I grew up with Larry in the middle of Indiana. We ran together for quite a while. Hitched up to Chicago in 1968 or '69 to see Johnny Winter when he first got famous, at a place called the Kinetic Playground. Muddy Waters came out towards the end of the show and blew everybody away. We got outta there around 2:00 in the morning and went to catch a city bus back to the Greyhound station but not one of 'em would stop for a couple long haired crazed looking kids. Walked maybe 5 miles through Spanish Lords territory (we knew this because it was spray painted on many buildings and fences, "SPANISH LORDS RULE". Wino's were falling out of doorways....it was an experience I'll never forget and I reckon he didn't either.
My mom called up a couple days ago and she said the obit in the local paper sounded like someone who used to come by the house back in high school days, and it was. I hadn't seen or heard much from him since he moved to Minnesota and I sure never figured he'd end up in Mexico.
Like I said, we didn't see much of each other later in life but I'll sure miss knowing that we're both still walking somewhere on the same planet.
See you later bro, you were a good guy.
Rick /west palm beach, fl.
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