Larry White

Mitchell Smithey · Post by **Mitchell Smithey** » 21 Oct 2020 9:37 am

Sadly Larry White passed away this morning at his home in Dallas. He was still playing his beat up old blue 1975 MSA to the end. He would bring it in the shop about once a month to have me replace something he had worn out, and he wore it out!
Larry was on the A team of Dallas session players through the 70's and 80's, playing everything from jingles to a Doc Severinson LP. He was a huge influence on me in the 70's when I was learning how to play and an inspiration to the end.
Larry respectfully asked that there be no service or memorial.
All of us at MSA will miss his presence at the shop and his quest for innovation. He was always looking for new sounds and he used them well.
Have a great journey to the next life Larry, we will miss you.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 21 Oct 2020 11:37 am

My condolences to his family and friends.

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 21 Oct 2020 12:17 pm

So sorry to hear this, met Larry in 1970, Great Guy and Player....RIP ol Friend....

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 21 Oct 2020 3:29 pm

I didn't know Larry, but I was blown away by his playing.
I remember standing with Stu Schulman at the Lewisville Speedway in 1976, watching him tear it up...on that blue MSA, thru a Leslie. Think he was playing with Ray Wylie Hubbard.
Vaya con Dios, Larry. Wish I had known you. Maybe next time...

Jim Cooley · Post by **Jim Cooley** » 21 Oct 2020 3:41 pm

My condolences to Larry, his family, and friends.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 22 Oct 2020 8:50 am

Geez,Oh no!Larry was the most incredible player and the nicest guy...I remember meeting him at some club in Dallas when I landed there from New Yawk,Totally blew me away playing"Crossroads"on pedal steel guitar,The last time That I got to hang with Larry was backstage at the Texas Opry House in Austin a few days before Willie's second Picnic,We both got to meet and hang out with Jimmy Day...Godspeed Larry White you were a Force!!

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 22 Oct 2020 9:43 am

Sad to hear of this.

I met Larry in 1970 or '71, sometime in there, at the Palomino Club. I was probably hanging out and Larry was playing with a band called Blue Steel Blacksmith, IIRC. He blew me away, of course.

Two years later and I'd moved to Texas. In all those decades here, our paths never crossed, except in the occasional e-mail. I regret not hanging with him more.

Jim Fogle · Post by **Jim Fogle** » 22 Oct 2020 10:25 am

My condolences to Larry's family and friends.

Mitchell Smithey · Post by **Mitchell Smithey** » 22 Oct 2020 11:39 am

Stu and Skip, I was at that Lewisville Speedway festival also. Cant remember who i played with. Stu must have been with B.W? Emmylou and the Hot band tore it up on that show. Larry's guitar had built in Leslie controls in it with that big 8 pin cable that plugged in the bottom of the guitar. His right knee verticle was the speed control switch. After heard that I ran out and bought a Leslie 147. It didn't make me sound like Larry!