Larry’s music also led him to become heavily involved both personally and professionally for several years with efforts to fight Huntington’s Disease. This stemmed from his participation in the Woody Guthrie Memorial Concert and Fundraising Event for H.D. in the mid-1970’s.

After two of Larry’s original songs had been broadcast as part of a special feature on National Public Radio in 1976, Larry eventually produced and recorded his 1988 Kansas Heartland album project. This work resulted in Larry being recruited to conduct workshops in public schools throughout Kansas from 1988 to 1991. Combining the resources of children from these public schools and those who performed on “Colorful Characters of Kansas” from the Kansas Heartland album, Larry and his mother formed a group called “Kansas Kids”, which performed publicly for a number of area events, including their appearance on a local TV network’s mid-day variety program, “The Mike & Mogie Show”.

Larry has produced numerous recordings, including the much-acclaimed 1983 self-titled album for a local progressive folk/bluegrass group, Southwind. Having been commissioned to write a number of songs over the years, he has now made a few of them available on a compilation CD, Commissioned Songs & Recordings.

Larry was once offered a job as David Allen Coe’s sound technician (which, in an uncharacteristic fit of common sense, he respectfully declined!). He has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Mass Communication from Wichita State University.