LARRY JON WILSON (1940 - 2010)
"I don't like to talk about the good ol' days that much,
but I hope y'all have some good ol' days like I do."
This page is dedicated to the memory and legacy of Larry Jon Wilson.
5 Albums
1 Movie Appearance
countless
Performances
thousands
Wilsonized
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beautiful video capturing the essence of Larry Jon performing (Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival, 2007)
Loose Change
Larry Jon sings the Blues
Friday Night Fight At Al's
Guy Clark
..Guy Clark has these cassettes. … The living and the dead are well-represented on his cassette wall. He's listened to them for comfort, and he's played them for others who might bring their music to broader attention. … Clark has always been hard to impress, but once he latches onto something, he becomes the world's gruffest cheerleader. …
"That's Larry Jon Wilson," Clark says, after an inquiry. "I knew him well. He had a really unique voice, ... sang great, and played really, really good. I don't know why Larry wasn't more successful than he was. It just didn't fall in the ballpark, I guess. It's hard to tell."
Cris Cuddy
"Larry Jon took me under his wing one year when I was attending the Frank Brown through the kindness of his great friend Mickey Newbury. I was privileged to join him for his concerts, and Mickey's, I was fed countless delicious meals from his magic cookbook as were many others, and introduced to and made welcome by both their many friends and relatives.
And when I had to catch an early plane he insisted on getting up before dawn and driving me himself, casually mentioning as the sun began to rise that he could only see shadows mostly, due to cataracts at that time !
His generosity to a stranger has never been forgotten and he continued to regale me with his wonderful stories and voice up by telephone until a very few weeks ago when he sent me his latest cd and a poster to remember him by.
A great artist, a great friend and a great soul, it was my great good fortune to have known you Larry Jon..Your love will live on forever..."
John Prine
"Larry Jon's voice is one of the sweetest instruments I've ever heard."
Kris Kristofferson
"Larry Jon Wilson. He can break your heart with a voice like a cannon ball"
Brent Cobb
Brent Cobb's songs from the road: Ohoopee River Bottomland
"Larry Jon Wilson was from Swainsboro, Georgia. He did a couple of records in the ‘70s that were super funky country. “Ohoopee River Bottomland” is the song I’m thinkin’ of. It’s also just that pre-show jam, you know? It kind of gets you down the road a little bit, and the way Larry – especially that song – would use Southern-isms or just rural-isms. He’d talk about, “this low rent land has turned to sand and I’ve done stood ’bout all I can I’m leaving…I’m leaving,” and “I got a wore-out mule and a no ‘count tractor quit now…and this is it now.” I just love the way he talks. You really capture his South Georgia background, but then he’s able to put it to some funky music."
Billy Strings covers Larry Jon's Broomstraw Philosophers and Scuppernong Wine in concert
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