Larry O. Dean: guitar & vocals & songs. Also featuring Lee Bloom, Dan Bowyer, Jonathan Chen, James Coil, Jimmy DeLauriea, Don Cunningham, Ned Doherty, Mike Ebersohl, Tim Ferguson, George Frangides, Greg Freeman, Chad Gifford, Jeff Greaves, Wes Hollywood, Eddie Jemison, Kash Killion, Ron Kwasman, Chris Lehmann, Tony Maxwell, Ben E. Miller, Michael Miller, Stephanie Morris, Ken Richards, Pam Richardson, Tony Rogers, Gabriel Sandino, James Schaefer, Sheila Schat, Ethan Semone, Erich Sterzing, Mark Thomas, Worth Wagers, Christine Wall, Derek Walvoord.
Influences
Big Star, Alex Chilton, Sly & the Family Stone, Kinks, Stranglers, Posies, Bob Dylan, XTC, Warren Zevon, Stereolab, Who, Go-Betweens, dB's, Marvin Gaye, Television, Yo La Tengo, Neil Young, Faces, Smithereens, Graham Parker, Mott the Hoople, Only Ones, Bats, Steve Earle, Curtis Mayfield, Byrds, Nick Drake, Replacements, Teenage Fanclub, Badfinger, Tommy Keene, Elliott Murphy, Velvet Underground, John Cale, New Pornographers, Lloyd Cole, Leonard Cohen; Alden Nowlan, Jim Daniels, James M. Cain, Dorianne Laux, Frank Stanford, Charles Portis, David Ignatow, John Wood, Jim Thompson, Robert Plunkett, Kenneth Patchen, Robert Creeley, John Fante, Patricia Highsmith, Weldon Kees, Robert Browning, David Goodis, Rodney Jones, Richard Hugo, William Carlos Williams, Albert Camus, Denise Levertov, William Stafford, Loren Goodman, David Kirby, Gary Soto, Kenneth Rexroth, Thomas Lynch, Frank O'Hara, Marc Behm, Delmore Schwartz, Frederick Exley, Charles Willeford, Bill Knott, James Wright, Philip Levine, Pablo Neruda, Alan Dugan
Sounds Like
Big Star, Posies, Warren Zevon, Who, dB's, Neil Young, Smithereens, Only Ones, Badfinger, Tommy Keene, Lou Reed, Replacements
Larry O. Dean was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. As a young man he worked with Academy Award-winning film maker, Michael Moore, was widely published in the alternative press and also worked as a cartoonist. He attended the University of Michigan at Flint and Ann Arbor, during which time he won three Hopwood Awards in Creative Writing, an honor shared with fellow poets Robert Hayden, Jane Kenyon, and Frank O'Hara, among others. Since then, his work has been widely published and anthologized; his most recent book, I Am Spam, is a collection of poems 'inspired' by spam email. In 2004, he was recipient of the Hands on Stanzas Gwendolyn Brooks Award.
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Next shows: October 30, Mississippi Pizza in Portland, OR October 31, Nana's Irish Grill and Pub in Newport, OR November 1, Muddy's Hot Cup in Arcata, CA November 5, Molly Malone's in West Hollywood, CA November 12, Fox and Goose in Sacramento, CA
Our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
this is just a quick note to let you know that this is the last chance to get a physical copy of my first album "Pretty Boys and Ugly Girls".
I'm going to release my new album this fall (subscribe to my blog if you want to be informed!) and the first one will then be only available as a download version.
So if you prefer a proper CD - like I do! - a record you can really hold in your hands, with all the artwork and stuff - this is your chance! :-)
Grab your hard copy of "Pretty Boys and Ugly Girls" now on CD Baby while stocks last!
Good news! The brand new powerpopcompilation "Souvenirs" is being released this week! It contains 21 great North American powerpop tracks from 1975-95. You can hear three of the songs that just have been uploaded on our Myspage page. The CD also contains a previously unreleased song by the great Canadian band Pointed Sticks recorded in the late 70..s. It is availabe from Not Lame Records and Kool Kat Musik, and it will very soon be available from CD Baby.
No Poster yet but I'd like to remind you about the Horner park concert (2741 w montrose) series this friday june 10th. Ill be hitting the stage with Colin Gilmore and Mike Mangione at 7:00 pm.
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
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Hello! I'll be playing @ Uncommon Ground on Saturday, May 30 starting @ 10pm. C'mon out and have a drink with me! Hope to see you there!