Larry Packer

Fiddler extraordinaire Larry Packer has rosined up his bow for Lou Reed, Hall & Oates, Phoebe Snow and others; and in 1969 his band Cat Mother and the All-Night News Boys scored a Top Ten hit ("Good Old Rock and Roll") before going out on the road with Jimi Hendrix.

He was in The Band's "The Last Waltz" rockumentary (1978), and on "Saturday Night Live" in skits with John Belushi. Larry appeared in another rockumentary, "Festival Express" (released in 2004) based on the 1970 Canadian tour with Sha Na Na and in the company of The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and The Band. The DVDs are available through Amazon.com.

Solo CD

Larry released his long awaited solo CD in 2002, featuring the talents of Steve Burgh, Gary Burke, Jim Curtin, Mike DeAngelis, Ed Diehl, Mike Dunn, Garth Hudson, Professor Louie, Tom "Bones" Malone, Scott Petito, Miss Marie Spinosa and Rob Turner.

Eye of the Sun

1. The Silver Spear/Espandy (4:05)
2. Fields of Rhythm (3:27)
3. Star of the County Down/Si Bheag, Si Mor (6:01)
4. Danny Boy (6:28)
5. Nuages (6:38)
6. Red Eagle (5:38)
7. Georgia On My Mind (6:49)
8. The Boy from the Top of the World (3:20)
9. Hold On (6:20)

Photos

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	1968 with Cat Mother and The All Night Newsboys, NYC "Good 'Ol Rock 'n Roll" on YouTube: Larry is on lead guitar, on the right-side riser. Click here to play the video.
	June 1969 with Cat Mother at Fillmore West, San Francisco Photo by Paul Sanders
	1970 with Sha-Na-Na Photo by Sam Uretsky
	1971 with Michael Kamen - New York Rock Ensemble Left-to-right: 4alto saxophonist David Sanborn; 4Larry Packer; 4drummer (the late) Dennis Whitted (Paul Butterfield, Bonnie Raitt); 4(the late) Michael Kamen; 4bassist Dorian Rudnytsky; 4pedal steel Hank DeVito (Emmylou Harris's "Hot Band")

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