LARRY BROCKWAY (LENNY BOWMAN) – WAS DESTINED FROM BIRTH TO FIND HIS PLACE IN THE MUSIC WORLD. A RELATIVE OF THE MUSICAL McCRAYS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS (LEGACY OF McCRAY HALL AT PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURG, KANSAS,) HE STARTED PERFORMING AT THE AGE OF FIVE DOING AL JOLSON ROUTINES AT COUNTY FAIRS AND TALENT SHOWS THROUGH OUT THE CENTRAL STATES.IN 1971, LARRY MOVED TO CALIFORNIA AND WAS HIRED BY COUNTRY SINGER STONEY EDWARDS (CAPITOL RECORDS) TO FRONT HIS SHOW. IT WAS BUT A SHORT TIME LATER (1973) THAT DUE TO THE HIGHLY FAVORABLE IMPRESSIONS THAT HIS TALENT WAS MAKING ON MUSIC BUSINESS PERSONALITIES AND MAJOR ARTISTS SUCH AS MERLE HAGGARD, LARRY WAS SIGNED TO HIS FIRST WRITER’S CONTRACT WITH JACK BRUMLEY (SON OF THE GREAT GOSPEL WRITER, ALBERT E. BRUMLEY) AND BILL WOODS OF BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA. WITHIN ONE YEAR HE WAS SIGNED TO HIS FIRST RECORD LABEL, (SNAPP) BY LONNIE KNIE AND IN 1975 CO-PRODUCED HIS DEBUT ALBUM, “MERLE, JACK DANIELS AND ME†AT CHEROKEE STUDIOS IN HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA. HIS FIRST SINGLE RELEASE THE TITLE TRACK WRITTEN BY LARRY, WENT TO #60 ON THE CHARTS NATIONWIDE, AND IN 1985 WAS STILL ON THE TOP TEN JUKE BOX LIST IN NINETEEN COUNTRIES. (BMI)
IN 1974, LAS VEGAS SUPERSTAR SUZI ARDEN HEARD ABOUT LARRY (STAGE NAME LENNY BOWMAN) FROM GUITAR GREAT LEON RICHARDSON AND HIRED LARRY TO FRONT HER HIGH ENERGY LAS VEGAS SHOW.
LARRY HAS RECORDED FOUR ALBUMS AND HAS HAD MANY NATIONALLY CHARTED SINGLES. A WRITER COULD FILL A BOOK WITH THE ARTISTS HE HAS WORKED WITH, SONGS HE HAS WRITTEN AND RECORDS PRODUCED.
THE LIST OF ARTISTS LARRY HAS PLAYED OR PERFORMED WITH READS LIKE A “WHO’S WHO OF COUNTRY MUSIC.) THEY INCLUDE, STONEY EDWARDS, MERLE HAGGARD, DAVID FRIZZELL, CHARLEY PRIDE, TANYA TUCKER, RANDY TRAVIS, KEITH WHITLEY, HANK WILLIAMS JR. AND MORE.
IN 2007 LARRY WILL CELEBRATE HIS 50 YEAR ANNIVERSAY OF ENTERTAINING AND PERFORMING!
