[78-L] My Name Is Larry (was Shootin' Barr)

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sun Aug 29 08:43:26 PDT 2010


Not off-topic, by the way, since a few of their Dr. Demento compilations 
included 78s.

dl

On 8/29/2010 11:40 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>
> I have a Bob Wills picture disc that they issued in the shape of the state of Texas.
>
> Wonderful, kooky stuff.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:38:53 -0400
>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] My Name Is Larry (was Shootin' Barr)
>>
>> Ah, good old pre-Warners Rhino. Records in plain brown wrappers. Records which
>> included a barf bag. Records shaped like a turtle, a fish, a Jewish star.
>> Wonderful stuff. They let me go through their warehouse and pull anything I
>> wanted since I was a Canuckistan broadcaster and they had next to no presence
>> in Canada.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 8/29/2010 10:16 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>>>
>>> No, the first Rhino artist was Larry "Wild Man" Fischer singing "My Name Is Larry." I remember in the old days of the nocturnal record swap meet underneath the Capitol Tower in the mid-70s. We heard this strange chant - "My Name Is Lar---reeee!" from a distance. This disheveled character was sitting against a brick building with his feet outstretched singing this song, over and over again. When Harold Bronson and Richard Foos of the Rhino Record Shop discovered him, it was probably the most inauspicious start of any record label.
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell
>>>
>>>> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:27:02 -0500
>>>> From: citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net
>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Shootin' for Barr (was "Huh?")^
>>>>
>>>> Not to mention the psychedelic era, with special labels, Buddah, etc.
>>>> Everyone giving it a try. And one hit wonders, like Aorta (a group
>>>> called the Exceptions on Quill break up to form Aorta and Chicago
>>>> Transit Authority, which later became Chicago).
>>>> Question, was Rhino Records actually started by one of the musicians
>>>> from Iron Butterfly, Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. #:?)
>>>> Technology, thoughtfully, responsibly.
>>>> Visit me at http://www.candokaraoke.com
>>>>



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