I just found out that Larry Norman died a few days ago. (wikipedia his website Reuters obit).
He was the original Christian rocker. My brother turned me on to him with the release of his 1981 Something New Under the Son. I remember really liking it. A few years ago I ordered the album off of his website and have enjoyed listening to it since.
Larry’s solo career stated in 1969 with the release of Upon This Rock. I listened to this album earlier today for the first time. It is easily as good as Something New, it has a touch of the psychedelic sound to it ala early Traffic or the Turtles.
While this atheist can’t believe that he went to his Father’s house, I do know that he is suffering no more. I can’t help but believe that his music will live on. The inevitable tribute albums will introduce him to a whole new generation of listeners.
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Thanks for the kind words about Larry. He was my biggest hero as a teenager. As a christian leftist in my teen years in a small town in the midwest i didn’t have a lot of people to look up to but Larry was one. He was a vocal opponent of the Vietnam War and when i saw him play at a church in Cleveland in the early 90s he was a stiff opponent of the first Gulf War. To quote his Welcome to the Madness “We sell the madman weapons, than send soldiers to his land, and in the name of God, fight for all the oil uner the sand, this is America, land of the free, where everyone gets justice and liberty, if you’ve got the money”.