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'''Larry David Norman''' born [[April 8]], [[1947]] in [[Corpus Christi (Texas)|Corpus Christi]], [[Texas]] is and died [[February 24]], [[2008]] was an American singer-songwriter and record producer who is considered the originator and architect of modern gospel music. Although he has performed with bands, off and on for forty years, his most popular music seems to be his haunting folk rock finger picking style, and the light touch he gives his vocals for these songs are somewhat reminiscent of the more mellow songs of artists like Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison and Neil Young. But lyrically, he is copying no one. At 17 he was the youngest person to be inducted into the Edwin Markham Poet Laureate Society and he continues to take his poetry very seriously. One critic lionized him as the "Rebel Poet, Jukebox Balladeer". He has used orchestras, rock bands and choirs to enliven his avant garde music and popular rock songs. In the end analysis, the range and vision of his music defies obedience to any musical discipline.
He has had a strong influence on several later rock musicians such as John Cougar Mellencamp who was quoted as saying, “Norman’s music changed my life.” Van Morrison has been quoted in an interview with a European magazine, telling the reporter, “Yeh. I’m a fan. I’ve got all his albums”. There was a time when he could have easily claimed this, but after almost eighty studio, live and bootleg releases it’s become less and less likely that anyone, except the most avid collector, has “all of his albums.”
*[http://www.larrynorman.com Official Larry Norman Site]
*[http://larrynorman.uk.com Official British Site]
*[http://www.onlyvisiting.com onlyvisiting.com]
*[http://www.meetjesushere.com/ Jim Böthel's Unofficial Larry Norman Discography Site] [http://users.ev1.net/~botheja/ also at]
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