Larry Crockett profile picture

Larry Crockett

About Me

Award winning bandleader, drummer, composer,and author - Larry Crockett has played around the world with some of the biggest names in music. As a leader, his first group won the presigious Hennessey Jazz Competition in Detroit Michigan 1992. Now residing in Paris , France he has formed a new group and has a new cd "My Wish" out on Discovery Records in England and AMAC Records in America. He also plays currently with Liz McComb and Eric Bibb. The past list of credits are/ Elton John (tv ad), Popa Chubby,Martha Reeves, The four Tops, Sam Moore, Kohei Otomo, Ruth Brown, Little Jimmy Scott, Dakota Staton...His drum books are classics and are regarded highly by drummers such as Phil Collins, Dennis Chambers... Magazines and musicians all give their praises to his talent... Phenominal, Unbelievable, legendary,one of the most important drum books ever written...See his group and discover why he has garnered such respect and continues to work with the top artist for over 20 years.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/15/2007
Band Website: lcrockett.com
Band Members: Profile edited with: CricketSoda Myspace Profile Editor
Sounds Like:
Record Label: The Discovery Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

My Bayonne Concert

Thanks to all the lovely people of Bayonne who came out and packed the place. All of your singing and dancing was felt strongly from the band. We all had a great time. Thanks also to France 3 TV for c...
Posted by Larry Crockett on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:33:00 PST

surprise on the beach

Hello Beautiful Folk, This morning while walking and running on the beach I forgot where I was. After just finishing a recent California trip I Thought I was on a west coast beach when to my surprise ...
Posted by Larry Crockett on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:55:00 PST

Spring is here

Hey everybody, I just finished a short West coast tour with eric Bibb. It went really well. We started out actually doing the south by south west thing. They had over 1700 bands perform! Can u believe...
Posted by Larry Crockett on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:15:00 PST

March

Hello my friends, I apologize for not writing here more often. Those of you that know my scheduale understand, hopefully.I am preparing today to play a live radio show tonight with Eric Bibb opening f...
Posted by Larry Crockett on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:43:00 PST

U.S Tour

Hello Everyone. I,ve decided to begin to share this incredible ride of life that I am blessed  to have. I just finished a wonderful 3 week tour of America. It,s been awhile since I toured in the ...
Posted by Larry Crockett on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:31:00 PST