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Quickie Bio & the Basics for busy people: LR has been performing and writing all his adult life and a little before. He hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan just like Gerald Ford but dont let that bug ya. Hes played a zillion places & made a lot of friends. He makes his home in Florida now in the Tampa Bay area. Oddly enough, he really misses snow.As a songwriter, Larry writes about the big mysteries and the little joys. He writes about family, love, life, the afterlife and he has a cool song about stones you should ask him about.Currently, LR has completed his second CD and putting a lot of effort into his solo stuff between Hazard Factor shows. He's getting ready to make the rounds of the coffee shops, folks clubs and house concerts in the southeast and maybe up in Michigan and South Carolina, too.Check back here often for new sound clips and news

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/7/2006
Band Website: this is it...
Band Members: Um....me.
Influences: The great songwriters...Lately, I can't enough of Sufjan Stevens. One hell of a songwriter. Kate Rusby, Beck, Innocence Mission, Eliza Gilkinson, Steve Earl, any one who can write a meaningful lyric and sound like they mean it. Is Dave Hardin still around? Man, he could write a song! My friend, J Oscar Bittenger up in Grand Rapids, Sly & the Family Stone, The Staples Singers (Mavis...ah, Mavis), Emmy Lou Harris is probably the voice I'll hear on the way to heaven, Jake turned me on to the Buddha Bar stuff. Gil Scott Heron, cuz the revolution will NOT be televised, baby!....plus my old school...Cat Stevens, Neil Young, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Yes, Joni Mitchell. Really dug the latest Faithless CD...loving world music more & more....Anyone who can write a song that means one damn thing. Good poets, good movers and groovers. I hope I'm one of them on a good day.
Sounds Like: Exactly like me. It's really quite uncanny.
Record Label: Mine, I guess....
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Good things! Movement! Growth!

Good things are happening on the LR front. Music is happening! I've finally decided to take the twig (some would say log) out of my ass and start playing out more. I've hit a few open jams, made some ...
Posted by Larry Reidt on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:23:00 PST

I'm a ring tone!

A friend I've recently become acquainted with through grad school has revealed a dark secret to me. He has a program that turns any song into a ring tone. He liked "Water on Mars" so much that...well....
Posted by Larry Reidt on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:14:00 PST

It Begins to Rain, new CD soon.

I love my new song. In the middle of recording a new CD, I started playing with some loops and the words just sort of showed up. They actually showed up in the car on the way to work, but thanks...
Posted by Larry Reidt on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:48:00 PST

Sacred Grounds/The ZONE

Sacred Grounds and the ZONE ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I had a really fab time at the SG show in ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-micros...
Posted by Larry Reidt on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 06:06:00 PST

Java Baby? Wadaya doin to me!

Java Baby has once again booked someone other than me on the same night as me. I can't get to angry because my pal will be playing & I wanna go! BUT cryin' out loud....what's goin' on over there? ...
Posted by Larry Reidt on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:21:00 PST

Isaac & Jacob

A big day yesterday! My son, Jacob (who will be 20 in a week, for heaven's sake) has made the President's List at Pasco-Hernando Community College! This is a big deal given how much he hated high scho...
Posted by Larry Reidt on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:01:00 PST

Sacred Grounds

I went up to the Sacred Grounds open mic last monday. Hazard Factor used to play there very regularly a couple of years ago. I stayed out WAY too late and worked WAY too early the next day, but it wen...
Posted by Larry Reidt on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:29:00 PST

God Bless Jerry.

Jerry Ford was a nice guy from my home town. I'm not big on republicans, but how can you not respect the man? His funeral in Grand Rapids was about 5 blocks from where I had my first job at the public...
Posted by Larry Reidt on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:27:00 PST

The Stone Song

I just really like this song. It's about the earliest peoples and thier relationshp with what ever diety was sending rain, sun, lightning, earthquakes. What would you think if you were in ancient euro...
Posted by Larry Reidt on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 03:38:00 PST

The Zone in Tarpon Springs

I went up to the Zone in Tarpon Springs which is on Tarpon Ave on the left side just east of Alt 19. They had an open mic there and I tell you it was VERY cool. I had a great time with my wife, Dave a...
Posted by Larry Reidt on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:26:00 PST