am truly grateful. I believe it really helps in exposing my music to a vaster audience. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ ________________ Greetings To All My Wonderful Friends! ________________ *Please scroll down on Media Player to find 5th song. If you see a song on my Demo CD listing that you would like for me to add to the Media Player above, Please let me know. The more requests, the more likely that it will be uploaded--but another song will have to go--so PLEASE tell me which of the 5 songs currently on the Player that you like the LEAST--you won't hurt my feelings. *Note: All 18 Demo CD songs are listed in a lower section of this Bio. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- Dear music connoisseurs & music makers, Welcome to my profile site--it's truly my pleasure to have you. The 5 songs in the Media player above were part of my first CD that I recorded this winter. They are cover songs that I like to perform. I initially recorded them to take around to bars and clubs in hopes of getting more gigs--they won't hardly talk to you if you don't have some sample recordings, and I guess I can't blame them. I also like to think of the recordings as a tribute to some of the great artists who have had a major influence on my styles and musical appetite throughout my life. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- The Demo CD consists of 18 songs that were hurriedly recorded in one 5 1/2 hour studio session, so it's not real polished or produced, but does offer a fair sampling of my live musical styles. More than for perfection, I strive for feeling and immediacy, and try to connect somehow with my audience--sometimes I'm more successful at this goal than other times--I'll have to let you be the judge. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- One of my daughters, Heather, set up this Myspace Music account for me in March of 2007 and encouraged me to try to get more people to hear my music. I thank her--for I have been pleasantly surprised by the results. As new friends visited my site, they brought more aboard, and in a short time I began to acquire a fine group of attentive listeners. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Below is a listing of my Demo CD: Larry Lyons: Demo CD (cover songs) ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- ____________For Performance Info, contact at: (937)857-9266 ____________ All Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, & Harmonica were recorded simultaneously by Larry Lyons. Vocal Harmonies (also by Larry Lyons), were added on separate tracks. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- # Title: (Previously Recorded by:) [Written by:] ------------------------------------ 1. Hurt (Nine Inch Nails/Johnny Cash) [Trent Reznor] ------------------------------ 2. Tangled Up In Blue (Bob Dylan) [Bob Dylan] ------------------------------------- 3. If You Could Read My Mind(Gordon Lightfoot/Johnny Cash) [Gordon Lightfoot] 4. I Want You (Bob Dylan) [Bob Dylan] ---------------------------------------------- 5. Moon Shadow (Cat Stevens) [Cat Stevens] --------------------------------------- 6. Mind Tour Own Business (Hank Williams Sr.) [Hank Williams Sr.] -------------- 7. Simple Twist of Fate (Bob Dylan) [Bob Dylan] ------------------------------------ 8. The Weight (The Band) [Robbie Robertson] --------------------------------------- 9. Knockin’ On Heavens Door (Bob Dylan) [Bob Dylan] ---------------------------- 10. Don’t Think Twice (Bob Dylan) [Bob Dylan] ------------------------------------- 11. Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding) [Otis Redding] ----------------- 12. Like A Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan) [Bob Dylan] ----------------------------------- 13. Blowin’ In The Wind (Bob Dylan) [Bob Dylan] ----------------------------------- 14. Mary Jane’s Last Dance (Tom Petty) [Tom Petty] ------------------------------- 15. Little Red Riding Hood (Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs ) [Blackwell] ------- 16. Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan) [Bob Dylan] ----------------------- 17. Hey Good Lookin’ (Hank Williams Sr.) [Hank Williams Sr.] --------------------- 18. King Of The Road (Roger Miller) [Roger Miller] ---------------------------------- (NOT FOR SALE- DEMO PURPOSE ONLY) --------------------------------------------- Recorded at Riversong Recording Studio, Urbana Ohio ----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- If you would like a free copy of my CD, please drop me a line and I'll try to see that you get one (any small donations to help defray postal expenses will be appreciated). You may copy the CD and give to anyone you wish. I hope to find out how to offer all of the 18 songs on my Demo CD for downloading to friends and interested parties--Myspace allows me to upload 4 MP3 songs, Bodog's Entertainment has kindly sponsored a 5th song. If you have any suggestions on how I can get more of my material uploaded, so that my friends can download my songs directly from their computers, please let me know. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- I play a wide variety of musical styles & songs spanning over half a century-including folk, rock, country (mostly older), and some bluegrass (it's hard to perform this style of music with one person). I have been performing locally at "Bovaloni's” Italian Restaurant and Bar" in Piqua, Ohio and "The Leaf and Vine Pub" in Troy, Ohio. I am currently performing every Thursday evening at "Jesters Bar" outside of Troy. OH on Route 25 A. Additionally, I do gigs for private clubs, parties, and festivals. I sometimes play at King's Court behind Ye Ole Tavern Inn & at Peaches Bar, both in Yellow Springs. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Occasionally I'll perform between the sets of other bands that I'm acquainted with, or join them on stage for a couple of numbers--it's great fun and I always appreciate it when I'm invited to join in with other musicians--Nothing like having harmonies and full band sound with your vocals. My current shows are listed in section above this Bio. When performing, I am sometimes blessed with the presence of a young friend, Zach Ferryman--who among other things--performs an excellent finger picking rendition of Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven", and my daughter Leslie, who does fine Jewel Kilcher vocals, harmonizes with me, and performs some other vocals. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- My Myspace Music URL is "http://www.myspace.com/larrylyonsl". Also, I can be contacted at: "[email protected]" or you can leave a message here on this Profile Page. Please visit or contact me anytime--You’re always welcome here. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- Just an old troubadour, aimlessly wandering through the 3rd Millennium, -------- --------------------------------------------------------Your friend, __________________________________________ Larry Lyons

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Member Since: 3/1/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/larrylyonsl
Band Members: Larry Lyons - Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Harmonica
Influences: I guess--whether we are aware of it or not--we are all influenced by everyone and everything, that's just the way human culture seems to work. I really don't mean to be flippant, but Mozart for instance, has probably influenced the direction of modern western music as much as any one person that I can think of. When considering influential artists within my lifetime, I have to name, with no hesitation, Robert Zimmerman. Bob Dylan, in my opinion, is not only the greatest songwriter in modern times, but also delivers his material to the audience in a way that communicates on a basic human level which makes people feel and experience his stories--Pure Genius! ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- I believe that Celtic, Irish, and Scottish folk musics have had as much indirect influence on me as any other groups of peoples--and also on a lot of the musicians that I have been greatly influenced by over the past 1/2 century. The development of the Appalachian styles of music that I am so fond of (early American Folk, Old Country, and Bluegrass) all seem to derive most of their roots from the early poor settlers who immigrated from the British Isles to the mountains of Northeastern and Central Eastern United States . There's nothing like a lonely and close, two part, unaccompanied harmony of "Little Bessie" or “Oh Death”. Ralph Stanley is my favorite Bluegrass performer and vocalist, and has probably influenced me more than I'm really aware of (although, admittedly, I cannot emulate his intriguing style and delivery--only wish I could! I think a person would have to be born into and raised within that cultural setting). ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ And the contribution by African American Blacks working on the early plantations of the American South--who later passed their influences on to worshipers in the Southern Baptist churches--deserve a huge amount of credit for the direction that a great deal of western music that I love has taken in the modern era. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- I feel that I have been given something, from every style of music that I've ever been exposed to, whether consciously aware of it or not. And with the advent of recording, that gamut stretches from Bohemian mountain folk singers to Reggae to European Classical to Subcontinental Indian Ragas, to American Indian chants--and the list goes on and on. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Some performers which I feel are my more direct influences include: Bob Dylan, Hank Williams (Sr.), Beatles, Ralph Stanley, Buddy Holly, Cat Stevens, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Mozart (haven't got to hear him perform his stuff yet), Stanley Brothers, Donovan, The Band, Hazel Dickens, Woody Guthrie, Hank Snow, Leonard Cohen, Cream, Percy Sledge, Judy Collins, Boxcar Willie, Otis Redding, Yardbirds, Bobby Bland, Dean Martin, Ray Charles, Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, Kinks, James Taylor, and many others much too numerous to list here. I thank them all for the years of wonderful music that they have given us. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ When we speak of modern musical influences, I guess we shouldn't forget what a major impact the Internet Superhighway is making on our musical cultures. Never before have so many musicians been able to offer their contributions to peoples all across the planet--quickly, inexpensively, and easily. If Recording, TV, Radio and Jukeboxes, killed the popularity of the common troubadour, the Internet has restored these musicians to their his rightful place in society--a place where he or she might be appreciated by the common man. Today, I and many others are able to share our music with people that we never dreamed would ever hear us perform (albeit slowly on my archaic dial up connection). I have found new musical compatriot's all across the world in merely a matter of several days. Although I've been drug into the information age kicking and screaming--and I do see many negative aspects to all of this modern technology--I now see that it also offers some wonderful opportunities to many musicians who were almost singing to the wind only a few short years ago. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- As some of my newly discovered Italian musical enthusiasts might say, "We now all swim together in the Ocean Of Music [in reference to Il Tonnuto (their Myspace Profile site name). As I understand it, Il Tonnuto is an Italian fantasy man who swims within a sea of music].
Sounds Like: Depends on my mood and what the song seems to call for-Larry Lyons, not polished vocals, but try to convey immediacy and feeling in renditions of my songs and old favorites. Major vocal style influences include Bob Dylan, Ralph Stanley, Hank Williams (Sr.), Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Hazel Dickens, Boxcar Willie, Hank Snow, Willie Nelson, Judy Collins, Ray Charles, & others, far to numerous to name.
Record Label: Il Tonnuto's Revenge
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Introducing Larry Lyons-The Lost American Troubadour -- Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals

     Hello! I'm Larry Lyons, a local musician who performs a one man act with acoustic guitar, harmonica & vocals. I'm offering a free download of 5 of my songs from ...
Posted by Larry Lyons on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:20:00 PST

My Songlist

  Below is a listing of songs I often perform at gigs. The info in brackets [ ] denotes other artists who sometimes show upand perform with me. My daughter Leslie performs vocals and harmonies wh...
Posted by Larry Lyons on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:30:00 PST

Demo CD

     Please contact me at my Myspace Music sight or at "[email protected]" if you would like a free copy of my Demo CD.Below is a listing of the cover songs on the Demo CD:L...
Posted by Larry Lyons on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:26:00 PST