-Larry is born to Larry Odell and Jolene Freeze Perkins,  and goes to church with mother who is the church pianist at the Christy Street United Methodist Church

-Larry is given his first guitar as a teenager and washes  dishes all summer to pay for  his first banjo,

after being inspired to play by his Uncle Harley.

-Neighbor Wade Garrett  spends countless Sunday afternoons after church and Sunday dinner       playing and letting Larry play his old Gibson Mastertone

-Larry meets Earl Scruggs in 1977 at the Winston Salem, NC  Carolina Street Scene Festival.

-Larry  performed  and records with Curly Seckler, Willis Spear and the Nashville Grass in the early 1980's.

-Larry records "Three Fingers and a Clawhammer" with Leroy Troy and Terry Eldredge

-Larry  performed Tuesday nights at the "World Famous Station Inn"  with "The Sidemen"  for          several years and records "Almost Live At The  Station Inn"  with the band

-Larry played  Wednesday nights at "The Bell Cove Club" with Larry ,Cordle, Glen Duncan and       Lonesome Standard Time, and  records  "Mighty Lonesome" with them

-'A Touch of the Past' -- is the IBMA's  "Recorded Event of the Year"  in 1993.

-Larry appears on 3 Grammy  Award  Winning projects: -Johnny Cash's "Solitary Man"

                                                                                     -Tut Taylor's "Great Dobro Sessions;"

                                                                                     -"Down from the Mountain" soundtrack.

                   

                                             -Larry toured with "Uncle "Josh Graves and Kenny Baker

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                                                                 -Larry's second 'solo cd' "A Glad Reunion Day" is completed featuring Doc Watson, John Hartford, Jimmy                                                         Martin, Bashful Brother Oswald, Uncle Josh Graves, Benny Martin, Leroy Troy, Val Storey,  and many others

-Larry co-produces and plays on Ginger Boatwrights gospel cd entitled "Inside The Gate" with Kurt Storey and guest Buck White, Buddy Spicher, Terry Eldredge, Chris Sharp, Richard Bailey, Rachel Barton, Tater Tate, Kathy Chiavola, Butch Robbins, and many others..

-Larry tours with Jerry and Tammy Sullivan and records  the Marty Stuart produced cd "Tomorrow"    with them

-Larry toured with the John Hartford Stringband for  several years, and recorded "Good Old Boys",  the Grammy nominated "Hamilton Ironworks",

and "A Tribute To John Hartford" with John and the band

-Larry performed with the Hartford Stringband on the "Down from the Mountain" project, and also appeared in the movie.

-Larry performed at the Barn Dinner Theater in Greensboro, North Carolina -- in the role of 'Uncle  Stanley'  for three months in 2002 in the play 'Smoke on the Mountain.' Click here to read his version of "Uncle Stanleys" testimony.

- Larry signed a songwriting contract with Mimosa Publishing in Nashville, Tennessee, founded by bass legend Bob Moore and his wife, Kittra.

-Larry appears in the PBS Special  "The Carter Family  An American Family Experience" as Leslie Riddle.

-Larry now resides in Nashville, TN .working on personal projects  and doing sessions

-Larry co-produced Curly Secklers new cd "Down In Caroline" that is nominated  in the "Recorded  Event Of The Year" category by the IBMA 2006

-Larry co-produced Copper Creeks new Curly Seckler cd entitled "Bluegrass Don't You Know"

-Larry is set to release  "It's Never Too Late"  co-produced with Chuck Turner. "It's Never 2 Late" is mostly  songs penned by Larry and performed with great guest artist

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