Larry Howard

"Larry Howard's life has been spent learning, playing, and recording music. He began his recording in 1967, nearly 40 years ago. but his lifetime of music began long before he entered his first recording studio. "In my early years I played a lot of big band swing music," Howard says recounting his early years. "When I was 14 I had the opportunity to play with Count Basie at the University Of Miami music school for six weeks. I love that style of music." (Christian Bluesnet) A former member of Grinderswitch who became a Christian in 1980. He has recording a number of albums of Christian blues. "Music used to be a God to me. Now it is a gift. So every night when I go on stage it is not like a job. It is like unwrapping new gifts every time I start a new song. Without sounding weird, I feel like it is a reward God is giving me." Larry Howard Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.