Larry Garner

Biography

Larry Garner (born July 8, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States) is a Louisiana blues musician best known for his 1994 album Too Blues×Too BluesStudio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Shak Bully3:342Dog House Blues5:233Don't Dish It Out3:024Thought I Had the Blues4:515Mr & Mrs Pain6:106Kleptomaniac2:597Born to Sing the Blues4:288She Should've Been Back4:349Love Her With a Feeling9:3310Somebody (Riding Song)8:25.

Biography

Garner grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first inspiration was the guitar-playing preacher Reverend Utah Smith. Garner made acquaintance with local musicians such as Lonesome Sundown, Silas Hogan, Guitar Kelley and Tabby Thomas. His musical influences include Hogan, Clarence Edwards, Jimi Hendrix, and Henry Gray. He was taught to play guitar by his uncle and two other elders. Garner completed military service in Korea and returned to Baton Rouge, working part-time in music and full-time at a Dow Chemical plant.
Garner won the International Blues Challenge in 1988. His first two albums, Double Dues×Double Dues1996 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Scared of You4:312No Free Rides6:193Buster4:444Shut It Down9:205Dreaming Again4:306The Taxman4:167Broke Bluesman5:528Tale Spreaders7:009California Sister5:4410Past 233:38 and Too Blues×Too BluesStudio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Shak Bully3:342Dog House Blues5:233Don't Dish It Out3:024Thought I Had the Blues4:515Mr & Mrs Pain6:106Kleptomaniac2:597Born to Sing the Blues4:288She Should've Been Back4:349Love Her With a Feeling9:3310Somebody (Riding Song)8:25, were released by the British JSP label. The latter album's title was in reply to a label executive who judged Garner's original demo to be "too blues". Thomas's nightclub, Tabby's Blues Box, provided Garner with a playing base in the 1980s and gave him the subject matter for the song "No Free Rides" on Double Dues.
He recorded the albums You Need to Live a Little×You Need to Live a Little1994 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Another Bad Day4:582Someone New3:203Miracles of Time4:524Four Cars Running5:015Live a Little6:166The Preacher Man7:377Shak Bully5:198Rats and Roaches in My Kitchen5:539Don't Run Talking4:5610Keep Playing the Blues6:1511Had to Quit Drinking3:5012Nobody's Special5:19 (1994), Baton Rouge×Baton Rouge26 October 1999 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Jook Joint Woman4:412The Road of Life4:183Blues Pay My Way5:574Help Yourself4:235Street Doctor5:256High on Music6:137Airline Blues6:198Crazy World6:319The Haves and the Have Nots4:4210Gotta Have Some Gospel4:1311New Bad Habit7:5612Go to Baton Rouge5:56 (1995), Standing Room Only×Standing Room OnlyStudio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1A Driving Woman4:452Do Your Personal Thing4:403Strangers Blues4:254Keep the Money4:075Don't Start Crying4:156Out in the Country3:087I'll Run Cross You4:198PMS4:429Drifter6:0110Cold Chills5:2211Last Encore2:19 (1998), and Once Upon the Blues (2000). The song "Go to Baton Rouge", from the album Baton Rouge, offered a tourist's guide to Louisiana music spots.
In 2008, Garner was treated for a serious illness that was the inspiration for his 2008 album, Here Today Gone Tomorrow.