Larry started playing drums at the age of 7 and by age 9, he had played on his
first record.
At 18 he already had a successful drum school in the Arts Centre in Durban. He
taught drums for 4 years and played with various
professional bands as well as backing well known country
artists such as Bobby Angel, Gene Rockwell, Clive Bruce,
Barbara Ray, to name but a few.
In 1980, Larry joined Hotline, which was then the biggest
band in South Africa. In 1987 the band split and Larry took
up a post teaching drums and percussion at The
Performing Arts Workshop in Johannesburg.
At this time he joined another successful band, Cinema and
played with them for the next 5 years. The band had hits
like “My Kinda Girl” and “Inside and Out”.
After Cinema, Larry started teaching at The National School
of The Arts in Johannesburg.
In 2009 he joined Clint & Co., a country rock band that has
been going for 10 years!
Larry is also known as DR BEAT - THE DRUMMING DJ.
Go to the Dr Beat page to find out more.
He continues teaching by day and playing gigs by night.
Hotline
PJ Powers
Cinema
Margaret Singana
Steve Kekana
Amampondo
Denim
Clint & Co.
Bands Larry played in
Denim
