Country: 1985 WHEN Steve Perry called Larrie Londin to do Steve’s solo album last year, it was obvious that Perry knew something that a lot ofpeople don’t know—or at least weren’t aware of yet: that Larrie is so much more than a country drummer. Perry wanted someone who could give him a great R&B feel, and that’s what he got. That same year, Adrian Belew called Larrie to work with him. He needed a more commercial sounding drummer for his music. The material was as far away from Merle Haggard as one could get, but Larrie was as right for that music as he is for the music of Dolly Parton, Hank Williams , Jr., Charlie Rich, Charley Pride, Crystal Gayle, or Barbara Mandrell. As a young man, Larrie never imagined that he’d play with the likes of Elvis Presley or become Nashville’s leading studio drummer. But when the Headliners, […]

January 1986 Issue